Christian Doermer

Christian Doermer
Born(1935-07-05)5 July 1935
Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany
Died14 July 2022(2022-07-14) (aged 87)
Nußdorf am Inn, Bavaria, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1954–2022

Christian Doermer (5 July 1935 – 14 July 2022) was a German actor and director.[1][2] He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows from 1954 to 2022. He starred in the 1966 film No Shooting Time for Foxes. The film was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize.[3] In 1969, Doermer appeared as a German soldier attending the Christmas truce in Sir Richard Attenborough's satirical World War I musical film Oh! What a Lovely War.

Doermer himself has also directed a fair number of films including documentaries and television films. In 1962, he was one of the 26 authors of the famous Oberhausen Manifesto, demanding a change in German film.

  1. ^ "Christian Doermer". Film Portal. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Schauspieler und Autorenfilmer: Christian Doermer ist tot". SWYRL.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1966: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 February 2010.