Georg Friedel (journalist)

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Georg Friedel (born March 31, 1920 in Munich ; † July 23, 2011 there ) was a German journalist and television editor . He was best known for his sensitive documentaries for Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).

Life

Georg Friedel was born in Munich's Schillerstraße 37, 4th floor (today, after the renumbering in the 1950s, Schillerstraße 20) as the son of the saddler Max Friedel. He completed his education at the elementary school on Schwanthalerstraße in Munich and began an apprenticeship in a freight forwarding company. During his school days in the 1920s, he set a unique cinematic monument: An elementary school class in the 1920s - attempt at a reconstruction (1969). Walter Jens wrote about this film in 1970 in the ZEIT : "But the one who was reciting his memories with Bavarian-guttural intonation, Georg Friedel from Munich, did not even bother with poetry and elegiac evocations, instead he talked cheerfully and spoke so vividly. vividly that even actuarial phrases like the latter sounded less like registration authorities than like Karl Valentin. "

After military service and imprisonment until 1949, Georg Friedel worked in the field of fashion magazines and as the publishing director of a program magazine.

Career as a television editor

In 1954 Georg Friedel switched to SDR as editor. In what was then the new medium of television, he initially directed images for soccer matches, directed the Peter Frankenfeld shows and worked as a production manager .

In the period that followed, he worked closely with Dieter Ertel , one of the co-founders of the Stuttgart Documentary Film School. First he conducted the interviews in his very own sensitive way and later took over the coregie with Dieter Ertl in a series of documentaries that are today among the classics of the genre: New building miracles (1959, interviews), Congress of Ideals, observations at a vegetarian Meetings (1959, interviews), shooting festival near the train station - observations in the village (1961, together with Dieter Ertel), six-day races. Observations in the Berlin Sports Palace, (1964, together with Dieter Ertel).

His first own films are based on his “typical and inimitable word squabbles”: Therese Giehse Portrait of an Actress (1964), Dr. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher- Sketches for a Portrait of the Modern Woman (1967), Festtage on the Autobahn. Observations in Road Traffic (1968).

In 1967 he switched to Bayerischer Rundfunk as a freelancer. A series of documentaries about his hometown Munich and Bavaria were created there: Munich Jews. Childhood, Persecution and Return (1972), Munich resistance fighters report, There was not only July 20th (1974), Schillerstr. 3-53 (1977), Wiener Platz stop (1978), Ein Tag am Stachus (1979).

His films from the 1970s in particular show an impressive picture of Munich from the time before gentrification . At the end of his career, Georg Friedel shot an eight-part long-term observation of a senior year of secondary school on Bergmannstrasse in Munich's Westend .

Works

The list is based on information from SWR, BR and the book by Kay Hoffmann.

Films for the SDR (selection)

  • When the Christmas box office rings Remarks in Advent 1957 (interviews for Dieter Ertel)
  • The customers of the dream factory. A study of film friends and fans, 1958 (interviews for Dieter Ertel)
  • The nitrite affair, 1958 (interviews for Corinne Pulver )
  • New building wonders, 1959 (interviews for Dieter Ertel)
  • Congress of Ideals. Observations at a vegetarian meeting, 1959 (interviews for Dieter Ertel)
  • The Bern violin trial, 1959 (together with Corinne Pulver)
  • Subject of food prices, 1960 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • Penal system. Observations in German prisons, 1961 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • The revolt of the revolt. Observations at the Cologne Carnival, 1960 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • Shooting festival near the train station. Observations in the village , 1961 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • Penal system. Observations in German prisons, 1961 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • Guest in the castle. Observations in castle hotels, 1962
  • TV fever. Comments on the mass medium and its audience , 1963 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • Chestiness obliges: a visit to Fita Benkhoff, 1963
  • A visit to Lil Dagover - Geiselgasteig Bavaria Filmplatz 7, 1963
  • Six days race. Observations in the Berlin Sports Palace, 1964 (together with Dieter Ertel)
  • Therese Giese. Portrait of an actress, 1964
  • Basel and its carnival. A cityscape, 1964
  • Miss Schick and the carts. An inventory in everyone's residential street, 1965
  • A week with Helmut Qualtinger, efforts to create a portrait of the actor, 1965
  • How do you feel about politics? Small test of the German voter, 1965
  • Detour to November. A trip at the wrong time of year, 1966
  • Helene Weigel. Portrait during a guest performance, 1967
  • Dr. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher. Sketches for a portrait of the modern woman in 1967
  • Hildegard Knef. Sketches for a portrait of the modern woman in 1967
  • Gutenberg and the consequences. Observations at the book fair, 1967 (together with Roman Brodmann )
  • Holidays on the Autobahn. Observations in road traffic 1968,
  • Physiognomy of Crime, Part 1: Report of a Bank Robber, 1969
  • Physiognomy of Crime, Part 2: Report by a Check Frauditor, 1969
  • Physiognomy of Crime, Part 3: Violent Criminals, 1969
  • Physiognomy of Crime, Part 4: Report from a Murderer, 1969

Films for BR (selection)

  • One night in an emergency room, 1968
  • An elementary school class from the twenties. Attempt at a reconstruction, 1969
  • The pet shop and its customers, 1971
  • The motorcycle shop, 1971
  • Munich Jews. Childhood, Persecution, and Return, 1972
  • Munich resistance fighters report. It wasn't just July 20, 1974
  • The Stripsenjochhütte. Portrait of an alpine accommodation, 1975
  • Along the Salzach. On the river through the Rupertiwinkel, 1975
  • The Heupel and his team. The Westend Story, 1976
  • A day at the shelter. Animal sanctuary, 1976
  • Schillerstraße 3 - 53. Age and faces of a street, 1977
  • Wiener Platz stop. Observations in a confined space, 1978
  • Mr. Habl, Mr. Sührer and the main train station. Observations among railroad workers and travelers, 1979
  • A secondary school class in the eighties, parts 1, 2, 3. Portrait of a final school year, 1982
  • My sister and I. Two secondary school leavers in training, 1983
  • My company. The “secondary school class of the eighties” in professional life, 1984
  • Line twenty - tram driver profession, 1984
  • CV - My job, 1984
  • Amalienpassage. Single-pass observations, 1985
  • Sylvia - A "former" high school graduate is a nanny. One lives ... - The "alumni" of the secondary school class in everyday life, 1987
  • Out of the house. The "alumni" of the secondary school class left their parents' apartment in 1988
  • Detours. Even with the "alumni" of the secondary school class, not everything goes smoothly, in 1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. July 30, 2011, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  2. ^ Address book for Munich and the surrounding area . Address book publisher of the Munich Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Munich 1930.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Kay Hoffmann: Signs of the times: on the history of the "Stuttgart School" . TR Verlagsunion GmbH, Munich 1968, ISBN 3-8058-3149-8 , p. 75-79 .
  4. ↑ a b alpha-retro: An elementary school class in the twenties (1969): An attempt at a reconstruction. Retrieved on May 4, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Walter Jens: Sons and Fathers. In: The time. February 27, 1970. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
  6. ^ Chronicle of the ARD | "Have fun!" With Peter Frankenfeld. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Birgit Weidinger: hard work on reality . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 15, 1986.
  8. ↑ a b Bayerischer Rundfunk: alpha-retro: Jewish life since 1945: alpha-retro: Münchner Juden (1972). March 25, 2020, accessed May 4, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b 50 years under our sky | 1977: Schillerstraße 3 - 53. Age and faces of a street. Retrieved on May 4, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ a b Bayerischer Rundfunk: alpha-retro: Munich in the 1970s: alpha-retro: Wiener Platz stop (1978). January 15, 2020, accessed May 4, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: alpha-retro: Mountaineering: alpha-retro: Die Stripsenjochhütte (1975). December 11, 2019, accessed May 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Friedel, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2011
Place of death Munich