Since then Frank Beyer had only worked for television . He directed the romantic comedy '' Sie und Er '' and the comedy '' Das grosse Fest '' in 1992 . The international co-production '' Das letzte U-Boot '' followed in 1993 . In the same year he was the Head of the Jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival . He adapted a story by Jurek Becker in 1995 in '' Wenn alle Deutschen schlafen '' and had a major popular and critical success with the '' Nikolaikirche '' in 1995 . The film concentrated on the last years of East Germany and tells the story of a family that is torn between the protest movement and the Stasi . Another success was the film '' Der Hauptmann von Köpenick '' based on the play The Captain of Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer . In 1998 he directed '' Abgehauen '' , a film about the circumstances of the deprivation of Wolf Biermann 's citizenship and the departure of Manfred Krug from East Germany . His last project was a film based on the novel '' Jahrestage '' 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
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
Frank Beyer