- Rolf Losansky was born on February 18, 1931 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Hut ab, wenn du küßt! (1971), Geheimnis der 17 (1963) and Der Revolver des Korporals (1967). He was married to Annelore Losansky. He died on September 15, 2016 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.
- SpouseAnnelore Losansky(? - September 15, 2016) (his death, 2 children)
- Losansky's films, some of which were produced with considerable technical effort, always featured popular actors alongside young amateurs, including Dieter Franke, Jutta Wachowiak, Rolf Hoppe, Barbara Dittus and Rolf Ludwig.
- His archive is located in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
- Losansky's first full-length children's feature film was Geheimnis der 17 (1963), about a group of young amateur historians who decide to "capture" a Hussite castle in order to secure their place in the town's historic festival.
- From 1955 to 1960, he studied directing at the Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst in Potsdam-Babelsberg. After graduation, Losansky made his debut film Mein Bruder Jacques (1962), a comedy with Johannes Hesters in the leading part and a West German/Swiss/Austrian television co-production.
- At the beginning of the 1970s, Losansky mainly focused on directing films for children and young people and became one of DEFA's most successful and beloved children's film directors.
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