Born in Berlin in 1929 to a Jewish family, Peter Lilienthal fled as a child to Uruguay and returned to Germany as a young man, working in television. His films deal with exile, persecution and Latin American dictatorship. La Victoria (1973) and The Uprising (1980) dealt with Latin American political themes. David (1979), based on the memoir of Joel König, tells the story of a young German Jew hiding in wartime Berlin, and won the Golden Bear in Berlin.
Filmography
- David (1979)