Peter Dittrich
Peter Dittrich (born July 31, 1931 in Teplitz-Schönau , † August 10, 2009 in Petershagen / Eggersdorf ) was a German cartoonist and filmmaker.
Life
Dittrich, who grew up in Dresden in 1940 but temporarily returned to his homeland in 1945, studied from 1948 to 1951 at the Dresden University of Fine Arts with Erich Fraaß and Otto Dix , then until 1952 at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art . From 1952 he worked as a draftsman for the magazine Frischer Wind , from which the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel emerged in 1954 ; until 1993 he drew mainly for this magazine, but also for other publications. At the end of the 1950s he also worked for the German television broadcasting company “Zeitgezeich”, in which current political events were caricatured on a pane of glass in front of the audience. From 1993 he lived in seclusion in Petershagen near Berlin, where he died of cancer.
He became known for his detailed " hidden objects " that stretch over two pages . War machines and apocalyptic images were among his favorite subjects. He targeted the dacha and allotment gardens of the GDR citizens and denounced injustice, stupidity and greed of the West. He also wrote scripts for short and animated films, developed their scenarios and drew the animated television film Der Schneesturm (directed by Walter Heynowski ).
In 1986 Dittrich received the 1st prize of the satirical magazine Jesch in Belgrade and the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
Fonts
- Inventory Berlin: Eulenspiegel-Verlag 1963
Filmography
- 1963: The barbed animal: What can it be?
- 1961: Aunt Minna, her dog and science
- 1961: No pills help
- 1961: The snow storm
- 1961: The anatomy of Dr. A.
- 1959: Aunt Minna and polytechnic lessons
- 1959: Oops, now comes Willy!
Exhibitions
- 1999: Divided - United (collective exhibition) in the House of History
- 2011: Break in the class struggle - the draftsman Peter Dittrich (1931–2009) in the Brandenburg Cartoon Museum
Web links
- Obituary Berliner-Kurier.de
- Entry (Eulenspiegel classic)
- Peter Dittrich at filmportal.de
- Peter Dittrich in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In 1956, for example, he dealt with the current debate in the GDR about jazz under the motto “Jazz is on the loose” . See R. Bratfisch Freie Töne: Die Jazzszene in der DDR Links, Berlin 2005, p. 94.
- ↑ The no longer included television film was probably made in the early 1960s. Cf. Thomas Beutelschmidt, Henning Wrage ›Das Buch zum Film, der Film zum Buch‹: Approaching the literary canon on GDR television Leipzig 2004, pp. 61f.
- ↑ a b entry (Cartoonmuseum Brandenburg)
- ↑ Entry (House of History)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dittrich, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartoonist and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teplitz-Schönau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2009 |
| Place of death | Petershagen / Eggersdorf |