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Karl Gass

Karl Gass (* 2. Februar 1917 in Mannheim; † 29. Januar 2009 in Kleinmachnow) war ein deutscher Regisseur für Propaganda- und Dokumentarfilme, Reportagen und Porträts sowie in verschiedenen administrativen Funktionen im Filmbereich der DDR tätig.

Karl Gass

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin, Luxemburgplatz, Kino "Babylon" Zentralbild Krueger Bd-bs 14.8.1962 Schaut auf diese Stadt ein DEFA-Dokumentarfilm von Karl Gass, der die Entwicklung Berlins nach 1945 beinhaltet, erlebte am 13.8.1962 im Filmtheater Babylon in Ber

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Born
1917 · Mannheim.
Died
2009 · Kleinmachnow.
Nationality
Germany · German Democratic Republic
Occupation
television presenter · journalist · university teacher · writer · director · screenwriter
Fields
documentary film
Honours
National Prize of East Germany · Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
Languages
German

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Writing and publications
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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