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Hans W. Geißendörfer is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Allemand born on 6 april 1941 at Augsburg (German)

Hans W. Geißendörfer

Hans W. Geißendörfer
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Birth name Wilhelm Max Geißendörfer
Nationality German
Birth 6 april 1941 (83 years) at Augsburg (German)

Hans W. Geißendörfer (born 6 April 1941) is a German film director and producer.

Director of The Glass Cell (1978, starring Brigitte Fossey), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and 16 other films (The Wild Duck starring Jean Seberg; The Magic Mountain starring Rod Steiger; Justice), he is creator of TV-Series Lindenstraße (since 1985).

In 1970, Geißendörfer won the Film Award in Gold at the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best New Direction for his first film Jonathan.
In 1971 he directed the TV film Carlos, which starred Gottfried John and Anna Karina. His 1976 film The Sternstein Manor was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1992 his film Gudrun was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. His drama Snowland (2005, starring Julia Jentsch and Thomas Kretschmann) won the Special Grand Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival.

Biography

Son film La Cellule en verre a été nommé aux Oscars.

Hans W. Geißendörfer est le producteur de la série allemande Lindenstraße (depuis 1985).

Il est diplômé de l'IDHEC.

Sa fille Hana Geißendörfer est réalisatrice, scénariste et productrice de cinéma.

Best films

The Glass Cell
The Glass Cell
(1978)
(Director)

Usually with

Robby Müller
Robby Müller
(3 films)
Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
(2 films)
Peter Przygodda
Peter Przygodda
(3 films)
Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann
(3 films)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hans W. Geißendörfer (17 films)

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Director

Justice
Justice (1993)
, 1h46
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Maximilian Schell, Anna Thalbach, Hark Bohm, David Ryall, Mathias Gnädinger, Suzanne von Borsody
Rating63% 3.1869353.1869353.1869353.1869353.186935
Isaak Kohler (Maximilian Schell) coolly walked up to a man everyone assumed was his friend and shot him dead. This took place in front of dozens of witnesses in a busy restaurant, and there was no question about his guilt. What he never revealed was his motive. He has been in prison serving a twenty-year sentence ever since. Perhaps in order to ease his daughter's pain about the incident, he has hired a legal representative to arrange for him to receive a retrial. He is still unforthcoming about his reasons for committing the crime, and invites the struggling lawyer to make something up. This crime and courtroom drama is based on a novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, whose works are highly respected within the German-speaking intellectual community but whose appeal has proved difficult to translate.
Gudrun
Gudrun (1992)
, 1h37
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Genres Drama
Rating73% 3.692923.692923.692923.692923.69292
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain (1982)
, 2h35
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Marie-France Pisier, Flavio Bucci, Hans Christian Blech, Charles Aznavour, Rod Steiger, Alexander Radszun
Rating63% 3.193433.193433.193433.193433.19343
En 1907, Hans Castorp, jeune allemand de la haute bourgeoise de Hambourg, rend visite à son cousin poitrinaire Joachim Ziemssen hospitalisé dans un sanatorium chic de Davos, en Suisse. Fasciné par la morbidité du lieu et sa galerie de malades pittoresques, Hans y prend pension et y restera jusqu'au début de la Première Guerre mondiale.
Jonathan
Jonathan (1970)
, 1h37
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Hertha von Walther, Arthur Brauss, Jochen Busse
Rating60% 3.043893.043893.043893.043893.04389
Les vampires pouvant vivre à la lumière du jour sont devenus les maîtres du monde. Un groupe d'homme désespérés choisit le jeune Jonathan afin d'éradiquer cette engeance. Mais les vampires ne se laisseront pas faire......

Scriptwriter

Justice
Justice (1993)
, 1h46
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Maximilian Schell, Anna Thalbach, Hark Bohm, David Ryall, Mathias Gnädinger, Suzanne von Borsody
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.1869353.1869353.1869353.1869353.186935
Isaak Kohler (Maximilian Schell) coolly walked up to a man everyone assumed was his friend and shot him dead. This took place in front of dozens of witnesses in a busy restaurant, and there was no question about his guilt. What he never revealed was his motive. He has been in prison serving a twenty-year sentence ever since. Perhaps in order to ease his daughter's pain about the incident, he has hired a legal representative to arrange for him to receive a retrial. He is still unforthcoming about his reasons for committing the crime, and invites the struggling lawyer to make something up. This crime and courtroom drama is based on a novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, whose works are highly respected within the German-speaking intellectual community but whose appeal has proved difficult to translate.
Gudrun
Gudrun (1992)
, 1h37
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Genres Drama
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.692923.692923.692923.692923.69292
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain (1982)
, 2h35
Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Marie-France Pisier, Flavio Bucci, Hans Christian Blech, Charles Aznavour, Rod Steiger, Alexander Radszun
Rating63% 3.193433.193433.193433.193433.19343
En 1907, Hans Castorp, jeune allemand de la haute bourgeoise de Hambourg, rend visite à son cousin poitrinaire Joachim Ziemssen hospitalisé dans un sanatorium chic de Davos, en Suisse. Fasciné par la morbidité du lieu et sa galerie de malades pittoresques, Hans y prend pension et y restera jusqu'au début de la Première Guerre mondiale.