Walter Heynowski

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

Acting

Production

1975

Geldsorgen

as

1979

A Refugee from Vietnam

as

Crew

Directing

1966

The Laughing Man

as

1965

Kommando 52

as

1975

The White Coup

as

1988

Kamerad Krüger

as

1965

O.K.

as

1966

P.S. to The Laughing Man

as

1978

Steadfast in Fire

as

1975

Geldsorgen

as

1974

I Was, I Am, I Will Be

as

1979

A Refugee from Vietnam

as

1971

100

as

1967

400 cm³

as

1972

Remington Cal. 12

as

1990

Es kommt alles aus mir selbst

as

1990

Großer Bahnhof

as

1986

Snapshots From Chile

as

1983

A Pillar In The Stream

as

1987

Der springende Punkt

as

1985

Hector Cuevas

as

1983

Im Zeichen der Spinne

as

1987

Teufelszeug

as

1991

Walter Hunger - A German Résumé

as

1984

The Comical Game

as

1991

City-Sleeper

as

1983

Aparte Bilder

as

1983

For Example Regensburg

as

1979

Phoenix

as

1983

Der Dschungelkrieg

as

1979

Die fernen Freunde nah

as

1978

The Dead Are Not Silent

as

1977

I Sincerely Repent

as

1977

The Iron Fortress

as

1980

Fly, Red Butterfly

as

1977

And Then the First Rice

as

1976

One Minute of Darkness Does Not Blind Us

as

1965

Bild 65

as

1976

Immer wenn der Steiner kam

as

1967

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung

as

1970

The Man Without a Past

as

1967

Der Zeuge

as

1971

Bye-Bye Wheelus

as

1969

The President in Exile

as

1967

Der Fall Bernd K.

as

1967

Love-Letters 66

as

1966

Grüße von Ost nach West

as

1966

Ehrenmänner

as

1967

Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

as

1963

Globke heute

as

1963

Brüder und Schwestern

as

1967

Geisterstunde

as

1976

Devil's Island

as

1974

Mitbürger

as

1974

The War of the Mummies

as

1976

Entrance Free

as

1974

Psalm 18

as

1978

At the Ditch

as

1985

Amok

as

1988

Die Lüge und der Tod

as

1975

Meier's Legacy

as

1989

The Man Who Met the Trains

as

1961

Action J

as

1981

The Angkar

as

1981

Exercises

as

1980

Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection

as

Pilots in Pajamas

as

The Generals

as

The Third Skin

as