Jonatan Briel

Jonatan Briel

Directing

Jonatan Karl Dieter Briel (June 9, 1942 – December 26, 1988) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor, born in Bodenwerder, Lower Saxony, and raised in Holzminden. He is best known as a specialist of the literary biographical film, with a body of work centered on 19th-century German poets and dramatists — primarily Heinrich von Kleist, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Friedrich Hölderlin.

After completing an administrative apprenticeship (1959–1962), Briel founded the Youth Film Studio of Holzminden in 1962. He moved to West Berlin in 1965, where he became an assistant to director…

Filmography

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Kleist Project Berlin Kleist Project Berlin 1987 As Long As You Love Me, I Cannot Go Wrong As Long As You Love Me, I Cannot Go Wrong 1985 Katja Katja 1985 The Double Stranger The Double Stranger 1985 Elli, SO 36 Elli, SO 36 1984 Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press ★ 5.6 Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press 1984 Your Humble Servant Scardanelli Your Humble Servant Scardanelli 1982 The Attempt to Sing a Song The Attempt to Sing a Song 1982 The Stars That Smile Upon Their Cottage The Stars That Smile Upon Their Cottage 1981 Das Geheimnis Das Geheimnis 1979 A Man Aglow ★ 8.0 A Man Aglow 1975 A Quite Strange Case of Love A Quite Strange Case of Love 1973 Tago Mago Tago Mago 1971 Jonatan Briel's Lenz – A German Physiognomy Jonatan Briel's Lenz – A German Physiognomy 1971 Weighed and Found Too Heavy Weighed and Found Too Heavy 1970 Berlin, Berlin, Berlin Berlin, Berlin, Berlin 1970 Like Two Merry Aeronauts Like Two Merry Aeronauts 1969 The 300th Birthday The 300th Birthday 1967 Berlin - Berlin - Berlin Berlin - Berlin - Berlin