Kurt Barthel was born on January 30, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for
Fräulein Schmetterling (1966),
Die Nacht im Grenzwald (1968) and
The Divided Heaven (1964). He was married to
Petra Barthel and ???. He died on January 3, 2014 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.