Michael Gwisdek

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Michael Gwisdek
Born	(1942-01-14)14 January 1942 Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
Died	22 September 2020(2020-09-22) (aged 78)
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	1968–2020

Michael Gwisdek (14 January 1942 – 22 September 2020) was a German actor and film director.^[1]

Career[edit]

He began his acting career in East Germany and has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1968. His debut film as a director, Treffen in Travers, was the first East-German film^[2] screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.^[3] His 1998 film The Big Mambo was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4] The following year, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, for his role in the film Nightshapes.^[5]

He married the actress Corinna Harfouch in 1985 and they divorced in 1997. They had two sons together before they married; the musician Johannes Gwisdek (born 1980) and the actor Robert Gwisdek (born 1984). He married his second wife, Gabriela, shortly after divorcing Harfouch.^[6]

Gwisdek died on 22 September 2020 aged 78.^[2]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Michael Gwisdek at IMDb
• Michael Gwisdek discography at Discogs