Adolf Grimme Prize 1979
The 15th Adolf Grimme Prize was awarded in 1979 . The award ceremony took place on March 22, 1979 in the Marl Theater.
Award winners
Adolf Grimme Prize with gold
- Max H. Rehbein (book), Jens-Uwe Scheffler (director) and Eckhard Dorn (camera) (for the documentary Lefty - Memory of a Dead in Brooklyn , NDR )
- Werner Schroeter (for script and direction for Neapolitan Siblings , ZDF )
- Percy Adlon (script and direction) and Rolf Illig (actor) (for the show The Guardian and His Poet - Robert Walser , BR )
Adolf Grimme Prize with silver
- Klaus Lemke (for writing and directing Amore , WDR )
- Elfie Donnelly and Hans Henning Borgelt (for script and direction to Servus Grandpa, I said quietly ... , SFB )
Special honor
- Franz Alt (for the moderation and editorial management of Report ).
- Gerd Jauch (for factual and person-related program work that has made difficult areas of conflict understandable with the means of television)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hymmen (for 20 years of television criticism and his resolute advocacy for public broadcasting)
Honorable recognition
- Alfred Behrens (for the direction at Familienkino: Her Highness with Prinzess Sieglinde , NDR)
- Paul Karalus (for the direction of trials of strength: Gudrun Ensslin , WDR)
Special award from the Stifterverband for German science
- Horst Stern (for the direction of Die Stellvertreter: Tiere in der Pharmaforschung , SDR )
Audience Award of the Marler Group
- Elfie Donnelly (for the show Servus Opa, I said quietly ... , SFB)