Writing

Günter Grass

Born — Died

1927-10-16 — 2015-04-13

Place of birth

Free City of Danzig, Germany

Known for

Writing

Credits

25 titles

IMDb profile

Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Known for

8.5

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Apostrophes

1975

6.5

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Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

1967

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10.0

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Sabine Christiansen

1998

6.5

An in-depth look at news stories. Documentaries that take you behind the scenes giving an insight into people's lives or institutions.

Dispatches

1987

No artwork available

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Sternstunde Philosophie

1998

6.8

The spectrum of topics ranges from political history with a focus on contemporary history (especially National Socialism and post-war history) to cultural history and social history. In addition, ZDF-History also regularly deals with pre-modern history, art and cultural history.

Terra X History

2000

Film credits

2020s · 1 titles

Ingeborg Bachmann – Jemand, der einmal ich war poster

7.2

Sandra Hüller portrays Ingeborg Bachmann on an imaginary day in Rome. Regina Schilling’s hybrid film weaves together reenactments, archival footage, and Bachmann’s own writings into a portrait that offers a refreshing new perspective on the author and positions her writings as a reference point in current debates on gender relations and power.

Ingeborg Bachmann – Jemand, der einmal ich war

2026

2000s · 4 titles

10.0

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for an entire year, as indicated in the title, a large public (the artist's friends, as well as unknowns) were invited to view a diary of short films of various lengths (from one to twenty minutes) on the Internet. A movie was posted each day, adding to the previously posted pieces, resulting altogether in nearly thirty-eight hours of moving images.

365 Day Project

2007

Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found today. The film retells Frisch’s story as a witness of the unfolding 20th century, wondering if such “voices” are needed at all, or if we could do without them.

Max Frisch, Citoyen

2008

Documentary film.

Der Unbequeme - Der Dichter Günter Grass

2007

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Founded in 1947, “Group 47” made half‐yearly authors read publicly and endure brutal critique, launching postwar German literature (including Nobel winners). Its 1967 end still influences writers; veterans recall its power, while Kehlmann and Biller debate a modern equivalent.

Vom Glanz und Vergehen der Gruppe 47

2008

1990s · 1 titles

8.5

Documentary filmmaker Troller criss-crosses post-reunified “Transgermania” for a year, probing German identity through festivals (Carnival, Oktoberfest), films, small towns and big cities. He attends a Black–Bavarian wedding at an “animal fair,” chats with chimney sweeps, students, artists and elites (from Grass to Müller), and asks uneasy questions about unity, memory and the future - all from his outsider’s lens.

Unter Deutschen

1995

1980s · 1 titles

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie poster

7.1

Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

1960s · 2 titles

Documentary short film in which we see Günther Grass giving conferences, signing books and speaking, among others, with Chancellor Willy Brandt.

Bürger Grass

1965

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Wahlkampf

1965

Series credits

8.5

Apostrophes

1975

6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

1967

No artwork available

10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sabine Christiansen

1998

6.5

An in-depth look at news stories. Documentaries that take you behind the scenes giving an insight into people's lives or institutions.

Dispatches

1987

No artwork available

No synopsis available yet.

Sternstunde Philosophie

1998

6.8

Terra X History

2000

No synopsis available yet.

Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

1979

A German television format in which Günter Gaus interviewed prominent members of German society, particularly politicians. More than 200 interviews were conducted over the course of 40 years.