About

Known credits:
53
Birthday:
1937-07-26
Place of birth:
Zweibrücken, Germany
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Peter Fleischmann

Overview

Peter Fleischmann (26 July 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He worked also as an actor, cutter, sound engineer, interviewer and speaker. Fleischmann belonged to the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for directing the 1969 Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria), but he produced films of many genres.

Peter Fleischmann was born in Zweibrücken. He studied at the Deutsches Institut für Film und Fernsehen (German Institute of Film and Television, DIFF) in Munich and Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. He had contact with representatives of the French Nouvelle Vague movement, and became a friend of Jean-Claude Carrière, with whom he later wrote screenplays. After years as an assistant director, he became a director in 1963 in short films and children's films. In 1967, he directed a documentary, Herbst der Gammler, about the Gammler subculture, which anticipated the gereration conflicts of the 1968 student movement.

His first full-length film was released in 1969, Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern, based on the play of the same name by Martin Sperr, who also played the leading role. The film reflects critically how a Bavarian village deals with outsiders, especially the homosexual character played by Sperr. The film was awarded prizes, including the Filmband in Silber of Deutscher Filmpreis. It was suggested for a nomination as the Oscars' best foreign film but was not nominated. The film made Fleischmann a representative of the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. The same year, Fleischmann and Volker Schlöndorff founded the film production company Hallelujah-Film.

In Fleischmann's later works, often the seemingly villainous character would turn out to be a good person. In Das Unheil (Havoc), with a script by Fleischmann and Martin Walser, he criticised in 1972 the provincial attitude of a Hessian small town and pollution of the environment. The film was awarded the Prix Luis Buñuel of the Cannes Festival. In Dorotheas Rache (1974), he created a provocative satire on the sexfilm wave. His 1979 film The Hamburg Syndrome (Die Hamburger Krankheit) about an unknown infectious plague in German, with actor Helmut Griem, received attention again in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Known for

Acting
2010 Mythos Metropolis Actor Self N/A
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2006 Mein Freund, der Mörder Actor Himself N/A
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1990 Russian adventure. Peter Fleischmann is filming "It's not easy to be a god." Actor Self N/A
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1987 Der Al Capone von der Pfalz Actor Himself N/A
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1984 Frevel Actor Lohmann N/A
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1969 Al Capone im deutschen Wald Actor o.A. N/A
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Directing
2006 Mein Freund, der Mörder Directing Director N/A
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1991 Deutschland, Deutschland Directing Director N/A
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1990 Hard to Be a God Directing Director 60
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1987 Der Al Capone von der Pfalz Directing Director N/A
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1984 Frevel Directing Director N/A
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1979 The Hamburg Syndrome Directing Director 59
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1975 Weak Spot Directing Director 59
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1974 Dorothea's Revenge Directing Director 59
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1972 The Bells of Silesia Directing Director 58
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1969 Hunting Scenes from Bavaria Directing Director 59
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1967 Herbst der Gammler Directing Director 59
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1966 Alexander and the Car with the missing Headlight Directing Director 59
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1964 Encounter with Fritz Lang Directing Director 59
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1964 Der Test Directing Director N/A
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1962 Brot der Wüste Directing Director N/A
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1962 The Honors of War Directing Assistant Director 58
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1961 Geschichte einer Sandrose Directing Director N/A
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1957 Die Eintagsfliege Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2006 Mein Freund, der Mörder Writing Screenplay N/A
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1990 Hard to Be a God Writing Writer 60
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1987 Der Al Capone von der Pfalz Writing Writer N/A
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1986 Exploits of a Young Don Juan Writing Writer 58
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1984 Frevel Writing Writer N/A
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1979 The Hamburg Syndrome Writing Writer 59
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1975 Weak Spot Writing Screenplay 59
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1974 Dorothea's Revenge Writing Story 59
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1974 Dorothea's Revenge Writing Screenplay 59
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1969 Hunting Scenes from Bavaria Writing Writer 59
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1967 Herbst der Gammler Writing Writer 59
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1966 Alexander and the Car with the missing Headlight Writing Screenplay 59
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1966 Alexander and the Car with the missing Headlight Writing Writer 59
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1965 Paradies ohne Sünde Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Der Test Writing Writer N/A
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1962 Brot der Wüste Writing Writer N/A
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1961 Geschichte einer Sandrose Writing Writer N/A
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1957 Die Eintagsfliege Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2006 Mein Freund, der Mörder Production Producer N/A
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1990 Hard to Be a God Production Producer 60
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1987 Der Al Capone von der Pfalz Production Producer N/A
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1984 Frevel Production Producer N/A
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1979 The Hamburg Syndrome Production Producer 59
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1957 Die Eintagsfliege Production Co-Producer N/A
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Crew
1987 Der Al Capone von der Pfalz Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2006 Mein Freund, der Mörder Editing Editor N/A
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1964 Der Test Editing Editor N/A
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1962 Brot der Wüste Editing Editor N/A
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1957 Die Eintagsfliege Editing Editor N/A
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