Christian Doermer

{{Short description|German actor (1935–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

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| name = Christian Doermer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|7|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|7|14|1935|7|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Nußdorf am Inn, Bavaria, Germany

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1954–2022

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Christian Doermer (5 July 1935 – 14 July 2022) was a German actor and director.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/christian-doermer_c1a3523934bd4174a524efb2c8f96286 |title=Christian Doermer |work=Film Portal |access-date=25 July 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.swyrl.tv/article/schauspieler-und-autorenfilmer-christian-doermer-ist-tot|title=Schauspieler und Autorenfilmer: Christian Doermer ist tot|website=SWYRL}} He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows from 1954 to 2022. He starred in the 1966 film No Shooting Time for Foxes. The film was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize.{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1966/03_preistr_ger_1966/03_Preistraeger_1966.html |title=Berlinale 1966: Prize Winners |access-date=25 February 2010 |work=berlinale.de}} In 1969, Doermer appeared as a German soldier attending the Christmas truce in Sir Richard Attenborough's satirical World War I musical film Oh! What a Lovely War.

Doermer himself has also directed a fair number of films including documentaries and television films. In 1962, he was one of the 26 authors of the famous Oberhausen Manifesto, demanding a change in German film.{{cite web |title=Oberhausen Manifesto 1962: Short Films by the Signatories, 1958–67 |website=Museum of Modern Art |date=2012 |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1287 |access-date=9 June 2025}}