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Konrad Wolf
Directing
Born October 20, 1925 · Hechingen, Germany
Died March 7, 1982
Also known as Конрад Вольф
Biography
Konrad Wolf was born in Hechingen in 1925 and died in Berlin in 1982. In 1933, his family emigrated to the Soviet Union. At the age of 18, he joined the Red Army and came to Germany as a lieutenant in 1945. He studied Directing at the Moscow Film School in 1949 and worked as an assistant director to Kurt Maetzig at the DEFA Studios in 1953.
Awards & recognition
- National Prize of East Germany · 1979
- Art Award of the FDGB · 1977
- Order of Karl Marx · 1974
- Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic · 1971
- National Prize of East Germany · 1971
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- Johannes R. Becher Medal · 1969
- Johannes R. Becher Medal in Gold · 1969
- National Prize of East Germany · 1968
- Erich Weinert Medal · 1965
- National Prize of East Germany · 1959
- honorary citizenship
- Medal "For Battle Merit"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Order of the Red Star
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
