Peter Beauvais (September 9, 1916 in

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, Germany – December 17, 1986 in

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, Germany) was a German

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and scriptwriter. As a director for three decades, he helped pioneer and significantly influenced the development of German television.

Career

Beauvais was the son of a factory owner of Jewish origin. He attended the Municipal Liebig High School in

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, where he studied drama, until 1935. In 1936, under the

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, he was forced to emigrate to the United States on account of his Jewish background. There he worked as an actor on

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. Beauvais returned to Germany in 1945 or 1946 with the United States Army, for whom worked as an interpreter, including for the

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, and as a theatre officer. In 1950 Beauvais became an actor at the theatre in

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, then worked as an actor and trainee director at

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's Kabarett Die Mausefalle (Mousetrap Cabaret) in

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, and acted in American films produced in Germany. His first television direction work was in 1954, for Südwestfunk (Southwest Radio). In 1958–1960 he directed two theatrical films for UFA. He then moved back to television for good, directing more than 100 television films and episodes from 1960 to 1986. From 1962 to 1967, collaborating with the writer Horst Lommer, Beauvais directed a popular series of films for NDR. Over the course of his career, Beauvais created a prolific and wide-ranging body of work including comedies, satires, crime films, dramas, and science fiction films. Beauvais adapted for television literary works by writers including

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, and

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, and directed

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's ''Trauer muss Elektra tragen'' (''Mourning Becomes Electra''), starring Peter Pasetti. He also adapted and filmed works by contemporary writers including

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, Karin Struck, Adolf Muschg, and

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, and original

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s by writers including Peter Stripp, Daniel Christoff, and Horst Lommer. Beauvais was also an opera director, in Germany and on international stages.

Awards

Beauvais won two

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s with gold (a prestigious award sometimes called "Germany's

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"), In 1973 for ''Im Reservat'' (''In The Reserve'') and in 1974 for ''Sechs Wochen im Leben der Brüder G.'' (''Six Weeks in the Life of the Brothers G.''). He also won a posthumous Grimme Prize (with gold) in 1988 for ''Sommer in Lesmona'' (''Summer in Lesmona'') (shared with Reinhard Baumgart, Katja Riemann, and Herbert Grönemeyer), and a Bambi Award, in 1968, for ''Zug der Zeit'' (''The Locomotive of Time'').

Personal life

Beauvais was married four times, to the actress Ilsemarie Schnering, the singer and actress

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(with whom he had a daughter, Dana), the actress

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(1963 to 1984), and the photographer and later producer Barbara Beauvais. Barbara Beauvais survived him and actually completed his last film ''Why Is There Salt in the Sea?'', as Peter Beauvais died during production.

Filmography

Film

* 1958: ' * 1959: '

Television

* 1955: ''Der selige Christopher Bohn'' — (based on '' The Late Christopher Bean'') * 1955: ''Das Ostergeschenk'' (short) — (based on ''The Christmas Tie'' by

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) * 1955: ''Zwischen den Zügen'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1955: ''Die falschen Nasen'' — (based on ''Les Faux Nez'' by

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) * 1955: ''Drei Jungen – Ein Mädchen'' — (based on a play by Roger Ferdinand) * 1956: ''Kolibri – Eine Magazingeschichte'' — (based on a play by

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) * 1956: ''Die Fahrt ins Blaue'' — (based on ''La belle aventure'' by

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and

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) * 1956: ''Regen und Wind'' — (based on ''The Wind and the Rain'' by Merton Hodge) * 1956: ''Schatten in der 3. Avenue'' (screenplay by Otto Zoff) * 1957: ''Schinderhannes'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1957: ''Bei Tag und bei Nacht oder Der Hund des Gärtners'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1957: ''Mrs. Cheneys Ende'' — (based on '' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'') * 1957: ''Die Fee'' — (based on '' The Good Fairy'') * 1957: ''Das heiße Herz'' — (based on ''The Hasty Heart'' by John Patrick) * 1959: ''Der Mann im Manne'' — (based on ''The Male Animal'' by

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and

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* 1960: ''Ein Fingerhut voll Mut'' — (based on ''All You Young Lovers'' by

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) * 1960: ' — (based on ''

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'') * 1960: ''Familie'' — (based on ''The Wooden Dish'' by Edmund Morris) * 1961: ''General Quixotte'' — (based on ''L'Hurluberlu ou le Réactionnaire amoureux'' by

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) * 1961: ''Madame de…'' — (based on a novel by

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) * 1961: ''Die kleinen Füchse'' — (based on '' The Little Foxes'') * 1961: ''Zwischen den Zügen'' — (based on ''

'') * 1961: ''Ein Außenseiter'' — (based on ''Thunder on the Snowy'' by

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) * 1961: ''Erinnerst du dich?'' — (based on '' The Vinegar Tree'') * 1962: ''Der Walzer der Toreros'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1962: ''Letzter Punkt der Tagesordnung'' — (based on ''Any Other Business'' by George Ross and

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* 1962: ''Onkel Harry'' — (remake of ''

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'', 1945) * 1962: ''Schluck und Jau'' — (based on a play by

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) * 1962: ''Schönes Wochenende'' (screenplay by ) * 1963: ''Jahre danach'' — (based on '' Reunion Day'') * 1963: ''Bilderkomödie'' — (based on ''Prenez garde à la peinture'' by

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) * 1963: ''Die Teilnahme'' — (based on a play by Luigi Squarzina) * 1963: ''Port Royal'' — (based on ''Port-Royal'' by

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) * 1963: ''Der arme Bitos… oder Das Diner der Köpfe'' — (based on ''Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes'' by

) * 1963: ''Das Glück läuft hinterher'' (screenplay by ) * 1964: ''Drei Schwestern'' — (based on '' Three Sisters'') * 1964: ''Der Feigling und die Tänzerin'' * 1964: ''Spätsommer'' — (based on ''Late Summer Affair'' by ) * 1964: ''Professor Bernhardi'' — (based on '' Professor Bernhardi'') * 1964: ''Ich fahre Patschold'' (screenplay by ) * 1965: ''Undine'' — (based on '' Ondine'') * 1965: ''Michael Kramer'' — (based on a play by

) * 1965: ''Nächstes Jahr in Jerusalem'' — (based on ''I'm Talking About Jerusalem'' by

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) * 1965: ''Tag für Tag'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1965: ''Onkel Wanja – Szenen aus dem Landleben'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1965: ' — (

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about

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) * 1965: ''Die Sommerfrische'' — (based on a play by

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) * 1965: ''Mach's Beste draus'' (screenplay by ) * 1966: ' — (based on ''

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'') * 1966: ''Geibelstraße 27'' (screenplay by ) * 1966: ''Jegor Bulytschow und andere'' — (based on ''Yegor Bulychov and Others'' by

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) * 1967: ''Ein Duft von Blumen'' — (based on ''A Scent of Flowers'' by James Saunders) * 1967: ''Zug der Zeit'' (screenplay by ) * 1967: ''Der Teufel und der liebe Gott'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1967: ''Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1968: ' (TV miniseries) — (remake of

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's ''A Man Called Harry Brent'', 1965) * 1968: ''Zeit der halben Herzen'' — (based on ''A Cold Heart'' by ) * 1968: ' (screenplay by ) * 1969: ' — (based on '' The Rats'') * 1969: ''Fink und Fliederbusch'' — (based on a play by

) * 1969: ''Die Sommerfrische'' — (based on a play by

) * 1969: ''Die Rückkehr'' (screenplay by ) * 1969: ''Rumpelstilz'' — (based on a play by Adolf Muschg) * 1969: ''The Tale of the 1002nd Night'' — (based on a novel by

) * 1969: ''Das weite Land'' — (based on a play by

) * 1970: ''Eine große Familie'' (screenplay by ) * 1970: ''Trauer muß Elektra tragen'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1971: ''

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'' (TV series): ' — (screenplay by

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) * 1971: ' (screenplay by ) * 1972: ''8051 Grinning'' (screenplay by Bernd Schroeder) * 1972: ''Finito l'amor'' (screenplay by ) * 1973: ''Eines langen Tages Reise in die Nacht'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1973: ' (screenplay by ) * 1973: ''Die Gräfin von Rathenow'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1974: ''Sechs Wochen im Leben der Brüder G.'' (screenplay by ) * 1974: ' — (based on a novel by

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) * 1974: ''Rosenmontag'' (screenplay by ) * 1975: ''Evas Rippe'' (screenplay by ) * 1975: ''Stumme Zeugen'' (screenplay by ) * 1975: ''Nach der Scheidung'' (screenplay by ) * 1975: ''Hilde Breitner'' (screenplay by ) * 1975: ''Am Wege'' — (based on '' Ved Vejen'') * 1976: ''Männergeschichten – Frauengeschichten'' (screenplay by ) * 1976: ''Dorothea Merz'' — (based on a play by

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) * 1977: ''Glücksucher'' (screenplay by ) * 1977: ''On Mount Chimborazo'' — (based on a play by

) * 1977: ''Die Soldaten'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1977: ''Rückfälle'' (screenplay by ) * 1979: ''Phantasten'' (screenplay by ) * 1979: ''Trennung – Die Geschichte der Anna Wildermuth'' — (based on ''Trennung'' by Karin Struck) * 1979: ''Kur in Travemünde'' (screenplay by ) * 1980: ''Berlin Mitte'' (screenplay by ) * 1981: ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder Die Feuerprobe'' — (based on ''

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'') * 1982: ''Männer'' (screenplay by ) * 1983: ''Der Kunstfehler'' (screenplay by ) * 1983: ''Heimat, die ich meine'' (screenplay by ) * 1984: ''Die ewigen Gefühle'' — (based on a novel by

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) * 1985: ''Verworrene Bilanzen'' (screenplay by ) * 1986: ' — (based on a novella by

) * 1987: ' (TV miniseries) — (based on an epistolary novel by ) * 1988: ''Why Is There Salt in the Sea?'' — (based on a novel by Brigitte Schwaiger)

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