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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing(1729-1781)

  • Writer
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Son of a vicar. Studied theology, philosophy and medicine. First writings 1747 (poems, stories and first dramas). Moved to Berlin 1748 to live as a critic for the Berlinische Privelegierte Zeitung. Writer of famous plays including Nathan, der Weise (1779) and Minna von Barnhelm (1767).
BornJanuary 22, 1729
DiedFebruary 15, 1781(52)
BornJanuary 22, 1729
DiedFebruary 15, 1781(52)
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Nathan le sage (1922)
Nathan le sage
6.9
  • Writer(as Lessing)
  • 1922
Miss Sarah Sampson
  • Writer
  • 1919
Marianne Koch and Johanna von Koczian in Heldinnen (1960)
Heldinnen
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1960
Martin Hellberg, Karin Hübner, Hans-Peter Thielen, and Gisela Uhlen in Emilia Galotti (1958)
Emilia Galotti
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1958

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  • Nathan der Weise
    TV Movie
    • drama
    • 2006
  • Emilia (2005)
    Emilia
    4.0
    • play "Emilia Galotti"
    • 2005
  • Emilia Galotti
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • by
    • 2003
  • Regine Zimmermann in Emilia Galotti (2002)
    Emilia Galotti
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Teatr Telewizji (1953)
    Teatr Telewizji
    7.7
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1999
  • Philotas
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1990
  • Nathan der Weise
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1990
  • Miss Sara Sampson
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1987
  • Vom Ende der Helden - Drei Stücke gegen den Krieg
    TV Mini Series
    • Ep.: Philotas
    • 1987
  • Minna von Barnhelm
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1987
  • Julius und Julia in 'Der Bogen'
    Short
    • story "Der Besitzer des Bogens"
    • 1985
  • Nathan der Weise
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1984
  • Anna Malová in Emília Galottiová (1981)
    Emília Galottiová
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1981
  • Nathan, der Weise (1979)
    Nathan, der Weise
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1979
  • Minna von Barnheim oder Das Soldatenglück
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1979

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • G.E. Lessing
  • Born
    • January 22, 1729
    • Kamenz, Upper Lusatia, Holy Roman Empire [now Saxony, Germany]
  • Died
    • February 15, 1781
    • Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire [now Lower Saxony, Germany]
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote "Nathan the Wise", translated by Edward Kemp and performed at the Hampstead Theatre in Hampstead, London, England, with Michael Pennington, Anna Carteret, Sam Troughton, Vincent Ebrahim and Shelley King in the cast. Anthony Clark was director. NOTE: Filmed as Nathan le sage (1922).

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