Michael Gwisdek

He began his acting career in East Germany and has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1968. His debut film as a director, Treffen in Travers, was the first East-German film{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/michael-gwisdek-ist-tot-schauspieler-mit-78-jahren-gestorben-a-36316452-0383-4e91-8987-53d867b88839|title=Michael Gwisdek ist tot |website=Der Spiegel|access-date=23 September 2020|language=de}} screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/264/year/1989.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Treffen in Travers |accessdate=2 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} His 1998 film The Big Mambo was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1998/02_programm_1998/02_Programm_1998.html |title=Berlinale: 1998 Programme |accessdate=21 January 2012 |work=berlinale.de}} The following year, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, for his role in the film Nightshapes.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1999/03_preistr_ger_1999/03_Preistraeger_1999.html |title=Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners |accessdate=2 February 2012 |work=berlinale.de}}

He married the actress Corinna Harfouch in 1985 and they divorced in 1997. They had two sons together before they married; the musician {{ill|Johannes Gwisdek|de}} (born 1980) and the actor Robert Gwisdek (born 1984). He married his second wife, Gabriela, shortly after divorcing Harfouch.[https://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/b-z-hausbesuch-bei-den-gwisdeks B.Z. - Hausbesuch bei den Gwisdeks] in B.Z., 12 September 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2018

Gwisdek died on 22 September 2020 aged 78.

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• Woman Doctors (1984)
• {{ill|Sansibar oder der letzte Grund (film)|de|3=Sansibar oder der letzte Grund (1987)|lt=Sansibar oder der letzte Grund}} (1987)
• Just for Horror (1987- produced)
• Treffen in Travers (1988 - directed)
• Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)
• Coming Out (1989)
• Herzlich willkommen (1990)
• Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness (1991)
• The Tango Player (1991)
• {{ill|Das große Fest|de}} (1992, TV film)
• {{ill|Constable Zumbühl|de|Wachtmeister Zumbühl}} (1994)
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Night Time (film)|de|3=Sieben Monde|lt=Night Time}} (1998)
• The Big Mambo (1998 - directed)
• Nightshapes (1999)
• No Place to Go (2000)
• Vaya con Dios (2002)
• Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
• Herr Lehmann (2003)
• Speer und Er (2005)
• Pornorama (2007)
• {{ill|Kaifeck Murder|de|Hinter Kaifeck}} (2009)
• Boxhagener Platz (2010)
• {{ill|The Day I Was Not Born|de|Das Lied in mir}} (2011)
• A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
• {{Ill|Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake|de|Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee}} (2013)
• The Silent Revolution (2018)

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