Günter Rätz
Günter Rätz (born May 30, 1935 in Berlin ) is a German animator, director and screenwriter .
Rätz, who learned to be a bricklayer, worked as a puppeteer, discovered animation in 1954 and came to the DEFA animation studio in Dresden in 1955 . In 1958 he finished the first of his 60 animated films there.
Private
Rätz lives in Dresden- Omsewitz .
Works
As a director, Rätz was responsible for many short films in the internationally successful series Filopat and Patafil (1962–68), the feature films Die fgende Windmühle (1981) and The trace leads to Silbersee (1987–1989) and Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste (1985) for GDR television ( DDR-FS ). In 1980 the series The Most Beautiful Fairy Tales from Around the World followed . He was the 1983 Findling Award awarded Section animated film.
In addition to the scripts for his own films , he wrote a . a. that of the film Journey around the earth in 80 days (1998) and 1999 that of Journey to the moon .
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: Teddy Brumm
- 1959: Immediately to the left behind the moon
- 1959: The clumsy little elephant
- 1960: King of the Beasts
- 1960: The Song of the Dove
- 1961: The brave tram
- 1963: Nobi
- 1964: Hirsch Heinrich
- 1967: The Drummer (also screenplay)
- 1969: Feine Spielwaren - Made in USA (also screenplay)
- 1970: On the barricades of Paris (also script)
- 1973: Peter and the Wolf (also screenplay)
- 1974: The lighthouse island
- 1978: The life and deeds of the famous knight Schnapphahnski ( Heinrich Greif Prize, 2nd class, together with Gerd Mackensen and Helmut May )
- 1981: The flying windmill (also script)
- 1985: The Escape to the Penguins (also screenplay)
- 1985: The Christmas goose Auguste (also screenplay)
- 1990: The trail leads to the Silbersee (also script)
literature
- Ralf Forster: "Finally got rid of the conventional incrustation in puppet films". Wire figure films from the DEFA studio for animated films with FILOPAT & PATAFIL (1962-1968) . In: Filmblatt, Volume 16, No. 46/47, Winter 2011/12, ISSN 1433-2051 , pp. 71-84.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fantasy & Adventure. 70 years Günter Rätz and Gottfried Reinhard ( Memento from October 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Journey to the Moon. In: Collection Jule Verne. Andreas Fehrmann , accessed December 17, 2012 .
- ^ Literature prizes of the GDR, 17th supplement, 1978 (supplement to Börsenblatt Leipzig) 146th year, p. 3
Web links
- Günter Rätz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raetz, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |