Günter Reisch (24 November 1927 – 24 February 2014) was a German film director and screenwriter. He served in the German Army during the last stage of World War II. On 20 April 1944 he became a member of the Nazi Party. After his release from an American POW camp, he returned to Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone and joined the Free German Youth and later the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He started working with theater and film and became one of East Germany's most prominent film makers. He made 20 films, including the two Karl Liebknecht films. His 1978 film Anton the Magician was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography The Sailor's Song (1958) New Year's Eve Punch (1960) Ach du fröhliche... (1962) Anton the Magician (1978) The Fiancee (1979) References External links 1927 births 2014 deaths Film people from Berlin Nazi Party members Socialist Unity Party of Germany members German Army personnel of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Recipients of the Heinrich Greif Prize Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold