Rainer Simon (born 11 January 1941) is a German

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

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. He directed 17 films between 1964 and 2000. His ''

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'' (1969) and '' Six Make it Through the World'' (1972) are highly imaginative adaptations of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers. His 1975 '' Till Eulenspiegel'' is based on Renaissance stories, which Christa and Gerhard Wolf recast into a film narration incorporating period history. Remapping World Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics in Film. Eds. Stephanie Dennison and Song Hwee Lim (London: Wallflower Press, 2006), 101-117."> His 1985 film '' The Woman and the Stranger'' won the Golden Bear award at the

35th Berlin International Film Festival The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985. The Golden Bear was awarded to East German film ''Die Frau und der Fremde'' directed by Rainer Simon and British film ''Wetherby'' directed by David Hare. ...

. His 1980 film '' Jadup and Boel'' entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival in 1989.

Selected filmography

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'' (1969) * '' Six Make It Through the World'' (1972) * ''Till Eulenspiegel'' (1975) — film about Till Eulenspiegel (18+) * '' Jadup and Boel'' (1980) * ' (1983) — based on a novel by Fritz Rudolf Fries * '' The Woman and the Stranger'' (1985) — based on a novella by Leonhard Frank * ' (1989) — film about

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* ' (1991) — screenplay by Ulrich Plenzdorf, based on a story by Franz Fühmann

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* 1941 births Living people People from Hainichen, Saxony Film people from Saxony Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Directors of Golden Bear winners {{Germany-film-director-stub