Hans-Joachim Kasprzik

Hans-Joachim Kasprzik (born August 14, 1928 in Beuthen , † October 10, 1997 in Berlin ) was a German director and screenwriter who worked in particular for DEFA .

Life

Hans-Joachim Kasprzik began his career in the 1950s at DEFA as an assistant director . One of his first films was Carola Lamberti in 1954 - Eine vom Zirkus . Other important films with his participation were, for example, Cheated until Judgment Day (1957) and The Silent Star (1960). With the television film Directed by Night in 1960, Kasprzik realized his first own film as a director and screenwriter. The 1966 film Hands up or I shoot with Rolf Herricht in the leading role was made after the XI. Plenary session of the Central Committee of the SED was banned and only had its film premiere in 2009.

Kasprzik often devoted himself to contemporary, less often historical, material. Important works, for which he often wrote the scripts and which were mostly made as mini-series for television in the GDR , are Wolf unter Wölfen (1964), Kleiner Mann - what next? (1967) and Farewell to Peace (1979). Probably Kasprzik's best-known work was the mini-series Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria (1983/87), in which his daughter Anne Kasprik also played one of the roles.

Hans-Joachim Kasprzik died of cancer. His written estate is in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

↑ Hans-Joachim-Kasprzik-Archiv Inventory overview on the website of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.