Claus Hant is a German writer, best known as the creator of

Der Bulle von Tölz ''The Bull from/of Tölz'' (in German: is a German television series which has been produced and broadcast by Sat.1 since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made. Genre Set in the small city of Bad T� ...

, a TV series that ran on prime time for over a decade and made German TV history with its audience figures. Hant's films have been nominated for the

Adolf Grimme Awards The Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award), formerly known as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. The Grimme Institute ...

and have been honoured with the Goldener Löwe/Deutscher Fernsehpreis, the Cadrage Succes, the

Romy (TV award) The Romy television award in honor of the German-born and naturalized French actress Romy Schneider, born in Vienna, was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper ''Kurier'' – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed t ...

and the

Bavarian Film Awards The Bavarian Film Awards () are film awards given to German films in the state of Bavaria, awarded by the state government. Background and description The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bav ...

. Claus Hant has also written ''

Young Hitler ''Young Hitler'' is a fact based narrative ("non-fiction novel") that covers the time between Hitler's 16th and 30th year of age. The second part of the book is factual. It was written in English by German writer Claus Hant. Writers James Trive ...

'', a book about the formative years of the German dictator

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

, published by

Quartet Books Naim Ibrahim Attallah (, 1 May 1931 – 2 February 2021) was a Palestinian-British businessman and writer. He was the publisher of Quartet Books and the owner of The Women's Press. The Palestinian-born entrepreneur was described by ''The Guar ...

, London.

Film and television

*''

Eight Miles High "Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (later known as Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby. It was first released as a single on March 14, 1966. Musically influenced by sitar playe ...

'' (feature film, contributor) *''

'' (television series, seven episodes) *' (feature film starring

Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz (; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Franc ...

, based on a novel by

Thomas Hürlimann Thomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist. Biography Hürlimann was born in Zug, Switzerland. He is a son of the former government and federal councilor (Minister) Hans Hürlimann. He studied philosophy in Züri ...

) *' (feature film)

Thriller

*Affenschande,

S. Fischer Verlag S. Fischer Verlag is a major German publishing house, which has operated as a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since 1962. The publishing house was founded in 1881 by Samuel Fischer in Berlin, but is currently based in Frankfurt am Mai ...

, Frankfurt am Main 2005 *Weltspartag,

, Frankfurt am Main 2007.

Non-Fiction

*''

'', Quartet Books, London 2010 *Das Drehbuch. Praktische Filmdramaturgie. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1999Katharina Bildhauer: “Drehbuch reloaded”, 2007 *Hitler, Die wenig bekannten Fakten, Bookmundo, Rotterdamm, 2020, ISBN 978-9-40360-415-2

References

External links

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Young Hitler website
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