Ottokar Runze
German film producer, director and screenwriter
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Ottokar Runze (19 August 1925 – 22 September 2018) was a German film producer, director and screenwriter.[1] His 1974 film In the Name of the People was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear.[2] The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Born19 August 1925
Berlin, Germany
Died22 September 2018 (aged 93)
Neustrelitz, Germany
OccupationsFilm producer, director, screenwriter
Yearsactive1950–2001
Ottokar Runze | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 August 1925 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 22 September 2018 (aged 93) Neustrelitz, Germany |
| Occupations | Film producer, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1950–2001 |
Selected filmography
- Five Suspects (dir. Kurt Hoffmann, 1950, producer)
- Viola and Sebastian (1972) — loosely based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
- Der Lord von Barmbeck (1974)
- In the Name of the People (1974)
- Knife in the Back (1975)
- A Lost Life (1976)
- The Standard (1977) — based on The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
- The Murderer (1979) — based on a novel by Georges Simenon
- Star Without a Sky (1980) — based on Stern ohne Himmel by Leonie Ossowski
- High Society Limited (1982)
- Non-Stop Trouble with Spies (1983)
- Ein heikler Fall (1986–1988, TV series)
- Embezzled Heaven (1990, TV film) — based on a novel by Franz Werfel
- Die Hallo-Sisters (1990)
- Linda (1992)
- Goldstaub (1993, TV film)
- Tatort: Laura, mein Engel (1994, TV series episode)
- 100 Jahre Brecht (1998) — based on works by Bertolt Brecht
- The Volcano (1999) — based on a novel by Klaus Mann
