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Feb 03, 1940 Polkowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland 84 years old
German film director
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About Hans Kratzert
- Hans Kratzert (born 3 February 1940) is a German screenwriter and film director.
- Kratzert was born in Heerwegen in the Province of Silesia during the Second World War.
- He was part of the mass emigration of Germans westward following Nazi Germany's defeat during the war.
- Kratzert's family settled in the Soviet-occupied territory that became East Germany, where he grew up. After military service, Kratzert began working at DEFA the state-owned East German film company.
- After making his directoral debut in 1968, Kratzert went on to direct a further thirteen films up to 1989.
- He made a number of family films and in 1972 directed the Red Western Tecumseh (1972), a biopic of the Native American leader of the same name.
- The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the closure of DEFA effectively ended his career as a film director.
