Kurt Stern (1907 in

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– 1989) was a

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who worked for the DEFA film studio in

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. He worked in partnership with his wife Jeanne (née Machin). In 1953, together with director

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, the Sterns were awarded the Gold Medal of the

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for the film '' Das verurteilte Dorf'' ("The condemned village").

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1907 births 1989 deaths Writers from Berlin Communist Party of Germany politicians Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians German male screenwriters East German writers International Brigades personnel Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Film people from Berlin 20th-century German screenwriters {{Germany-writer-stub