Joachim Kunert (24 September 1929 – 18 September 2020) was a German

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

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 1954 and 1989. His 1965 film '' The Adventures of Werner Holt'' was entered into the

4th Moscow International Film Festival The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace (film series), War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film ''Twenty Hours'' di ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Ein Strom fließt durch Deutschland ''Ein Strom fließt durch Deutschland'' is an East German documentary film about the river Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the nort ...

'' (1954, documentary) * '' Die Dresdner Philharmoniker'' (1955, documentary) * '' Besondere Kennzeichen: keine'' (1956) * '' Tatort Berlin'' (1958) * '' Der Lotterieschwede'' (1958) * ''

Ehesache Lorenz ''Ehesache Lorenz'' is an East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 Octob ...

'' (1959) * ''

Seilergasse 8 ''Seilergasse 8'' is an East German film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the u ...

'' (1960) * '' The Second Track'' (1962) * '' The Adventures of Werner Holt'' (1965)

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* 1929 births 2020 deaths Film people from Berlin {{Germany-film-director-stub