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- Erwin Leiser was born on May 16, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Wähle das Leben (1963), Keine Welt für Kinder (1972) and Transit (1965). He died on August 22, 1996 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1967.
- German-born who fled from the Nazi regime to Sweden in 1938. He first worked as a journalist and drama critic before becoming one of Sweden's leading documentary film makers.
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