Kurt Stern Explained

Kurt Stern
Birth Date:1907
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Death Date:1989
Nationality:German
Occupation:Screenwriter
Employer:DEFA film studio

Kurt Stern (1907 in Berlin – 1989) was a screenwriter who worked for the DEFA film studio in East Germany. He worked in partnership with his wife Jeanne (née Machin). In 1953, together with director Martin Hellberg, the Sterns were awarded the Gold Medal of the World Peace Council for the film Das verurteilte Dorf ("The condemned village").[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR. Panorama DDR. Intertext. Fremdsprachendienst der DDR . Information GDR: the comprehensive and authoritative reference source of the German Democratic Republic. 22 July 2010. 1989. Pergamon Press. 978-0-08-037065-1. 634.