Heinz Thiel (10 May 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a German
film director
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and
screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
.
He directed more than 20 films between 1956 and 1977. His 1967 film ''
Bread and Roses
"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan associated with women's suffrage and the labor movement, as well as an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech ab ...
'' was entered into the
5th Moscow International Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''
Special Mission'' (1959)
* ''
Five Days, Five Nights'' (1960)
* ''
Reserved for the Death'' (1963)
* ''
Schwarzer Samt'' (1964)
* ''
Bread and Roses
"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan associated with women's suffrage and the labor movement, as well as an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech ab ...
'' (1967)
* ''
Hart am Wind'' (1970)
References
External links
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1920 births
2003 deaths
Film people from Saxony-Anhalt
Mass media people from Magdeburg
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