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Gerhard Behrendt

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Biography of Gerhard Behrendt

3. Apr 1929 – 26. Sep 2006(77 years)Died in:Berlin, Germany

Deutscher Regisseur, Puppengestalter und Erfinder des Sandmännchens

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Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Potsdam

Berlin, Germany

Germany

cancer

Occupation(6)

stage painter writer film director puppeteer children's writer production designer

Awards(4)

Goethe award of Berlin National Prize of East Germany Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Order of the Smile

Employer(4)

Hans Otto TheaterDEFA-Studio für SpielfilmeDEFA-Studio für Trickfilme Deutscher Fernsehfunk

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Gerhard Behrendt (* 3. April 1929 in Potsdam; † 26. September 2006 in Berlin) was a deutscher Regisseur, Puppengestalter und Erfinder des Sandmännchens. He was 77 years old. He worked at Hans Otto Theater, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme and Deutscher Fernsehfunk. He received 4 awards, including Goethe award of Berlin, National Prize of East Germany. His cause of death was cancer.

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1929

Born in Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Potsdam

2006

Died in Berlin, Germany (cancer)

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