About
Ralf Kirsten (30 May 1930 – 23 January 1998) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1986. His 1984 film Where Others Keep Silent was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. After doing an apprenticeship as an electrician, Kirsten went to university to study German literature and theatre, first at Humboldt University of Berlin, and later the Theater Institute in Weimar. He then went on to study film direction at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) alongside fellow East German Frank Beyer. He graduated in 1956, and began working in television.
Filmography
Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life1987 · Director, Writer
Where Others Keep Silent1984 · Director, Writer
Lachtauben weinen nicht1979 · Director, Writer
Ich zwing dich zu leben1978 · Director, Writer
Eine Pyramide für mich1975 · Director, Writer
Unterm Birnbaum1973 · Director, Screenplay
The Devil's Elixirs1973 · Director
The Lost Angel1971 · Director, Writer
Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel1970 · Writer, Director
Netzwerk1970 · Director, Writer
Frau Venus und ihr Teufel1967 · Director, Writer
Mir nach, Canaillen1964 · Director, Writer
Chronicle of a Summer1963 · Director, Writer
On the Sunny Side1962 · Director, Writer
Steinzeitballade1961 · Director, Writer
Meetings In The Dark1960 · Assistant Director
Skimeister von Morgen1957 · Director
Bahrenburg Stories1957 · Director, Writer
Fools Among Us1955 · Writer, Director