Ottokar Runze

{{Short description|German film producer, director and screenwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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| name = Ottokar Runze

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|8|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|22|1925|8|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Neustrelitz, Germany

| occupation = Film producer, director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1950–2001

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Ottokar Runze (19 August 1925 – 22 September 2018) was a German film producer, director and screenwriter.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/ottokar-runze_cb9ddf68adcf478ea8316a7a14b7c5f8 |title=Ottokar Runze |work=Film Portal |accessdate=24 September 2018}} His 1974 film In the Name of the People was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear.{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1974/03_preistr_ger_1974/03_Preistraeger_1974.html |title=Berlinale 1974: Prize Winners |accessdate=3 July 2010 |work=berlinale.de}} The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1975/04_jury_1975/04_Jury_1975.html |title=Berlinale 1975: Juries |accessdate=5 July 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}