About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1922-12-14
Place of birth:
Goldbach-Altenbach, Haut-Rhin, France
Website:
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Gottfried Kolditz

Overview

Gottfried Kolditz (14 December 1922 – 15 June 1982) was a German movie actor and director.

Kolditz was born in Goldbach-Altenbach to a farm family. Between 1945 and 1949 he studied German philology at the University of Leipzig, and took a course of direction and acting in 1947–1949 at the Leipzig Higher School of Music and Drama. In the early 1950s he worked as an actor and director at various theaters in East Germany.

After 1955 he worked at DEFA, the East German film studio, in a wide range of genres: fairy tales ("Ms. Blizzard," from the story of the same name by the Brothers Grimm), adventure films, musicals, and science fiction ("Signals" and "B dust of stars" on themes similar to 2001: A Space Odyssey). He wrote scripts both for himself and for other directors. He was widely acclaimed for his Red Westerns with actor Gojko Mitić: "Next Falcon", "Apache" and "Ulzana."

He died in 1982 in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia while preparing the shooting of a new film from his script, "Chief White Feather," which was later completed by another director.

Known for

Directing

1979 The Thing in the Castle Directing Director N/A
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1976 In the Dust of the Stars Directing Director 58
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1974 Ulzana Directing Director 58
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1973 Apache Directing Director 58
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1970 Signals: A Space Adventure Directing Director 58
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1968 Trail of the Falcon Directing Director 58
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1967 Das Tal der sieben Monde Directing Director N/A
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1964 The Small White Mouse Directing Director 59
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1963 Mother Holly Directing Director 59
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1963 Das Film-Magazin Nr. 4, Teil 2: Lea aus dem Süden Directing Director N/A
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1962 Midnight Revue Directing Director 59
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1961 Snow White Directing Director 59
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1961 The Golden Ger Directing Director 59
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1960 The Beautiful Lurette Directing Director N/A
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1959 White Blood Directing Director N/A
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1959 Simplon-Tunnel Directing Director N/A
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Writing

1983 The Scout Writing Writer 58
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1979 The Thing in the Castle Writing Writer N/A
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1977 Werkstatt Zukunft III Writing Writer N/A
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1976 In the Dust of the Stars Writing Writer 58
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1976 Werkstatt Zukunft II Writing Writer N/A
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1975 Werkstatt Zukunft I Writing Writer N/A
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1974 Ulzana Writing Writer 58
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1973 Apache Writing Writer 58
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1970 Signals: A Space Adventure Writing Screenplay 58
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1964 The Small White Mouse Writing Screenplay 59
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1963 Mother Holly Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 White Blood Writing Writer N/A
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1959 Simplon-Tunnel Writing Writer N/A
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