Hansjürgen Pohland

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Hansjürgen Pohland (alternative name Jason Pohland , born December 4, 1934 in Berlin ; † May 17, 2014 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule , Alpes-Maritimes , France) was a German film director and producer .

Life

With 20 years Pohland founded his own production company and turned in a few years, numerous short films, some of which as a commission for the Berlin Senate emerged. In 1961 he made his feature film debut with Tobby . In the 1960s he devoted himself increasingly to work as a film producer and worked with Herbert Vesely and Michael Hausthar , among others .

The signatory of the Oberhausen Manifesto had his greatest success in 1966 with the film adaptation of the novella Katz und Maus by Günter Grass with Wolfgang Neuss and Lars and Peter Brandt , the sons of Willy Brandt , in the leading roles.

In 2012 Pohland made his last film with the documentary Die Rebellen von Oberhausen .

Pohland died on the beach in Mandelieu-la-Napoule while attending the Cannes Film Festival 2014 .

Filmography (selection)

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  1. German director and producer Pohland died in France ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Death report on time online , May 17, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  2. a b c Obituary in Film-dienst 13/2014, page 23