'Gundermann,' a biopic on the extraordinary and contradictory life of East German singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann, was the big winner Friday night at the 2019 German Film Awards. By Scott ...

"What's the idea?" The German Film Awards were held this weekend, and top prize for Best Picture went to a film titled Gundermann. Never heard of it? This is not uncommon with whatever the "equivalent ...

Gerhard Gundermann (1955-1998) was a heavy equipment operator at a lignite strip mine and a Stasi informer, but above all he was a gifted singer-songwriter with a fanbase in both the former GDR as ...

Gerhard Gundermann was a successful singer/song writer in the former German Democratic Republic (DDR, East Germany). He maintained his popularity in the eastern regions after the fall of East German ...

Andreas Dresen's 'Gundermann,' a biopic about East German singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann, leads the pack for this year's German Film Awards, picking up 10 nominations, including mentions for ...

2019 German Film Award (Lola) in six categories: Best Feature Film, Best Director (Andreas Dresen), Best Screenplay (Laila Stieler), Best Leading Actor (Alexander Scheer), Best Set Design (Susanne ...

The Lusatian mining district and the former "socialist residential town" of Hoyerswerda form the backdrop for the biography of Gerhard Gundermann, rock poet, digger driver and "voice of the East".