Heinrich Breloer

{{short description|German author and film director|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Heinrich Breloer ({{IPA|de|ˌbʀeˈløːɐ̯}}, born 17 February 1942 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German author and film director. He has mainly worked on docudramas related to modern German history and has received many awards. Breloer's 2005 docudrama Speer und Er was described as a milestone in the understanding of Nazi Germany by the German people.{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/1.214414|title=Breloers Film über Albert Speer: Der Engel fährt zur Hölle|first=Frank|last=Schirrmacher|via=www.faz.net}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/speer-architect-of-a-lie-cxtk0jdq7pb|title=Speer: architect of a lie?|first=Gitta|last=Sereny|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}

Selected filmography

  • {{Ill|The Axe of Wandsbek (1982 film)|de|3=Das Beil von Wandsbek (1982)|lt=The Axe of Wandsbek}} (co-director: {{Ill|Horst Königstein|de}}, 1982, TV film) — based on a novel by Arnold Zweig
  • Treffpunkt im Unendlichen (co-director: Horst Königstein, 1984, TV film) — based on a novel by Klaus Mann
  • {{Ill|Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft|de}} (1987, TV film)
  • The State Chancellery (1989, TV film) — (about Uwe Barschel)
  • {{Ill|Kollege Otto – Die Coop-Affäre|de}} (1991, TV film) — (about {{Ill|Bernd Otto|de}} and the {{Ill|co op Affair|de|co op AG}})
  • {{Ill|Wehner – die unerzählte Geschichte|de}} (1993, TV film) — (about Herbert Wehner)
  • {{ill|Death Game (1997 film)|de|3=Todesspiel|lt=Death Game}} (1997, TV film) — (about the German Autumn)
  • Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001, TV miniseries) — (about Thomas Mann)
  • Speer und Er (2005, TV miniseries) — (about Albert Speer)
  • Buddenbrooks (2008) — based on the novel Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
  • Brecht (2019, TV film) — (about Bertolt Brecht)

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