Bernhard Sinkel
Bernhard Sinkel (born 19 January 1940) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1993. He co-shared the Special Recognition award at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival for the film Germany in Autumn.
Bernhard Sinkel
- Name
- Bernhard Sinkel
- Born
- 19 January 1940
- Birthplace
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- German Film Award · Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Bernhard Sinkel (born 19 January 1940) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1993. He co-shared the Special Recognition award at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival for the film Germany in Autumn.
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Biography
Biography
His film Put on Ice was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Sinkel worked together with Alf Brustellin as a director and screenwriter team until Brustellin's death 1981.
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• Name — Bernhard Sinkel • Born — 19 January 1940 • Birthplace — Frankfurt, Germany • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1975–1993
Filmography
Filmography
• Lina Braake (1975) • Berlinger (film) (1975) (co-director: Alf Brustellin) • Maiden's War (1977) (co-director: Alf Brustellin) — (based on a novel by Manfred Bieler) • Good-for-Nothing (1978 film) (1978) — (based on Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing) • Germany in Autumn (1978) • Put on Ice (1980) • The Confessions of Felix Krull (1982, TV miniseries) — (based on Confessions of Felix Krull) • Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986, TV miniseries) • Hemingway (1988, TV miniseries) — (biographical miniseries about Ernest Hemingway) • The Movie Teller (1993) — (based on a novel by Gert Hofmann)
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Bernhard Sinkel is recorded as having received German Film Award and Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Recognition and collections. Sinkel received German Film Award and Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Bernhard Sinkel born at Frankfurt.
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