Film
director and writer Egon Günther has died at 90 years of age. He died on
Thursday August 31, 2017 in Potsdam after a long, communicated by the family.
Günther was born in Schneeberg On March 30, 1927 in the Erzgebirge and was
known in the GDR with films like "Lotte in Weimar" or "Der
Dritte". After discussions with the GDR leadership he worked in the west
from the end of the seventies. In addition to his film work, Günther also worked as
a writer. He filmed his last book "The Bride" with Veronica Ferres in
the title role (1999). Once again the film about Johann Wolfgang Goethe - this
time around the relationship of the poet prince with the simple flower girl
Christiane Vulpius, once beloved and later wife of Goethe. Egon was a
screenwriter on the 1967 DEFA western “Chingachgook: The Great Snake” starring
Gojko Mitic and appeared on screen as an actor in 1979’s “Blue Hawk playing the
part of Archie.
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