Horst Königstein

Nascimento : 1945-07-26, Bremen, Germany

Morte : 2013-05-12

História

Horst Königstein was a German stage and screen director, writer and playwright.

Filmes

Die Treuhänderin
Director
Buddenbrooks
Screenplay
O filme centra-se no destino de três gerações de uma família de comerciantes no norte da Alemanha, mostrando a ascensão e queda de seus integrantes. Numa sociedade pronta para a mudança, os valores familiares parecem também condenados a se transformar.
Unser Reigen
Director
Propaganda
Director
Jud Süß – Ein Film als Verbrechen?
Director
The Whiz Kids
Supervising Art Director
Two sixteen year old boys, Marcos and Johannes, spend their days racing, wrestling, hanging out, watching videos and playing hide-and-seek at nights. A closeness develops between the two of them, which soon starts to become a calamity to their friendship.
Spending Nights with Joan
Writer
A drama directed by Horst Königstein.
Spending Nights with Joan
Director
A drama directed by Horst Königstein.
Liane
Director
Dicke Freunde
Director
Hamburger Gift
Director
A docu-drama about tetrachloro-dibenzo dioxin, later known as 'Sevesogift', sprayed on thousands of tons of vapor in Vietnam 'Agent Orange', and the involvement of the later Federal President, Richard Karl Weizsäcker, who was hiring manager when production was moved to another plant because of massive health problems of the workers, but claims to be unable to remember anything, in these crimes.
Hard Days, Hard Nights
Director
Reichshauptstadt privat
Director
U Bent Mijn Moeder
Director
A theatre monologue in which a son visits his mother who suffers from Alzheimer's. While the son is talking to his mother's empty bed, the actor dresses up like her and has a conversation with the son. This play was remade as a regular feature film as Hersenschimmen (“ Mindshadows”), in 1988.
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
Director
"Meeting place at Infinity" - Combines interviews with family members, contemporary witnesses, experts and critics, text passages as well as photo and film material with staged film scenes. The result is a portrait of the writer, his family and his time.
Haus Vaterland
Writer
From 1928 to 1943, Haus Vaterland was a large restaurant and entertainment palace in Berlin on Potsdamer Platz, originally run by Kempinksi, with around one million visitors per year, which can be regarded as the forerunner of today's event gastronomy. In the guest rooms there were a variety of theme restaurants, including the Palmensaal, a dance hall, where in addition to musical and artistic events, demonstrations and variety programs. The visitors of Haus Vaterland were mainly tourists from outside Berlin.
Haus Vaterland
Director
From 1928 to 1943, Haus Vaterland was a large restaurant and entertainment palace in Berlin on Potsdamer Platz, originally run by Kempinksi, with around one million visitors per year, which can be regarded as the forerunner of today's event gastronomy. In the guest rooms there were a variety of theme restaurants, including the Palmensaal, a dance hall, where in addition to musical and artistic events, demonstrations and variety programs. The visitors of Haus Vaterland were mainly tourists from outside Berlin.
The Axe of Wandsbek
Writer
1934, Hamburg. Adolf Hitler is about to visit the city. Hamburg's executioner falls ill, and is unable to deliver the sentence of four communists who are awaiting capital punishment in jail. Fearing that this would spoil Hitler's visit, SS leader Footh offers a local bankrupt butcher, Albert Teetjen, 2,000 Marks in order to carry out the verdict. The broke Teetjen agrees and follows suit. When his neighbors hear of the execution, they shun him. His wife cannot tolerate her husband's deed and puts an end to her life. Eventually, Teetjen also commits suicide.
The Axe of Wandsbek
Director
1934, Hamburg. Adolf Hitler is about to visit the city. Hamburg's executioner falls ill, and is unable to deliver the sentence of four communists who are awaiting capital punishment in jail. Fearing that this would spoil Hitler's visit, SS leader Footh offers a local bankrupt butcher, Albert Teetjen, 2,000 Marks in order to carry out the verdict. The broke Teetjen agrees and follows suit. When his neighbors hear of the execution, they shun him. His wife cannot tolerate her husband's deed and puts an end to her life. Eventually, Teetjen also commits suicide.
Jetzt kommt die Flut: Liebe, Geld und Tod
Producer
"Now the tide is coming: love, money and death" - What is love? What would you do with DM 1 million? What are you afraid of? Six punks and six policemen answers.
Jetzt kommt die Flut: Liebe, Geld und Tod
Co-Writer
"Now the tide is coming: love, money and death" - What is love? What would you do with DM 1 million? What are you afraid of? Six punks and six policemen answers.
The Day Elvis Came to Bremerhaven
Writer
A 17 year old tries to find his own identity in October 1958 while Elvis Presley begins his service as a G.I in Germany. He is torn between his parents' generation which was marked by war and the new "American way of life" which is particularly present in the town of Bremerhaven.