Jonatan Briel
Jonatan Karl Dieter Briel (June 9, 1942 – December 26, 1988) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor, born in Bodenwerder, Lower Saxony, and raised in Holzminden. He is best known as a specialist of the literary biographical film, with a body of work centered on 19th-century German poets and dramatists — primarily Heinrich von Kleist, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Friedrich Hölderlin.
Known For
Kleist Project Berlin
Director
1987
As Long As You Love Me, I Cannot Go Wrong
Director
1985
Katja
Director
1985
The Double Stranger
Scenario Writer
1985
Elli, SO 36
Director
1984
Elli, SO 36
Author
1984
The Attempt to Sing a Song
Director
1982
Your Humble Servant Scardanelli
Director
1982
Your Humble Servant Scardanelli
Writer
1982
The Stars That Smile Upon Their Cottage
Voices
1981
The Stars That Smile Upon Their Cottage
Director
1981
The Stars That Smile Upon Their Cottage
Author
1981
Das Geheimnis
Director
1979
A Quite Strange Case of Love
Director
1973
A Quite Strange Case of Love
Writer
1973
Tago Mago
1971
Tago Mago
Director
1971
Jonatan Briel's Lenz – A German Physiognomy
Director
1971
Jonatan Briel's Lenz – A German Physiognomy
Writer
1971
Berlin - Berlin - Berlin
Director
Weighed and Found Too Heavy
Director
1970
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin
Director
1970
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin
Writer
1970
Berlin, Berlin, Berlin
Cinematography
1970
Like Two Merry Aeronauts
narrator
1969

