Michael Gwisdek (14 January 1942 – 22 September 2020) was a German actor and

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Career

He began his acting career in

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and has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1968. His debut film as a director, '' Treffen in Travers'', was the first East-German film screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival in the

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section. His 1998 film '' The Big Mambo'' was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he won the

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at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, for his role in the film '' Nightshapes''. He married the actress

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in 1985 and they divorced in 1997. They had two sons together before they married; the musician (born 1980) and the actor Robert Gwisdek (born 1984). He married his second wife, Gabriela, shortly after divorcing Harfouch.B.Z. - Hausbesuch bei den Gwisdeks
in B.Z., 12 September 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2018 Gwisdek died on 22 September 2020 aged 78.

Selected filmography

* '' Jadup and Boel'' (1980) * '' Woman Doctors'' (1984) * ' (1987) * '' Just for Horror'' (1987- produced) * '' Treffen in Travers'' (1988 - directed) * '' Pestalozzi's Mountain'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1989)Herzlich willkommen'' (1990) * '' Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness'' (1991) * '' The Tango Player'' (1991) * ' (1992, TV film) * ' (1994) * ' (1998) * '' The Big Mambo'' (1998 - directed) * '' Nightshapes'' (1999) * '' No Place to Go'' (2000) * '' Vaya con Dios'' (2002) * '' Good Bye, Lenin!'' (2003) * '' Herr Lehmann'' (2003) * '' Speer und Er'' (2005) * '' Pornorama'' (2007) * ' (2009) * '' Boxhagener Platz'' (2010) * ' (2011) * '' A Coffee in Berlin'' (2012) * ' (2013) * '' The Silent Revolution'' (2018)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gwisdek, Michael 1942 births 2020 deaths German male film actors German male television actors East German actors Male actors from Berlin Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Silver Bear for Best Actor winners 20th-century German male actors Film directors from Berlin German male screenwriters German Film Award winners