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- Wolfgang Kohlhaase was born on March 13, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Solo Sunny (1980), Der Bruch (1989) and Un été à Berlin (2005). He was married to Emöke Pöstenyi. He died on October 5, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
- SpouseEmöke Pöstenyi(1975 - October 5, 2022) (his death)
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1985.
- On April 8, 2011 he received the Lola for his life's work from the German Film Academy. In his acceptance speech he said: "I am not only delighted but also encouraged. And you need that at any age.".
- From 1952 Kohlhaase was a freelance screenwriter and author.
- He began writing while still at school and became a volunteer and editor at the youth magazine Start in 1947. A copy of Start with an article by Kohlhaase also reached the Soviet prisoner-of-war camp where Kohlhaase senior was in 1947. His father thus rose in prestige with the prison authorities; he received both more food and easier work and was thus able to survive the camp.
- He was a German film director and was one of the GDR's most well-known and prolific film screenwriters.
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