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🎬 Director

Walter Heynowski

Lived · 96 Born · Nov 20, 1927 From · Ingolstadt, Germany Films · 47

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Biography

Walter Heynowski (* November 20, 1927 in Ingolstadt ; † November 6, 2024 in Berlin) was, together with Gerhard Scheumann, one of the most well-known and important documentary and propaganda film directors of the GDR. He also worked as a lyricist, screenwriter, screenwriter, and producer on numerous films.

Known for

Comrade Krüger poster

Comrade Krüger

The Angkar poster

Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection poster

Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection

Phoenix poster

Career timeline

1990

Es kommt alles aus mir selbst

1989

The Man Who Met the Trains

1988

Die Lüge und der Tod

Comrade Krüger

1985

1984

The Comical Game

1983

A Pillar In The Stream

Im Zeichen der Spinne

Der Dschungelkrieg

1981

The Angkar Notable

1980

Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection Notable

1979

Phoenix Notable

A Refugee from Vietnam

1978

Steadfast in Fire Notable

The Dead Are Not Silent Notable

1977

The Iron Fortress Notable

I Sincerely Repent

And Then the First Rice

1976

Devil's Island Notable

One Minute of Darkness Does Not Blind Us Notable

1975

The White Coup Notable

1974

I Was, I Am, I Will Be Notable

Psalm 18 Notable

The War of the Mummies Notable

1972

Remington Cal. 12

1971

Bye-Bye Wheelus Notable

1969

The President in Exile Notable

1967

Witching Hour Notable

Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt Notable

1966

P.S. to The Laughing Man

The Laughing Man

1965

Frequently appears with

Gerhard Scheumann

Narrator (voice)

Jürgen Hentsch

Narrator (voice)

Full filmography

Es kommt alles aus mir selbst poster

Es kommt alles aus mir selbst

The Man Who Met the Trains poster

The Man Who Met the Trains

Die Lüge und der Tod poster

Die Lüge und der Tod

Comrade Krüger poster

Comrade Krüger

Amok poster

The Comical Game poster

The Comical Game

A Pillar In The Stream poster

A Pillar In The Stream

Im Zeichen der Spinne poster

Im Zeichen der Spinne

Der Dschungelkrieg poster

Der Dschungelkrieg

The Angkar poster

Exercises poster

Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection poster

Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection

Phoenix poster

A Refugee from Vietnam poster

A Refugee from Vietnam

Steadfast in Fire poster

Steadfast in Fire

At the Ditch poster

The Dead Are Not Silent poster

The Dead Are Not Silent

The Iron Fortress poster

The Iron Fortress

I Sincerely Repent poster

I Sincerely Repent

And Then the First Rice poster

And Then the First Rice

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