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- Peter Stein was born on October 1, 1937 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Klassen Feind (1983), Big and Small (1980) and Sommergäste (1976). He has been married to Maddalena Crippa since 1999. He was previously married to Beatrice Leppert and Jutta Lampe.
- SpousesMaddalena Crippa(1999 - present)Beatrice Leppert(1985 - 1990) (divorced)Jutta Lampe(1967 - 1984) (divorced)
- His father Herbert, factory director of the motorcycle manufacturing company Alfred Teves, having 250,000 forced laborers during World War II, was sentenced to 2 years in jail for collaborating with the Nazis. Peter's life was profoundly influenced by these events.
- Studied literature and art history in Frankfurt and Munich.
- Debuted as stage director at the Munich Kammerspiele with Edward Bond's "Saved" (1967).
- His most spectacular projects have been the original 11-hour-version of "Faust I & II" at the 2000 Expo in Hanover and "Wallenstein" in Berlin (2007).
- Like many artists of his generation, he was politically driven and an opponent of the Vietnam War. In 1970, he took over the Berlin Schaubühne, where he worked until 1985.
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