Manfred Freitag (screenwriter)
Manfred Freitag (born June 4, 1934 in Reichenbach , † June 18, 1995 in Potsdam ) was a German scriptwriter and writer. With Joachim Nestler he formed a successful film-writing duo in the GDR.
Life
Freitag belonged to "the first generation of film students trained in the GDR": from 1956 to 1960 he studied dramaturgy with Wera and Claus Küchenmeister at the Potsdam-Babelsberg Academy of Film, and from 1960 worked at DEFA . Together with Joachim Nestler, he wrote scripts and scenarios for numerous children's and youth films. Both made their debut as screenwriters in 1963 in the children's film Daniel and the World Champion . Both also adapted fairy tale films for the screen, including Sixes Come Through the World (1972).
The film Just don't think I'm crying , for which he and Nestler wrote the scenario, was banned after 1965 during the 11th plenary session of the SED. In their script for the film Johannes Kepler , written in 1974 , critics also saw in retrospect “their own heretic and confessional conflicts with the authorities. Not only Kepler had to suffer from a heated mood calling for the Inquisition . ”Freitag and Nestler also appeared as authors of numerous children's books.
From 1984, Freitag worked as a lecturer at the HFF. He died in Potsdam in 1995 at the age of 61.
Filmography
- 1961: Panzer 122
- 1963: Daniel and the world champion
- 1963: Julia is alive
- 1965: Don't you think I'm crying
- 1965: life - what for? (Short documentary)
- 1966/1971: The lost angel
- 1967: Credo: Martin Luther - Wittenberg 1517
- 1970: From Our Time (episodes 2 and 3)
- 1972: Six come through the world
- 1974: Still too skinny for love?
- 1974: Johannes Kepler
- 1975: looping
- 1976: Our silent man (cooperation)
- 1977: Who is running away from the devil?
- 1978: Jörg Ratgeb, painter
- 1979: Treasure hunter
- 1980: Max and seven and a half boys
- 1982: Wilhelm Meister's theatrical broadcast (TV)
- 1984: The story of the golden thaler (TV)
- 1988: The Christmas goose Auguste
- 1988: We remain loyal
- 1989: To hell with Harbolla (scenario)
Books
- 1967: Seaman's love
- 1982: Max and seven and a half boys
- 1983: I didn't learn the draft or the whistle
- 1987: Dominik and the robbers
Award
On July 4, 1975, Manfred Freitag and Joachim Nestler were awarded the Heinrich Greif First Class Prize “for their overall contribution to the development of contemporary film production at DEFA Studios for Feature Films” .
literature
- Manfred Friday. In: Eberhard Berger, Joachim Gliese (Ed.): 77 fairy tale films. A movie guide for young and old. Henschel, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-362-00447-4 , p. 380.
Web links
- Literature by and about Manfred Freitag in the catalog of the German National Library
- Manfred Freitag in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Manfred Freitag at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The film professor Joachim Nestler is dead . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 67; March 20, 2002, p. BS6.
- ↑ See defa.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friday, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German scriptwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichenbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1995 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |