Christa Mühl

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Christa Mühl (born June 11, 1947 in Halle (Saale) ; † October 14, 2019 in Berlin ) was a German director , screenwriter and writer .

Life

Christa Mühl grew up in Halle (Saale) as the daughter of an electrician, completed training as a skilled worker, worked at a workers' theater and, after graduating from high school, began studying directing at the GDR Academy for Film and Television in Babelsberg . From 1973 she worked as an assistant director in the field of dramatic art for television in the GDR . Among other things, she worked here with Thomas Langhoff .

From 1977 until the fall of the Berlin Wall she was a director in the field of television drama. She filmed novels by Bertolt Brecht , Anna Seghers and Theodor Fontane and made crime fiction films (including for Polizeiruf 110 ). In addition, Mühl also worked as a mentor in the fields of acting and directing at the "Konrad Wolf" University of Film and Television. In 1988 she received the GDR Art Prize .

Even after 1990 she remained true to her craft and staged for television a. a. more than 40 episodes of the hospital series For all cases Stefanie . At the same time, she worked as a screenwriter. Since 2004 she has dealt extensively with the telenovela . In a regional magazine Mühl was called the "mother of the telenovela". She was part of the team for the successful ARD series Rote Rosen from the very beginning. In 2015 she made her debut as a crime fiction writer with "Seniorenknast - We are coming".

Christa Mühl was married to the author, Brecht researcher and editor Werner Hecht . She found her final resting place in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in Berlin-Mitte .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ But without fear. October 18, 2019, accessed October 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 22, 2019, p. 21
  3. ^ GDR Art Prize , In: Neues Deutschland , May 20, 1988, p. 6
  4. ↑ Ulrich Seidler: With love and meticulousness . Berliner Zeitung of March 1, 2017, p. 23
  5. ^ Private obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from 26./27. October 2019, p. 22
personal data
SURNAME Mühl, Christa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle , Saale
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2019
Place of death Berlin