Peter Gehrig

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Peter Gehrig (born June 27, 1935 in Essen , † January 16, 2013 in Munich ) was a German documentary filmmaker, writer and director.

Life

Peter Gehrig studied at the German Institute for Film and Television (DIFF) in Munich, then worked for several years as a unit manager and production assistant in documentary, commercial and TV play productions. In 1961, he and Uwe Krauss received the Federal Film Prize for his first short film, “Zündhölzer” . Since 1963 he has been working as a freelance documentary filmmaker. Since then, around 80 documentaries have been made, mainly for German television stations. Long-term project: a book entitled “Unmade Films” about the numerous film projects that have not been realized.

Prizes and awards

Filmography (selection from approx. 80 films)

  • 1967: The birth of the children of Olympus (60 min.) Together with Erwin Kipfmüller . About the making of the cult film Les Enfants du Paradis with Jacques Prévert, Marcel Carné, Alexandre Trauner, Joseph Kosma, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur and the directors of the Nouvelle Vague Francois Truffaut, Louis Malle, Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda, Claude Lelouch et al. a.
  • 1968: El Waldemar (60 min.) About a German bullfighter's comeback attempt in Spanish arenas, with Paco Camino, El Viti, José Fuentes and others. a.
  • 1969: Billy Wilder (45 min.) Portrait of the Hollywood director while filming The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes at Pinewood Studios in London.
  • 1970: What did you do to Jefferson, Alfred? (60 min.) Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock while filming Topaz at Universal Studios Hollywood.
  • 1971: Bernie Cornfeld - idol figure of a people's capitalism? (45 min.) Portrait of IOS founder Bernie Cornfeld shortly before the company collapsed.
  • 1972: The penultimate years (45 min.) About the senior town of Sun City in the Arizona desert.
  • 1972: Life is writing (45 min.) Together with Angelika Mechtel. About the situation of writers in old age, with Erich Kästner , Marie-Louise Kaschnitz , Ernst Kreuder a. a.
  • 1973: Big fish small fish (45 min.) About the work of a gossip reporter (Wolfgang Frank) on the Côte d'Azur. With Greta Garbo, Romy Schneider, Deborrah Kerr, Charles Aznavour u. a.
  • 1974: Is Miracle the Right Word? (45 min.) On the case of the stigmatized Therese von Konnersreuth .
  • 1975: I know a house on the water (45 min.) Memories of Hans Fallada from his years in Carwitz / Mecklenburg, filmed on site with items provided by DEFA.
  • 1976: The empire of Karl Schappeller (45 min.) On the case of the Austrian inventor charlatan Karl Schapeller and his “primal force”.
  • 1977: Who for my sake leaves his father's house (45 min.) Via a group of a hundred Pforzheim youth who followed their soul guide Wilhelm Cordier to the south of Argentina.
  • 1978: Django Reinhardt (45 min.) Together with Erwin Kipfmüller. Portrait of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt , with Stéphane Grappelli , Eddie Barclay , Daniel Gélin a. a.
  • 1978: Billy the Kid - a suitable life (45 min.) About the authentic background of the western legend, shot on the original locations in New Mexico, with Jarvis Garrett, the youngest son of the sheriff Pat Garrett.
  • 1979: Saitenstrassen (45 min.) About the summer trip of German-French gypsy families through Alsace.
  • 1980: Der Platzanweiser (90 min.) Game documentary about a fictional, lost filmmaker with Hanna Axmann-Rezzori, Marthe Keller, Peter Lilienthal, Hans Jürgen Syberberg, Uli Schamoni, Herbert Achternbusch and others. a.
  • 1981: Fischermann's doctor (45 min.) About the work of a doctor on fishing boats off the coast of Iceland and Greenland.
  • 1982: Seduction included (45 min.) Based on music by Astor Piazzolla about a coffee tour for seniors.
  • 1983: What does the German heart depend on? (60 min.) Game documentation about the creation and evaluation of a TV survey.
  • 1984: The big vernissage (90 min.) Together with Bibiena Houwer and Manfred Hausenberger. Naive, underhanded questions about modern art for artists and art marketers.
  • 1985: The March Act (81 min.) Portrait of the (68) March publishing house and its founder Jörg Schröder .
  • 1986: Brave new world in cling film (45 min.) Real-satirical report on " Interpack ", the international packaging fair in Düsseldorf.
  • 1987: The search for the amber room (90 min.) Assumptions about the whereabouts of the lost art treasure.
  • 1987: The whole cosmos (90 min.) A summer with the universal artist Peter Kubelka .
  • 1987: Golo Mann (45 min.) Portrait of the historian Golo Mann , shot in his father's house in Kilchberg near Zurich.
  • 1988: Tilting figure (75 min.) Portrait of Robert Gernhardt .
  • 1989/90: The Corleone project (75 min.) About the “Mafia” myth in film, television and literature, shot in Corleone / Sicily.
  • 1992/93: Dean Reed - Glamor and Protest (85 min.) About the life and death of the American show star Dean Reed in the GDR .

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personal data
SURNAME Gehrig, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2013
Place of death Munich