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Gernot Roll
1939 – 2020
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryGernot Roll was a German cinematographer, film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors Edgar Reitz and Sönke Wortmann. He was regarded as an expert on literary adaptations and film biographies, such as The Buddenbrooks, filming Thomas Mann's novel in eleven television episodes directed by Franz Peter Wirth, and the same work again in 2008 in the film directed by Heinrich Breloer.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 9, 1939
Dresden
Date of death
November 12, 2020
Munich
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
cinematographerdirectorfilm director
Awards & honours
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyRomyBavarian TV Awards
- Field and occupation
- Německý kameraman.
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