German filmmaker Joseph Vilsmaier, director of 'Stalingrad,' 'The Harmonists,' 'Marlene' and 'Autumn Milk,' has died at the age of 81. Details:
Vilsmaier's agent on Wednesday confirmed media reports that the director "died peacefully at his home" in Bavaria on Tuesday.
Born in Munich in 1939, Vilsmaier studied music and worked as a technician before gaining a foothold in the film business in the early 1960s, starting a runner. He worked his way up, initially a cameraman for German television, lensing episodes of popular crime seriesAutumn MilkThe adaptation of an autobiographical account of growing up on a farm in rural Bavaria in the 1920s and 30s,was a box office hit in Germany. It set the template for Vilsmaier's career.
, a comedy collaboration with German stars Michael Herbig and Hape Kerkeling. Leonine, the new German mini-major owned by equity group KKR, plans to release the movie in Germany this November.
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