Frank Beyer
Frank Paul Beyer was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED. His 1975 film Jacob the Liar was the only East German film ever nominated for an Academy Award. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 until his death he mostly directed television films.
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Abgehauen
writer
1998
Abgehauen
director
1998
Trace of Time: The Director Frank Beyer
actor
1997
The Last U-Boat
director
1993
Sie und Er
writer
1992
Sie und Er
director
1992
The Suspicion
director
1991
The Break
director
1989
The Goat Horn
director
1984
The Turning Point
director
1983
Der König und sein Narr
director
1981
Der König und sein Narr
writer
1981
Trace of Stones
writer
1966
Trace of Stones
director
1966
Carbide and Sorrel
writer
1963
Carbide and Sorrel
director
1963
Naked Among Wolves
writer
1963
Naked Among Wolves
director
1963
Five Cartridges
director
1960