Michael Gwisdek
German actor and film director (1942–2020)
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Michael Gwisdek (14 January 1942 – 22 September 2020) was a German actor and film director.[1]
- Actor
- film director
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| Born | 14 January 1942 Berlin-Weissensee, Germany |
| Died | 22 September 2020 (aged 78) |
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| Years active | 1968–2020 |
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| Children | Johannes Gwisdek, Robert Gwisdek |
Career
He began his acting career in East Germany and has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1968. His debut film as a director, Treffen in Travers, was the first East-German film[2] screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.[3] His 1998 film The Big Mambo was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] The following year, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, for his role in the film Nightshapes.[5]
He married the actress Corinna Harfouch in 1985 and they divorced in 1997. They had two sons together before they married; the musician Johannes Gwisdek (born 1980) and the actor Robert Gwisdek (born 1984). He married his second wife, Gabriela, shortly after divorcing Harfouch.[6]
Gwisdek died on 22 September 2020 aged 78.[2]
Selected filmography
- Jadup and Boel (1980)[7]
- Woman Doctors (1984)[7]
- Sansibar oder der letzte Grund (1987)
- Just for Horror (1987- produced)
- Treffen in Travers (1988 - directed)[7]
- Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)[7]
- Coming Out (1989)[7]
- Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness (1991)
- The Tango Player (1991)[7]
- Das große Fest (1992, TV film)
- Constable Zumbühl (1994)
- Night Time (1998)
- The Big Mambo (1998 - directed)
- Nightshapes (1999)[7]
- No Place to Go (2000)[7]
- Vaya con Dios (2002)
- Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)[7]
- Herr Lehmann (2003)[7]
- Speer und Er (2005)
- Pornorama (2007)
- Kaifeck Murder (2009)
- Boxhagener Platz (2010)[7]
- The Day I Was Not Born (2011)
- A Coffee in Berlin (2012)[7]
- Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake (2013)
- The Silent Revolution (2018)[7]