Michael Verhoeven was a German film director, screenwriter, film and television producer and actor, born on 13 July 1938 and died on 22 April 2024. He also held a doctorate in medicine. He was regarded as a political filmmaker who dealt with repression, guilt and the unresolved parts of German history, and he found international success with films such as The White Rose, about the resistance siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl, and The Nasty Girl of 1990, for which he received the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. His anti-Vietnam War film o.k. caused a scandal at the 1970 Berlin festival, which collapsed without awarding any prizes.
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1990 Silver Bear for Best Director, 40th Berlin International Film Festival for The Nasty Girl
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