Gert Golde
Gert Golde (born June 20, 1937 in Dresden ) is a German filmmaker. He worked for DEFA for 30 years in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and was its last general director in 1989/90.
Life
Golde, the son of a saleswoman and an electrician, graduated from high school in 1955 and began studying at the German Academy for Film Art in Potsdam-Babelsberg , which he completed in 1959 with a degree in film production with a degree in film economics. In the same year he first went to DEFA as an intern and was hired as a production manager in the studio for feature films.
In 1965 Golde joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In 1966 he was promoted to chief economist and in January 1968 to director of economics at DEFA. In 1970/71 he completed a special course for senior cadres at the Central Committee of the SED . In 1971 he became director of production at DEFA and was therefore responsible for all of the studio's cinema and television films. He stayed in this position until 1989. From 1977 he was also the first deputy to the general manager.
On September 1, 1989, Golde, succeeding Hans Dieter Mäde , became Director General of DEFA. After the turning point and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , DEFA was privatized on July 1, 1990. Golde became managing director of DEFA Studio Babelsberg GmbH together with Bernhard Nowak . He was replaced in 1992, but remained a member of the management until 1995.
In 1996/97 Golde was a manager at Rudolf-Steiner-Film GmbH and, among other things, executive producer of the film Conversation with the Beast (director and leading role: Armin Mueller-Stahl ).
Golde lives in Potsdam.
Films (selection)
Golde has been involved in numerous DEFA films as a unit manager and executive producer .
- 1960 Life begins (Director: Heiner Carow )
- 1961 The Gleiwitz Fall (Director: Gerhard Klein )
- 1961 Conscience in turmoil (Director: Günter Reisch )
- 1963 - 66 production manager of the feature films Christine (director: Slátan Dudow )
- 1965 Karla (Director: Herrmann Zschoche )
- 1965 As long as there is life in me (director: Günter Reisch);
literature
- Ingrid Poss and Peter Warnecke (eds.): Trace of films. Contemporary witnesses about DEFA , Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-8615-3401-3 .
- Dorett Molitor and Gert Golde: A working life for DEFA. The last director general of the feature film studio in conversation . Series of publications by the DEFA Foundation , Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86505-413-5 .
- Ingrid Kirschey-Feix : Gert Golde . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gert Golde in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gert Golde in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorett Molitor: A working life for DEFA : An interview with the last director general of the feature film studio , Potsdam 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gold, Gert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German filmmaker, Director General of DEFA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |