project was a film based on the novel Anniversaries by Uwe Johnson. He had already developed the project and completed pre-production, but due to conflicts with the producers he was replaced with Margarethe von Trotta. Frank Beyer died after a long illness on 1 October 2006 at the age of 74 in Berlin. He was buried on the Dorotheenstädtischen Cemetery in Berlin. Personal life In 1956 Frank Beyer married a make-up artist he met at the theater in Altenburg. Their daughter Elke was already born in March 1955. In 1965 they were divorced. In January 1969 he married the actress Renate Blume. Their son Alexander was born in June 1969. They were divorced in spring 1975. Their son Alexander was adopted by Renate Blume's second husband, the singer and actor Dean Reed. Under his name Alexander Reed he became an actor, and had minor roles in two of his father's films, Der Hauptmann von Köpenick in 1997 and Abgehauen in 1998. In 1985 Frank Beyer married for a third time. The marriage to the television announcer Monika Unferferth was ended several years later. Until his death he lived together with the poet Karin Kiwus in Berlin. Filmography All titles directed and written by Frank Beyer unless stated otherwise. Source: DEFA Foundation. All films are in German language, some were made available with English subtitles but never dubbed in English. Exceptions are noted in the list. References Notes Bibliography External links Frank Beyer at Filmportal.de 1932 births 2006 deaths People from Altenburger Land Mass media people from Thuringia German male writers Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Recipients of the Heinrich Greif Prize