- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 15, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Hamburg, Germany
Wolf Biermann
Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song "Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976. Biermann was born in Hamburg, Germany. His mother, Emma (née Dietrich), was a Communist Party activist, and his father, Dagobert Biermann, worked on the Hamburg docks. Biermann's father, a Jewish member of the German Resistance, was sentenced to six years in prison for sabotaging Nazi ships. In 1942, the Nazis decided to eliminate their Jewish political prisoners and Biermann's father was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was murdered on 22 February 1943. Biermann was one of the few children of workers who attended the Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium (high school) in Hamburg. After the Second World War, he became a member of the Free German Youth (Freie Deutsche…
Filmography
Biermann
movieBiermann
2026 · Self
movieStasi: A State Against Its People
2021 · Self (archive footage)
phoenix persönlich
tvphoenix persönlich
2018 · Self
Stöckl
tvStöckl
2013 · Self
Schawinski
tvSchawinski
2011 · Self
Erlesen
tvErlesen
2010 · self
tvMarkus Lanz
2008 · Self
tvSchmidt & Pocher
2007
Thadeusz
tvThadeusz
2005 · self
Fröhlich lesen
tvFröhlich lesen
2005 · Self
Im Palais
tvIm Palais
2004 · Self
Our Best
tvOur Best
2003 · Self
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
tvNDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002 · Self
tvDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002 · Self
movieBAP - Ode to Cologne
2002 · Self
Weimarer Salon
tvWeimarer Salon
2001 · Self
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
tvDas Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
2001 · Self (archive Footage)
Koschwitz
tvKoschwitz
2000 · Self
Volle Kanne
tvVolle Kanne
1999 · Self
Sternstunde Philosophie
tvSternstunde Philosophie
1998 · Self
Sabine Christiansen
tvSabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
Nachtstudio
tvNachtstudio
1997 · Self
Im Dialog
tvIm Dialog
1997 · self
tvMorgenmagazin
1992 · Self
tvRiverboat
1992 · Self
tvDAS!
1991 · Self
movieBerlin 1990
1990 · Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
tvZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989 · Self
tvNachtcafé
1987 · Self
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Leute
tvLeute
1983 · Self
tvWetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
tvHeut' abend
1980 · self
tvNDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
movieGermany in Autumn
1978 · Self
Club 2
tvClub 2
1976 · Self
Litera-Tour
tvLitera-Tour
1976 · Self
tvKölner Treff
1976 · Self
3 nach 9
tv3 nach 9
1974 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis
tvDeutscher Kleinkunstpreis
1972 · Self
movieBorn in '45
1966 · Songs
Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten
tvAuf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten
1965 · Self
tvZur Person
1963 · Self