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Heiner Carow is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Allemand born on 19 september 1929 at Rostock (German)

Heiner Carow

Heiner Carow
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Nationality German
Birth 19 september 1929 at Rostock (German)
Death 31 january 1997 (at 67 years) at Berlin (German)
Awards National Prize of East Germany

Heiner Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film So Many Dreams was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1990, his film Coming Out won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.

Biography

Formé au studio de films pédagogiques de la DEFA au tout début des années 1950, Heiner Carow commence par réaliser des courts métrages documentaires. Il tourne son premier long métrage de fiction, le film pour enfants Sheriff Teddy, en 1957. Dans les années 1960, il mène à bien divers projets pour la télévision et le cinéma, mais voit son film Die Russen kommen interdit en 1968. Celui-ci met en scène le parcours d'un jeune hitlérien convaincu jusqu'à son procès en 1945 et pose la question de la responsabilité collective des Allemands. Bien que des éléments du film soient repris dans la réalisation suivante de Carow (Karriere, 1971), Die Russen kommen ne sort dans sa version d'origine qu'en 1987.

Du fait de sa formation dans le documentaire, Heiner Carow, assisté de son épouse, la monteuse Evelyn Carow, a pu développer un cinéma en prise avec son époque, observant avec acuité les problèmes de société contemporains (frustration de la jeunesse, occidentalisation et libération de mœurs, homosexualité).
En 1973, Heiner Carow réalise le mélodrame La Légende de Paul et Paula, en reprenant le travail qu'Ingrid Reschke avait entamé avant sa mort accidentelle. Le film devient un véritable phénomène de société en République démocratique allemande, marquant le repli du cinéma est-allemand vers des préoccupations quotidiennes, moins politiques. Suivent un nouveau film pour enfants, Ikarus, et un film sombre sur la désunion d'un couple, Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet, toujours en prise avec la réalité sociale (le nombre de divorces explose en RDA à partir de la fin des années 1970).

Au cours de la décennie suivante, son film So viele Träume (So Many Dreams, 1986), est présenté au 37e Festival international du film de Berlin en 1987. L'année suivante, il est membre du jury lors de la 38e Berlinale. Enfin, en 1989, juste avant la chute du mur de Berlin, il signe une nouvelle œuvre marquante, Coming Out. Il s'agit du premier film de la DEFA à aborder ouvertement la question de l'homosexualité.
Après l'unification de l'Allemagne, Carow livre une dernière production pour le cinéma, Die Fervehlung, et ne réalise plus que des téléfilms avant sa mort en 1997.

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Filmography of Heiner Carow (7 films)

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Actor

I Am My Own Woman, 1h31
Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ovo Maltine, Heiner Carow
Roles Himself
Rating71% 3.592693.592693.592693.592693.59269
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a male to female transsexual, recounts incidents from her eventful life. Now elderly, she runs the Gründerzeit Museum, fulfilling her dream of living as a woman from the turn of 20th century. Scenes of her life are dramatized. Two actors play the young and middle aged Charlotte and she plays herself in the later years.

Director

Coming Out
Coming Out (1989)
, 1h53
Directed by Heiner Carow
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, Michael Gwisdek, Werner Dissel
Rating69% 3.4910253.4910253.4910253.4910253.491025
The story revolves around a young high-school teacher, Philipp Klahrmann, who during his first day at work collides with a fellow teacher, Tanja, in one of the school's corridors. As Phillip insists on making sure the Tanja is okay, there is an obvious connection between the two that is much more than a simple friendly co-worker relationship. As a result of the brief accident in the hallway, Philipp ensures Tanja is okay and later on takes Tanja out for a drink. A romance quickly develops between the two. That same night, back at Tanja's apartment, the two engage in a frank discussion. Tanja reveals that they attended the same university and that she had a crush, as did most of her female classmates, on Philipp who was at that time "going steady" with another classmate. Eventually, the two partake in their first physical display of affection, and after sleeping together Philipp bluntly asks if Tanja would want him as her husband.
The Legend of Paul and Paula, 1h45
Directed by Heiner Carow
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Winfried Glatzeder, Angelica Domröse, Jürgen Frohriep, Hertha Thiele, Christian Steyer
Rating67% 3.389613.389613.389613.389613.38961
Paul is a minor bureaucrat in East Berlin, where he lives with his wife and their son in a modern high-rise apartment building. While he is well educated and professionally ambitious, he is generally bored with his life. He cannot relate to his unsophisticated wife, who is repeatedly unfaithful, even bringing men home to their apartment when Paul is away. Paula, a grocery store cashier and single mother of two, lives in a run-down, prewar building directly across from Paul's modern high-rise. Having thrown out her philandering live-in lover (and father of her younger child), she is seeking more happiness in her tedious life.

Scriptwriter

So Many Dreams, 1h25
Directed by Heiner Carow
Genres Drama
Actors Jutta Wachowiak, Dagmar Manzel
Roles Writer

The Legend of Paul and Paula, 1h45
Directed by Heiner Carow
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Winfried Glatzeder, Angelica Domröse, Jürgen Frohriep, Hertha Thiele, Christian Steyer
Rating67% 3.389613.389613.389613.389613.38961
Paul is a minor bureaucrat in East Berlin, where he lives with his wife and their son in a modern high-rise apartment building. While he is well educated and professionally ambitious, he is generally bored with his life. He cannot relate to his unsophisticated wife, who is repeatedly unfaithful, even bringing men home to their apartment when Paul is away. Paula, a grocery store cashier and single mother of two, lives in a run-down, prewar building directly across from Paul's modern high-rise. Having thrown out her philandering live-in lover (and father of her younger child), she is seeking more happiness in her tedious life.
They Called Him Amigo
Directed by Heiner Carow
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Fred Düren
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.363173.363173.363173.363173.36317