Peter Gorski, (7 September 1921 – 3 March 2007) was a German film director.
Early life
Peter Gorski was born in
Berlin
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, and was adopted in 1949 by the famous German actor
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hambur ...
.
Career
Gorski started his career in 1955 as the assistant director for the film ''
Ripening Youth''.
In 1960 Gorski directed the film ''
Faust
Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...
'', based on
Goethe's ''Faust'' and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in
Hamburg
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. The film starred his adoptive father
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hambur ...
as
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles ( , ), also known as Mephostophilis or Mephisto, is a demon featured in German folklore, originating as the chief devil in the Faust legend. He has since become a stock character appearing in Mephistopheles in the arts and popular ...
, and was chosen as West Germany's
official submission to the
33rd Academy Awards
The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on April 17, 1961, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. This was the first ceremony to be aired on ABC television, which ha ...
for
Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.
[ The film also won Gorski a ]Deutscher Filmpreis
The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. Besides being ...
for an ''Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film'' in 1961.
Lawsuit
In 1968, Peter Gorski, as Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hambur ...
’ sole heir, sued the ''Nymphenburger Verlagsbuchhandlung'' which had published the novel '' Mephisto'', which was loosely based on the life of his adoptive father. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
The Federal Constitutional Court ( ; abbreviated: ) is the supreme court, supreme constitutional court for the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Basic Law ...
ruled that Gründgens’ personal freedom was more important than the freedom of art.
Filmography
* ''Faust
Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...
'' (1960), as director
* ''Reifende Jugend'' (1955), as assistant director
References
External links
*
1921 births
2007 deaths
Artists from Berlin
Film directors from Berlin
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