Burkhard Driest

German actor (1939-2020)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: April 28, 1939
Date of death: February 27, 2020
Place of birth: Szczecin
Place of death: Berlin
Country of citizenship: Germany^[11]
Occupation: screenwriter, film actor, film director, stage actor, film producer, painter, actor, director, writer, artist^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Child: Johanna Driest^[10]
Official website: burkhard-driest.com^[19]
Work location: Peine, Göttingen, Brunswick, Celle^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[24]
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts^[28]
Given name: Burkhard^[18]
Name in native language: Burkhard Driest^[25]
Place of detention: Penitentiary Celle^[27]
Start of work period: 1974^[26]

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VIAF cluster ID: 47694322
Library of Congress Authorities ID: nr97037400
GND ID: 124440088
AllMovie person ID: p20164
AlloCiné person ID: 30915
Artists of the World ID: 6476ac40-91f5-46e2-bc32-0f38e6e6e2f4
Artnet artist ID: burkhard-driest
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 138934250
CANTIC ID: 981058508691306706
CINE21 person ID: 51496
CineMagia person ID: 26021

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Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 53830
DDB person (GND) ID: 124440088
Danish National Filmography person ID: 10380
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124440088
Discogs artist ID: 582133
Douban movie celebrity ID: 1045578
Douban personage ID: 27251335
ElFilm person ID: 3804256
Elonet person ID: 111079
FAST ID: 1943886
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_124440088
Film.ru person ID: burkhard-driest
FilmPolski ID: 100851
Filmportal ID: d1fd9a484ca149f2af6726ad0aae7cc0
Filmweb.pl person ID: 50481
Freebase ID: /m/0bwb3t1
HAND ID: 2666-60A7-7CEF-DD8A-582D
IMDb ID: nm0237897
ISzDb person ID: 62014
IdRef ID: 076972089
J9U entity ID: 987007457012505171
KMDb person ID: 00060131
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 124440088
Kallías ID: PE00014034
Kinobox person ID: 25240
Kinopoisk person ID: 178011
LdiF person ID: 9303
MYmovies person ID: 24614
Munzinger person ID: 00000016646
MusicBrainz artist ID: 07391792-b5d3-43fc-bcb4-b7d6ef3cc84b
NUKAT ID: n2019141640
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX4880252
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072052619
Niedersächsische Personen ID: 1786824205
PORT person ID: 131310
Prabook ID: 2482498
Rotten Tomatoes ID: celebrity/burkhardt_driest
SBN author ID: UBOV027160
SPAP ID: a/051a1264-609c-4d0b-910c-e61f700159e7
Scope.dk person ID: 54347
Swedish Film Database person ID: 80299
TMDB person ID: 21833
Tabakalera ID: 115140
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058508691306706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1240899
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJrWCWMJb8YCcFrFXpg3Qq
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ČSFD person ID: 349739

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Occupation 5

film director, screenwriter, film producer, film actor, stage actor

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Cross of Iron, Querelle, Stroszek, The Roaring Fifties

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Films written 1

Querelle

Given name 1

Burkhard

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Place of birth 1

Szczecin

Place of death 1

Berlin

Sex or gender 1

male

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Bauné

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Summary

Burkhard Driest was born on April 28, 1939^[1], in Szczecin^[2]. He died on February 27, 2020^[3], in Berlin^[4]. He worked as a screenwriter^[5], film actor^[6], film director^[7], stage actor^[8], and film producer^[9].

FAQs

Where was Burkhard Driest born?

Burkhard Driest's place of birth was Szczecin^[2].

Where did Burkhard Driest die?

Burkhard Driest passed away in Berlin^[4].

What did Burkhard Driest do for work?

Burkhard Driest worked as a screenwriter^[5], film actor^[6], film director^[7], stage actor^[8], and film producer^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Burkhard Driest — place of birth (P19): Szczecin. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Burkhard Driest — place of death (P20): Berlin. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Burkhard Driest — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Burkhard Driest — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Burkhard Driest — child (P40): Johanna Driest. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): film actor. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): film director. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): stage actor. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): film producer. Retrieved 2019-06-17. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): painter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): actor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): director. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Burkhard Driest — occupation (P106): artist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Burkhard Driest — date of birth (P569): April 28, 1939. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-26. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Burkhard Driest — date of death (P570): February 27, 2020. rbb24.de. rbb24.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Burkhard Driest — given name (P735): Burkhard. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Burkhard Driest — official website (P856): http://burkhard-driest.com/. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Burkhard Driest — work location (P937): Peine. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Burkhard Driest — work location (P937): Göttingen. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Burkhard Driest — work location (P937): Brunswick. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Burkhard Driest — work location (P937): Celle. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Burkhard Driest — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Burkhard Driest — name in native language (P1559): Burkhard Driest. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Burkhard Driest — start of work period (P2031): 1974. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Burkhard Driest — place of detention (P2632): Penitentiary Celle. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Burkhard Driest — documentation files at (P10527): SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts. performing-arts.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-29. wikidata.org.

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6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Child → Johanna Driest

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18d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Work location → Peine, Göttingen, Brunswick +1

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17w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

CINE21 person ID → 51496

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26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → screenwriter, film actor, film director +1

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