Gregor Dorfmeister

Birth : 1929-03-07,

Death : 2018-02-04

History

Gregor Dorfmeister (7 March 1929 – 4 February 2018) was a German journalist and writer. He published three novels under the pseudonym Manfred Gregor: His debut novel, The Bridge, was turned into a Golden Globe Award-winning film of the same name. The second, The Verdict, is best known in the United States where it was made into the movie Town Without Pity. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Movies

Town Without Pity
Town Without Pity
Novel
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
The Bridge
The Bridge
Novel
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.