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Peter Merseburger

Peter Merseburger

Actor, Director, Producer

Born May 9, 1928 in Zeitz, Germany

Died February 15, 2022

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After graduating from high school in Leipzig, he began studying German, modern history and sociology in Halle in the immediate post-war years. However, Merseburg then moved to Marburg, where he completed his studies. In 1950 Merseburger joined the SPD. After a traineeship at the "Hannoversche Presse", Merseburger began his journalistic career there. After moving to NDR in Hamburg in 1956, he worked for the "Neue Ruhr-Zeitung". From 1960 to 1965 Merseburger worked for "Spiegel" in Hamburg. He then returned to NDR, where he directed and moderated "Panorama" until 1977. He decisively shaped the political magazine as a product of investigative, critical journalism, which often provoked censorship intervention by politicians.

From 1968, Merseburger was also responsible as editor-in-chief for the NDR current affairs department. In 1977, Merseburger moved to Washington as an ARD correspondent, where he worked until 1982. However, the journalist aroused the interest of a wider television audience through his subsequent work as a correspondent from East Berlin. Through his impressive reporting on everyday life in the GDR between 1982 and 1987, he not only shaped the image of the GDR among the German public, but also the self-reflection of the GDR population. In 1987, Merseburger was appointed head of the ARD studio in London, succeeding Wolf von Lojewski. He resigned from this position when he retired early in 1991.

As a journalist and documentary filmmaker, Merseburger continues to play an important role in political journalism in the Federal Republic. Merseburger received several awards for his journalistic work. His life's work was recognized in 1991 with the "Fritz Singer Prize". Since retiring from the television business, the journalist, who lives in Berlin and southern France, has worked as a freelance writer. In this role he became known, among other things, for his biographies of Kurt Schumacher, Rudolf Augstein and Willy Brandt. He received the German Book Prize in 2003 for his Brandt biography.

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Filmography

Actor

11

Type

Year

Die Akte Lindenberg - Udo und die DDR Poster

Die Akte Lindenberg - Udo und die DDR Documentary2010Self

Thadeusz Poster

Thadeusz TV Series2005Self

Menschen bei Maischberger Poster

Menschen bei Maischberger TV Series2003Self

Weimarer Salon TV Series2001Self

DAS! TV Series1991Self

NDR Talk Show Poster

NDR Talk Show TV Series1979Self

Extra Drei Poster

Extra Drei TV Series1976

Emm wie Meikel TV Series1975Moderator im Interview

Am laufenden Band Poster

Am laufenden Band TV Series1974Self

Pro & Contra Poster

Pro & Contra TV Series1968Self

Panorama Poster

Panorama TV Series1957Self - Host

Director

2

Type

Year

Willy Brandt - Eine Jahrhundertgestalt Documentary2003

Gudrun Ensslin - the early years Poster

Gudrun Ensslin - the early years TV Short1968

Producer

1

Gudrun Ensslin - the early years Poster

Gudrun Ensslin - the early years TV Short1968

Writer

1

Willy Brandt - Eine Jahrhundertgestalt Documentary2003

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