Roland Gräf (13 October 1934 – 11 May 2017) was a German

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the c ...

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

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. In 1982 his film "Märkische Forschungen" won the

Findling Award The Findling Award or short Findling (german: Findlingspreis) was a German film award donated by the umbrella organization of cultural cinemas and film clubs Verband für Filmkommunikation. It was founded in 1982 in GDR and was awarded on severa ...

at the National Feature Film Festival of the GDR in Karl-Marx-Stadt ( Nationales Spielfilmfestival der DDR). His 1986 film '' The House on the River'' was entered into the

36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with '' Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German ...

. Three years later, his film '' Fallada: The Last Chapter'' was entered into the

39th Berlin International Film Festival The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film ''Rain Man'' directed by Barry Levinson. The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer a ...

. In 1991, his film ''

The Tango Player ''The Tango Player'' (german: Der Tangospieler) is a 1991 German drama film directed by Roland Gräf. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Michael Gwisdek as Hans-Peter Dallow * Corinna Harfouch as Elke * Herm ...

'' was entered into the

41st Berlin International Film Festival The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991. The festival opened with ''Uranus'' by Claude Berri. The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film ''La casa del sorriso'' directed by Marco Ferreri. The ret ...

Selected filmography

* '' The House on the River'' (1986) * '' Fallada: The Last Chapter'' (1988) * ''

'' (1991) * ' (1992)

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* 1934 births 2017 deaths Film people from Thuringia People from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt German male writers {{Germany-film-director-stub