Figure 1.--Here we see Konrad Wolf, the film director, at the age of 10 years with his father Freidrich Wolf and his older brother Markus. Their father were among the German Communists that had to flee Germany fter the NAZIs seized power (1933). Konrad and Markus were school boys in Moscow during 1938. They attended a special school for Austrians and Germans. |
An image shows Konrad Wolf, the film director, at the age of 10 years with
his father Freidrich Wolf and his older brother Markus. Konrad was born in Hechingen, Germany, and died in Berlin. Their father were among the German Communists that had to flee Germany after the NAZIs seized power (1933). Konrad and Markus were school boys in Moscow during 1938. They attended a special school for Austrians and Germans. The boys wear typical Soviet boys' clothes--short sleeved shirts (it was summer time) with dark scarves or neckerchiefs. Wolf joined the Red Army at the age of 18 and came to Germany as a liuetenant in 1945. In 1956 he became President of the East German Academy of Arts. He directed a number of famous films in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Among his most famous films are "Divided Sky" (1964) and "I Was Nineteen"
(1967).
The Wolfs were among the German Communists that had to flee Germany after the NAZIs seized power (1933). I am not sure about their mother, but their father would have almost setainly been arressted been because of their Communist sympathies and hatred for the incoming Hitler regime. The first target of the NAZIs were the Cimmunists when they took over in 1933.
An image shows Konrad Wolf, the film director, at the age of 10 years with
his father Freidrich Wolf and his older brother Markus. Konrad was born in Hechingen, Germany, and died in Berlin.
Konrad and Markus were school boys in Moscow during 1938. They attended a special school for Austrians and Germans. The boys wear typical Soviet boys' clothes--short sleeved shirts (it was summer time) with dark scarves or neckerchiefs.
Wolf joined the Red Army at the age of 18 and achieved the rank of liuetenant. He participated in the Sovie assault on his homeland in 1945. There were some national units in the Red Army, such as Polish units. Wolf was, however, with Russian soldiers. I'm not sure how he made out as a German. There was obviously a great dal of anti-German feeling.
Wolf studied film-making in Moscow and directed a number of leftist-oriented films in East Germany after World War II. Wolf in 1956 became President of the East German Academy of Arts. He directed a number of famous films in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Among his most famous films are "Divided Sky" (1964) and "I Was Nineteen" (1967). "Ich war 19" ("I Was Nineteen") has been widely acclaimed in the west. It has a strong autobiographical element, being about a German-born Russian soldier's attempt to find his roots during the final days of World War II as the Russian army advances upon Berlin. The central figure is Gregor, the 19-year old boy of the title, who gradually reveals himself as a confused, self-conscious, prideful and occasionally ruthless young man, not unlike any boy of 19 caught up in the stresses of war. It is a very unblinking portrait. One critic has called it "a small masterpiece". Another of Wolf's well-known German films is entitled "Mama, Ich lebe" ("Mama, I'm still alive") (1977).
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