Ralf Kirsten

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-05-30 (68 years old)

Deathday

1998-01-23

Place of Birth

Leipzig, Germany

Ralf Kirsten

Biography

Ralf Kirsten (30 May 1930 – 23 January 1998) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1986. His 1984 film Where Others Keep Silent was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. After doing an apprenticeship as an electrician, Kirsten went to university to study German literature and theatre, first at Humboldt University of Berlin, and later the Theater Institute in Weimar. He then went on to study film direction at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) alongside fellow East German Frank Beyer. He graduated in 1956, and began working in television. ...

Production

1973

Unterm Birnbaum

as Director

1973

Unterm Birnbaum

as Screenplay

1973

1962

1964

1957

1963

1961

Steinzeitballade

as Director

1971

The Lost Angel

as Director

1957

1961

1960

Meetings In The Dark

as Assistant Director

1955

1955

Fools Among Us

as Director

1970

Netzwerk

as Director

1984

1957

1962

1964

1971

1984

1970

Netzwerk

as Writer

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