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Michael Verhoeven

Born in 1938 in Berlin, German filmmaker Michael Verhoeven directed his first film, "The Dance of Death," in 1967 and runs a film production company with his wife, actress Senta Berger.

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Scene from "The Dance of Death" (1967) by Michael Verhoeven.

German director Michael Verhoeven turns 80

The onetime Oscar nominee recently told DW why his film debut, 50 years ago, was initially a nightmare.
CultureJuly 13, 2018

Actress Confronts German Book Burnings with Daring Readings

Popular German actress Iris Berben kept audiences in Berlin riveted over the weekend by alternately reading out excerpts from the diary of Holocaust victim Anne Frank and Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels.
May 13, 2003