Biography
Peter Fleischmann (26 July 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He worked also as an actor, cutter, sound engineer, interviewer and speaker. Fleischmann belonged to the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for directing the 1969 Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria), but he produced films of many genres. Peter Fleischmann was born in Zweibrücken. He studied at the Deutsches Institut für Film und Fernsehen (German Institute of Film and Television, DIFF) in Munich and Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. He had contact with representatives of the French Nouvelle Vague movement, and became a friend of Jean-Claude Carrière, with whom he later wrote screenplays. After years as an assistant director, he became a director in 1963 in short films and children's films. In 1967, he directed a documentary, Herbst der Gammler, about the Gammler subculture, which anticipated the gereration conflicts of the 1968 student movement. His first full-length film was released in 1969, Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern, based on the play of the same name by Martin Sperr, who also played the leading role. …
Directed
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Hard to Be a God (1990) — Director
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Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969) — Director
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The Hamburg Syndrome (1979) — Director
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Weak Spot (1975) — Director
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Dorothea's Revenge (1974) — Director
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The Bells of Silesia (1972) — Director
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Herbst der Gammler (1967) — Director
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Encounter with Fritz Lang (1964) — Director
- Alexander and the Car with the missing Headlight (1966) — Director
- Deutschland, Deutschland (1991) — Director
- Brot der Wüste (1962) — Director
- Geschichte einer Sandrose (1961) — Director
- Der Test (1964) — Director
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Frevel (1984) — Director
- Der Al Capone von der Pfalz (1987) — Director
- Die Eintagsfliege (1957) — Director
- Mein Freund, der Mörder (2006) — Director
Also appeared in
- Al Capone im deutschen Wald (1969) — o.A.
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Frevel (1984) — Lohmann
- Der Al Capone von der Pfalz (1987) — Himself
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
- Mein Freund, der Mörder (2006) — Himself
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Mythos Metropolis (2010) — Self
- Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God" (1990) — Self
- Heimat - Deine Filme (2008) — Self
- Grimme Award (1964) — Self