Gottfried Kolditz
Directing
- Born
- December 14, 1922 · Goldbach-Altenbach, Haut-Rhin, France
- Died
- June 15, 1982 (age 59)
Gottfried Kolditz (14 December 1922 – 15 June 1982) was a German movie actor and director.
Kolditz was born in Goldbach-Altenbach to a farm family. Between 1945 and 1949 he studied German philology at the University of Leipzig, and took a course of direction and acting in 1947–1949 at the Leipzig Higher School of Music and Drama. In the early 1950s he worked as an actor and director at various theaters in East Germany.
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After 1955 he worked at DEFA, the East German film studio, in a wide range of genres: fairy tales ("Ms. Blizzard," from the story of the same name by the Brothers Grimm), adventure films, musicals, and science fiction ("Signals" and "B dust of stars" on themes similar to 2001: A Space Odyssey). He wrote scripts both for himself and for other directors. He was widely acclaimed for his Red Westerns with actor Gojko Mitić: "Next Falcon", "Apache" and "Ulzana."
He died in 1982 in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia while preparing the shooting of a new film from his script, "Chief White Feather," which was later completed by another director.
Known for
Mother Hulda
October 12, 1963
Apache
June 29, 1973
In the Dust of the Stars
July 1, 1976
Snow White
October 5, 1961
Trail of the Falcon
June 21, 1968
Ulzana
May 16, 1974
Signals: A Space Adventure
December 17, 1970
The Scout
May 27, 1983
The Golden Ger
July 12, 1961
The Small White Mouse
May 14, 1964
Midnight Revue
July 6, 1962
The Thing in the Castle
July 19, 1979
Behind the camera21
- 1983The Scout Writer
- 1979The Thing in the Castle Director, Writer
- 1977Werkstatt Zukunft III Writer
- 1976In the Dust of the Stars Director, Writer
- 1976Werkstatt Zukunft II Writer
- 1975Werkstatt Zukunft I Writer
- 1974Ulzana Director, Writer
- 1973Apache Director, Writer
- 1970Signals: A Space Adventure Director, Screenplay
- 1968Trail of the Falcon