1990, he created Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein (Hard to Be a God), an elaborate film after a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Faithful to his early documentaries, he produced Deutschland, Deutschland from interviews with simple passers-by in Germany's East and West about Die Wende, indicating future difficulties after Germany's reunification. In 2006, he produced Mein Freund, der Mörder (My Friend the Murderer), a documentary about his friend whom he had portrayed before in the 1987 Der Al Capone der Pfalz. He published a novel in 2008, Die Zukunftsangst der Deutschen, about the Germans' fear of the future. He was active with the restoration of several of his films. In the 1990s, Fleischmann was on the board of the Babelsberg Studios of the former UFA and DEFA, and was instrumental in the rescue of the studios, finding investors from European countries. He was a founding member of the Deutsche Filmakademie in 2003. His last residence was in Werder near Potsdam, where he died at age 84 after a bad fall. Awards 1966 – Special Prize for Educative and Didactic Film for Children of the Venice Film Festival for Alexander and a Car without the Left Headlight 1969 – Filmband in Silber for Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern 1972 – Prix Luis Buñuel of the Cannes Festival 1991 – Kurd Laßwitz Award in the category Best Film (Movie) for Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein Films Fleischmann was active as actor, director, script writer and producer, among others. Director Films directed by Fleischmann include: 1957: Die Eintagsfliege (The Mayfly), short film 1961: Geschichte einer Sandrose (Story of a Sand Rose), short documentary, also script 1962: Brot der Wüste (Bread of the Desert), short film 1963: Begegnung mit Fritz Lang (A Meeting with Fritz Lang), short documentary 1964: Der Test (The Test), short film 1965: Alexander und das Auto ohne linken Scheinwerfer (Alexander and the Car with the missing Headlight), short film, also producer 1967: , documentary 1969: Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria), based on Martin Sperr's 1965 play Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern, also script 1972: Das Unheil (Havoc), screenplay with Martin Walser, also producer 1973: (Dorothea's Revenge), screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière, also producer 1975: Weak Spot, screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière and Martin Walser, based on Antonis Samarakis' 1965 novel To Lathos, also co-producer 1979: Die Hamburger Krankheit (The Hamburg Syndrome), screenplay with Roland Topor and