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Erwin Geschonneck is a Actor Allemand born on 27 december 1906 at Bartoszyce (Pologne)

Erwin Geschonneck

Erwin Geschonneck
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Birth name Erwin Geschonneck
Nationality German
Birth 27 december 1906 at Bartoszyce (Pologne)
Death 12 march 2008 (at 101 years) at Berlin (German)
Awards National Prize of East Germany

Erwin Geschonneck (27 December 1906 – 12 March 2008) was a German actor. His biggest success occurred in the German Democratic Republic, where he was considered one of the most famous actors of the time.

Usually with

Frank Beyer
Frank Beyer
(4 films)
Alfred Hirschmeier
Alfred Hirschmeier
(6 films)
Günter Reisch
Günter Reisch
(3 films)
Fritz Diez
Fritz Diez
(5 films)
Ulrich Thein
Ulrich Thein
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Erwin Geschonneck (27 films)

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Actor

Jacob the Liar
Jacob the Liar (1975)
, 1h36
Directed by Frank Beyer
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell, Peter Sturm, Dezső Garas
Roles Kowalski
Rating70% 3.5437253.5437253.5437253.5437253.543725
In a Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Poland, a man named Jakob is summoned to the Gestapo office on a charge he broke the curfew. As the soldier who sent him there merely played a prank on him, he is released, but not before hearing a radio broadcast about the defeats of the German Army. As no one believes he went to the Gestapo and came out alive, Jakob makes up another tale, claiming he owns a radio – a crime punishable by death. He then starts encouraging his friends with false reports about the advance of the Red Army toward their ghetto. The residents, who are desperate and starved, find new hope in Jakob's stories. But it all ends as the Germans deport the people to their death in the extermination camps.
Sun Seekers
Sun Seekers (1972)
, 1h54
Directed by Konrad Wolf
Genres Drama
Actors Günther Simon, Erwin Geschonneck, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Manja Behrens, Viktor Avdyushko, Brigitte Krause
Roles Jupp König
Rating63% 3.1757653.1757653.1757653.1757653.175765
1950. After being arrested in a police raid, the two young prostitutes Lotte and Emmi are sent to the mines in Wismut. There, Germans and Soviets work together to extract Uranium for the use of the USSR. Two men fall in love with Lotte: the director Beier, a former SS man who tries to compensate for his past with hard work, and the Soviet engineer Sergei, whose wife was murdered by the Germans in the war. In the meantime, Jupp König, a veteran communist whom Emmi once harbored from the Gestapo, leads the miners as they attempt to replace their harsh and incompetent party boss, Weihrauch. Eventually, König is given Weihrauch's office. Lotte marries Beier, although she later realizes that she loves Sergei. When her husband is badly injured in an accident, he confides to the Soviet engineer that soldiers from his battalion murdered the latter's wife; Sergei replies that he knew it all along. Lotte and her baby son leave the mines and return to Berlin.
The Banner of Krivoi Rog
The Banner of Krivoi Rog (1967)
, 1h48
Directed by Kurt Maetzig
Genres Drama
Actors Erwin Geschonneck, Manfred Krug, Alfred Müller, Rudolf Ulrich, Horst Giese
Roles Otto Brosowski Senior
Rating74% 3.7404453.7404453.7404453.7404453.740445
Otto Brosowski, a communist miner, writes to the miners in the Soviet city of Krivoi Rog, telling them of the harsh conditions in which he and his friends work, as the capitalist owners of the copper mine demand harder work. He receives a Red Banner from them. As the Nazis seize power, Otto and his family hide the flag from the authorities, taking great personal risks. At 1945, as the Second World War nears its end, the town is occupied by the Americans, who also wish to steal the Banner. At July 1945, as the Americans retreat and allow the Red Army to take over the area, the Brosowski family takes the flag and heads to meet the Soviets.
Carbide and Sorrel
Carbide and Sorrel (1963)
, 1h25
Directed by Frank Beyer
Genres Comedy
Actors Erwin Geschonneck, Manja Behrens, Horst Giese, Fritz Diez, Sabine Thalbach
Roles Kalle
Rating70% 3.52433.52433.52433.52433.5243
In 1945, after the end of World War II in Europe, Karl 'Kalle' Blücher examines the ruins of the cigarette factory where he worked in the city of Dresden. The other workers tell him they need carbide to replace the destroyed roof. They assign him the job of getting it, as he has a brother-in-law in Wittenberge who works at a carbide company. Also, they are all married and have to look after their families, while he is single and a vegetarian, so he should be better able to feed himself along the way.
Naked Among Wolves
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
, 1h56
Directed by Frank Beyer
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Erwin Geschonneck, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Viktor Avdyushko, Peter Sturm, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Werner Dissel
Roles Krämer
Rating71% 3.583363.583363.583363.583363.58336
Buchenwald concentration camp, early 1945. A Polish prisoner named Jankowski, who has been on a death march from Auschwitz, brings a suitcase to the camp. When the inmates in the storage building open it, they discover a three-year-old child. Jankowski tells them he is the son of a couple from the Warsaw Ghetto, both of whom perished. Prisoner Kropinski becomes attached to the boy, and begs Kapo André Höfel to save him. Höfel, who is a member of the camp's secret communist underground, consults with senior member Bochow. He is instructed to send the child on the next transport to Sachsenhausen. Höfel cannot bring himself to do so, and hides him. Jankowski is deported to Sachsenhausen alone.
A Lively Christmas Eve
A Lively Christmas Eve (1962)
, 1h34
Directed by Günter Reisch
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Erwin Geschonneck, Horst Giese, Jutta Wachowiak
Roles Walter Lörke
Rating59% 2.973062.973062.973062.973062.97306
Dresden, Christmas Eve. Veteran communist and factory director Walter Lörke is told by his daughter Anne that she became pregnant by a young man named Thomas Ostermann, whom she intends to marry. Thomas is revealed to be a sharp critic of the government. Enraged, Walter leaves the house. Outside, he begins to inquire about his would-be son-in-law. After a clumsy voyage in the streets of the city, during which he encounters many absurd phenomena, he discovers that Thomas had a friend whose parents escaped to West Germany. The friend was ostracized by society, but Thomas did not shun him, and was therefore barred from entering university. Walter returns home and talks to Thomas, who realizes that although he suffered injustices, he remains true to the ideals of the party. The two reconcile.
Five Cartridges
Five Cartridges (1960)
, 1h24
Directed by Frank Beyer
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Erwin Geschonneck, Ulrich Thein, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Fritz Diez, Manfred Krug, Hans Finohr
Roles Kommissar Witting
Rating66% 3.3362353.3362353.3362353.3362353.336235
During the Spanish Civil War, a battalion of the International Brigades is cut off without water or ammunition. The commander, Major Bolaños, requests his commissar, the German Heinrich Witting, to select five volunteers who will remain in the trenches and hold off the enemy, while the battalion retreats across the Ebro River. Witting chooses the Frenchman Pierre, the German Willi, the Pole Oleg, the Spaniard José and the Bulgarian Dimitri. In addition, the Soviet radio operator Vasia stays behind to handle communications.
The Goodies
The Goodies (1959)
, 1h14
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Rolf Herricht, Brigitte Krause, Werner Dissel, Erwin Geschonneck, Fritz Diez, Sabine Thalbach
Roles Arthur Wedel
Rating60% 3.0127753.0127753.0127753.0127753.012775
Bassi and Edwin are the two laziest, most irresponsible construction workers in their workers' brigade. When they fall in love with their neighbors Thea and Susi, they pretend to be reliable young men and accompany their friends to a meeting of the local chapter house. To keep up appearances, the two are forced to undertake several duties which they would not have dreamed of doing otherwise. The plot turns into a chain of comical mistakes, but eventually the two new couples reunite and all ends well.
SAS 181 Does Not Reply
SAS 181 Does Not Reply (1959)
, 1h30
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ulrich Thein, Erwin Geschonneck, Hans Finohr, Fritz Diez, Gustav Püttjer, Rudolf Ulrich
Roles Laue, Kapitän eines Fischkutters

Kurt, a young apprentice in a fishing commune and a member of the Technology and Sport Association, enters a race to show his maritime skills. After he fails to win, he falls in love with a girl named Anke, but she loves the apprentice Hannes. Kurt and Hannes sail with skipper Laue on one of the collective's boats, SAS 181. Laue pretends to be Kurt's friend and encourages a conflict between the two boys. However, they both realize that he intends to reach the Danish isle of Bornholm and defect to the West. The two settle their differences and, with the help of the old fisherman Jens, return the boat home.
Castles and Cottages
Castles and Cottages (1957)
, 3h23
Directed by Kurt Maetzig
Genres Drama
Actors Raimund Schelcher, Erika Dunkelmann, Erwin Geschonneck, Helga Göring, Hans Finohr, Ulrich Thein
Roles estate inspector Bröker
Rating67% 3.3817653.3817653.3817653.3817653.381765
In a feudal estate in Mecklenburg, the hunchback coachman Anton Zuckman married maid Marthe, who was pregnant with Baron von Holzendorf's illegitimate child, in exchange for a letter promising that the baron would recognize his offspring when it would wed and endow it with 5000 Mark. Marthe gave birth to a daughter, Anna, nicknamed Annegret.