Kurt Jung-Alsen
Kurt Paul Dietrich Jung-Alsen (born June 18, 1915 in Tutzing , † December 17, 1976 in Berlin-Mitte ) was a DEFA director .
life and work
Kurt Jung-Alsen is the son of the theater maker Paul Eger and the singer Herta Alsen.
His best-known film is Deceived until Judgment Day (1957), which dealt with the internal constitution of Wehrmacht soldiers. The film is also interesting because, at the instigation of the Federal Republic of Germany, which insisted on its claim to sole representation for Germany, it was not allowed to run in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
In addition, Jung-Alsen appeared as an actor every now and then, for example in the movie My Hour Zero alongside Manfred Krug or in the police call episode Burned Track . In 1973 he was awarded the Heinrich Greif Prize .
Kurt Jung-Alsen died during the shooting of the film in the series "Polizeiruf 110" tired of being alone , which was then ended by Helmut Krätzig .
Filmography (selection)
As a director
- 1954: The barbed animal : Ede Saturdays (also screenplay)
- 1955: Who loves his wife ...
- 1955: The barbed animal : last compartment lower right
- 1956: Three girls in the final
- 1956: The barbed animal: The soft Artur
- 1957: Cheated until Judgment Day
- 1957: Polonia-Express (also screenplay)
- 1959: The premiere is canceled
- 1959: Little Kuno
- 1960: Arrogance comes before the bang
- 1960: Those over 40 today (also screenplay)
- 1961: The murdered man intervenes (TV, also screenplay)
- 1963: Soldier Pooley's Oath
- 1963: Lucie and the Angler from Paris (TV movie)
- 1963: Secret archive on the Elbe (also screenplay)
- 1964: The Girl from the Jungle (TV series)
- 1965: Ballad of the Red Poppy (TV)
- 1966: Shadows Over Notre Dame (TV series)
- 1966: Emilia Galotti
- 1968: Androclus and the Lion (TV)
- 1969: The Lady from Genoa (TV, also screenplay)
- 1970: Fish for four (TV movie)
- 1972: The pictures of the witness Schattmann (TV series, also screenplay)
- 1974: The Secret of Oedipus (TV, also screenplay)
- 1974: Visa for Ocantros (TV, also screenplay)
- 1974: Police call 110: miscalculation (TV, also screenplay)
- 1975: Im Schlaraffenland (TV, also screenplay)
- 1976: No wedding without seriousness (TV, also screenplay)
- 1977: Police call 110: Tired of being alone (TV, with Helmut Krätzig )
As a performer
- 1951: The seas are calling
- 1954: Dangerous cargo
- 1961: Professor Mamlock
- 1968: hour of the scorpion
- 1970: my zero hour
- 1972: Police call 110: Burned track (TV series)
- 1974: The Secret of Oedipus
theatre
- 1951: Herb Tank : Tanker Nebraska - ( Theater am Schiffbauerdamm Berlin )
- 1957: Caron de Beaumarchais : The great day - ( Volksbühne Berlin )
Web links
- Kurt Jung-Alsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on defa-stiftung.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Birth register, Tutzing registry office, No. 18/1915
- ↑ Death register, registry office Berlin-Mitte, No. 2121/1976
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Young Alsen, Kurt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jung-Alsen, Kurt Paul Dietrich (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German DEFA director |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tutzing |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 1976 |
Place of death | Berlin center |