Willy Brandt

Active years (films on this site)

1965–2018

Genres

DocumentaryHistoryWar

Schools and movements

Contemporary European Art CinemaCzechoslovak New WaveNew HollywoodSoviet Poetic Cinema

Biography

Willy Brandt was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and concurrently served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in Western Europe through the EEC and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe. He was the first Social Democratic chancellor since 1930.

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Awards and honours

International

• Freedom Award 1957
• Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1959
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎ 1960
• Grand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria 1961
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1965
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon 1968
• Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau 1969
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog 1970
• Time Person of the Year 1970
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown 1971
• Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class 1971
• anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire 1971
• Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria 1972
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa 1972
• Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour 1973
• honorary doctorate of Strasbourg-III University 1973
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎ 1986
• honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel 1990
• Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion 2000
• Albert Einstein Peace Prize
• B'nai B'rith
• Dimitrov Prize medal
• Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
• Order of the Dannebrog
• Order pro Merito Melitensi
• honorary citizen of Berlin
• honorary doctor of Yale University
• honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

National / local

• Tie Man of the Year 1967
• Nobel Peace Prize 1971
• honorary citizen of Lübeck 1972
• honorary doctorate of the University of Granada 1987

Directors worked with

Mikhail Romm1 filmDavid Maysles1 filmKarel Vachek1 filmFelix Moeller1 film

4 films on this site

1. Triumph Over Violence 1965 · Mikhail Romm · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
2. Islands (1987) 1987 · David Maysles · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
3. New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood 1992 · Karel Vachek · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
4. Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst 2018 · Felix Moeller · IMDb 6.4 · Cast