Alfred Thomalla

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Alfred Thomalla (born April 23, 1934 in Rybnik , Poland ; † April 7, 2018 ) was a German production designer and film architect .

Most of his career he worked for DEFA in the GDR . After starting out in Our Sandman, he worked as a film architect and set designer.

In 2011 it became known that from 1962 onwards he worked for eight years as a secret informant for the Ministry for State Security (MfS). In 1970 he broke off contact with the MfS when he was supposed to report on a well-known director.

He was the father of actress Simone Thomalla and the grandfather of actress Sophia Thomalla .

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Bild-Zeitung, accessed on April 7, 2018
  2. Hans-W. Saure: As in your “crime scene”: Simone Thomalla's father was a Stasi spy! In: image . 17th September 2011
  3. Simone Thomalla: Father Thomalla spied for the Stasi . In: Focus . 17th September 2011