The German film world mourns the loss of cult director Klaus Lemke. The Grimme Prize winner died in Munich at the age of 81.
German director Klaus Lemke is dead. The filmmaker died on Thursday 7 July at the age of 81 in his adopted home of Munich. and relies on information from Lemke’s circle of friends. The exact cause of death is not yet known.
Klaus Lemke was born in 1940 in what was then Prussian Landsberg an der Warthe. He spent his childhood and youth in Düsseldorf after the Second World War. He broke off his studies in art history and philosophy in Freiburg early after school and worked as a theater director in Düsseldorf and Munich from 1963. Just two years later he made his first short film “Kleine Front”.
Klaus Lemke: Last appearance at the Munich Film Festival
Lemke first gained notoriety in 1967 with the film “48 Hours to Acapulco”, but it was not until the 1970s that he finally achieved his breakthrough with works such as “Rocker” and “Amore”. For the latter, the director and screenwriter even received the Adolf Grimme Prize in 1979. The film “Brandstifter” from 1969, in which the young Iris Berben (71) can be seen, has long had cult status.
Lemke was considered a rebel in German film, filmed a lot with amateur actors and often caused a stir with his style in the scene. Nonetheless, his artistic approach was highly regarded. In total, his work includes around 50 films. The director only made his last public appearance on June 24 at the Munich Film Festival. He wore a sign around his neck that read, “Art comes from kissing.”
Source: Stern
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