Konrad Wolf

DEFA directing legend - and namesake of the renowned Babelsberg Film University

Konrad Wolf (20.10.1925-7.3.1982), director and screenwriter: Konrad Wolf would have been 100 years old on October 20, 2025. Wolf was not only one of the most important directors of the DEFA studio for feature films in the GDR, he is still one of the most important European film artists today. The Konrad Wolf Year 2025 aims to create encounters with Wolf's style-defining, artistically outstanding films in particular. Detailed information can be found on the website of the DEFA Foundation. Following his studies, Konrad Wolf began his career at the DEFA Studio for Feature Films, where he became the most important and world-renowned GDR director of the 1960s and 1970s and for which he won numerous awards. His regular partners included in particular the authors Karl Georg Engel and Paul Wiens as well as, since his autobiographically tinged "Ich war neunzehn" (1967), Wolfgang Kohlhaase. With a few exceptions, he was also to work firmly with cinematographer Werner Bergmann. Wolf is one of the most important directors of DEFA. With films such as STERNE (1959), DER GETEILTE HIMMEL (1964), ICH WAR NEUNZEHN (1967) and SOLO SUNNY (1978/79), which bring the recent German past and present to the screen, he becomes a recognised artist not only nationally but also internationally. (DEFA Foundation)

Konrad Wolf (20.10.1925-7.3.1982), director and screenwriter:

Konrad Wolf would have been 100 years old on October 20, 2025. Wolf was not only one of the most important directors of the DEFA studio for feature films in the GDR, he is still one of the most important European film artists today. The Konrad Wolf Year 2025 aims to create encounters with Wolf's style-defining, artistically outstanding films in particular. Detailed information can be found on the website of the DEFA Foundation.

Following his studies, Konrad Wolf began his career at the DEFA Studio for Feature Films, where he became the most important and world-renowned GDR director of the 1960s and 1970s and for which he won numerous awards. His regular partners included in particular the authors Karl Georg Engel and Paul Wiens as well as, since his autobiographically tinged "Ich war neunzehn" (1967), Wolfgang Kohlhaase. With a few exceptions, he was also to work firmly with cinematographer Werner Bergmann. Wolf is one of the most important directors of DEFA. With films such as STERNE (1959), DER GETEILTE HIMMEL (1964), ICH WAR NEUNZEHN (1967) and SOLO SUNNY (1978/79), which bring the recent German past and present to the screen, he becomes a recognised artist not only nationally but also internationally. (DEFA Foundation)

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