Bernd Eichinger @60

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Christiane F. (1982, directed by Uli Edel)

To the sound of “Heroes” by Bowie

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Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008, directed by Uli Edel)

Bernd Eichinger (born April 11, 1949 in Neuburg an der Donau) is a German film producer and director. He attended film school in the 1970s, and bought a stake in the fledgling studio company Constantin Film but continues to produce some films independently (for example The Downfall). He has only directed two movies himself. Eichinger’s latest film is about the left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF) based on the book Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (“The Baader-Meinhof Complex“) by Stefan Aust. He debuted as producer with The Wrong Move by Wim Wenders.

Some well-known films produced by Eichinger include:

• Christiane F. (1982, directed by Uli Edel)
• The Neverending Story (1983, directed by Wolfgang Petersen)
• The Name of the Rose (1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud)
• The House of the Spirits (1993, directed by Bille August)
• Body of Evidence (1993, directed by Uli Edel)
• Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997, directed by Bille August)
• Resident Evil (2002, directed by Paul Anderson)
• Der Untergang (2004, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel)
• Fantastic Four (2005, directed by Tim Story)
• The Elementary Particles (2006), directed by Oskar Roehler)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006, directed by Tom Tykwer)
• Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008, directed by Uli Edel)