biography

Gerhard Scheumann was born on December 25, 1930 in Ortelsburg, East Prussia, Germany [now Szczytno, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Pilots in Pajamas (1968), Der Präsident im Exil (1969) and Am Wassergraben (1978). He died on May 30, 1998 in Berlin, Germany.