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
11th Moscow International Film Festival
11th Moscow International Film Festival
Günter Reisch