Horst Seemann (11 April 1937 – 6 January 2000) was a German

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He has directed 19 films between 1962 and 1995. His 1973 film '' Ripe Cherries'' was entered into the

8th Moscow International Film Festival The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1973. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' That Sweet Word: Liberty!'' directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius and the Bulgarian film ''Affection'' directed by L ...

. His 1984 film ''

Woman Doctors ''Woman Doctors'' (german: Ärztinnen) is a 1984 East German crime film directed by Horst Seemann. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. It is based upon the play by Rolf Hochhuth. Plot Dr. Lydia Kowalenko is fired ...

'' was entered into the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with '' The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Love Streams'' directed by Joh ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Wedding Night in the Rain ''Wedding Night in the Rain'' (german: Hochzeitsnacht im Regen) is a 1967 East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its crea ...

'' (1967) * '' Zeit zu leben'' (1969) * '' Ripe Cherries'' (1973) * ''

'' (1984)

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* 1937 births 2000 deaths German film directors People from Teplice District 20th-century German screenwriters German male screenwriters {{Germany-film-director-stub