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Golo Mann(1909-1994)

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  • Director
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Katja Mann, wife of German novelist Thomas Mann, recalls their fifty years of marriage and their history both as a couple and independent intellectuals. In this conversation with Elisabeth von Plessen, Katja and her son Golo describes their life in vivid detail and reveal the background to many of Manns important writings including Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, and Death in Venice.
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Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann (1969)
Golo Mann was born on 27 March 1909 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Deutsche Geschichte seit 1815 (1965), Wallenstein (1978) and Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann (1969). He died on 7 April 1994 in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
BornMarch 27, 1909
DiedApril 7, 1994(85)
BornMarch 27, 1909
DiedApril 7, 1994(85)
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Deutsche Geschichte seit 1815
TV Series
  • Writer(as Professor Dr. Golo Mann)
Rolf Boysen, Karl Walter Diess, and Romuald Pekny in Wallenstein (1978)
Wallenstein
8.4
TV Mini Series
  • Writer
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann (1969)
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
  • Self
  • 1969
The Exiles (1989)
The Exiles
7.3
  • Self
  • 1989

Credits

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Writer

  • Rolf Boysen, Karl Walter Diess, and Romuald Pekny in Wallenstein (1978)
    Wallenstein
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • biography
    • 1978
  • Deutsche Geschichte seit 1815
    TV Series
    • Writer (as Professor Dr. Golo Mann)
    • 1965
  • Der Weg in die Teilung
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1964

Director

  • Deutsche Geschichte seit 1815
    TV Series
    • Director (as Professor Dr. Golo Mann)
    • 1965

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Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Professor Dr. Golo Mann
  • Born
    • March 27, 1909
    • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • Died
    • April 7, 1994
    • Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Other works
    (book) "Secretary of Europe: The life of Friedrich Gentz, Enemy of Napoleon". ISBN 0208009574
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    • 1 Portrayal

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