Kurt Veth

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Kurt Veth (* 1930 ; † November 18, 2012 in Dresden ) was a German director and screenwriter .

Life

Kurt Veth worked as a theater director at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin, among others . In the mid-1960s he worked as a director for television in the GDR , and from the mid-1970s as a screenwriter. Occasionally he also appeared as an actor.

Among his films, the five-part Luther series on the 500th birthday of Martin Luther is of particular importance. His last television work was a film about Thomas Müntzer in 1989. In the years that followed, Veth continued to work at various theaters.

Veth taught as a professor at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin , which he temporarily headed as rector.

Veth was temporarily married to Heidemarie Wenzel . The marriage later ended in divorce. His second marriage was to Vera Naumann. His grave is in the Tolkewitz urn grove .

Filmography

  • 1964: Red Roses for Me (Director)
  • 1966: The Days of Commune (theater recording) (television director)
  • 1970: A Bouquet of Red Roses (Director)
  • 1974: The Mission (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1976: His Last Fall (Director)
  • 1977: Golden Times - Fine People (Director)
  • 1977: Mission: Survival (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1978: Asking an Old Man (Director)
  • 1981: Looking over the years (direction, screenplay)
  • 1982: Romance with Amélie (actor)
  • 1983: Martin Luther , five-part television series (director, screenplay)
  • 1989: I, Thomas Müntzer, Sichel Gottes (director)

Radio plays

Theater (direction)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice of the family, Berliner Zeitung from 1./2. December 2012
personal data
SURNAME Veth, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 2012
Place of death Dresden