Frank Beyer

Biography

Frank Paul Beyer was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED.

Directed

1. Trace of Stones (1966) — Director
2. Jacob the Liar (1974) — Director
3. Naked Among Wolves (1963) — Director
4. Carbide and Sorrel (1963) — Director
5. The Last U-Boat (1993) — Director
6. Five Cartridges (1960) — Director
7. The Turning Point (1983) — Director
8. Abgehauen (1998) — Director
9. Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997) — Director
10. Geschlossene Gesellschaft (1978) — Director
11. The Break (1989) — Director
12. Nikolaikirche (1995) — Director
13. Star-Crossed Lovers (1962) — Director
14. End of Innocence (1991) — Director
15. Das Versteck (1978) — Director
16. The Goat Horn (1984) — Director
17. Rottenknechte (1971) — Director
18. Der König und sein Narr (1981) — Director
19. Das große Fest (1992) — Director
20. Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita (1973) — Director
21. Die zweite Haut (1981) — Director
22. Das Stacheltier: Fridericus Rex - Part Eleven (1957) — Director
23. The Suspicion (1991) — Director
24. While All Germans Sleep (1995) — Director
25. Two Mothers (1957) — Director
26. An Old Love (1959) — Director
27. Sie und Er (1992) — Director
28. Das Stacheltier - Das Gesellschaftsspiel (1957) — Director
29. Fools Among Us (1955) — Director
30. Der Egoist (1972) — Director
31. Der Geizige (1968) — Director
32. Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita (1973) — Director

Also appeared in

1. 3 nach 9 (1974) — Self
2. DEFA – Es werden ein paar Filme bleiben (1996) — Self
3. Janus Head (1972) — Parker
4. Traces of Time: The Director Frank Beyer (1997) — himself
5. Grimme Award (1964) — Self
6. Weimarer Salon (2001) — Self