History 1983

Peter Zadek's filming of Johannes Mario Simmel's novel "Hurra, wir leben noch“ has to appear under the title DIE WILDEN FÜNFZIGER, because the author forbids the naming of the title of the novel. Paul Mazursky shoots some scenes for MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON at Berliner Straße. On April 5, the pop hit-parade FORMEL EINS starts. The five-part series DIE GOLDENEN SCHUHE (director: Dietrich Haugk) is done on the basis of Vicki Baum's novel. Ulrich Edel films the Eric Ambler material EINE ART VON ZORN for television. Klaus Wennemann plays the title role in the TV series DER FAHNDER with Hans-Jürgen Schatz, Dietrich Mattausch, Barbara Freier and Dieter Pfaff. The first electronically produced issues of FORMEL EINS are recorded (director: Michael Bentele). The shooting of the first part of the NEVER-ENDING STORY lasts from March 15 to September 10. The producer of the film, which cost 60 million DM, is Bernd Eichinger, co-producer Bavaria (Günter Rohrbach).