Hendrik Handloegten

Handloegten was born in Celle, West Germany. Due to his father's job with the Federal Foreign Office, he and his family moved between Helsinki, São Paulo, Zurich, and Paris in his youth. At the age of 16, his family permanently relocated to East Berlin, where his father worked in the permanent mission. Although the family lived in East Berlin, Handloegten attended school in West Berlin, crossing Checkpoint Charlie daily. He was co-managing Eiszeit Cinema in Kreuzberg when the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989. ==Career==

Handloegten's DFFB graduation film, '' (2000), won the and a Grimme-Preis. He then wrote and directed the film Learning to Lie (2003), which received funding from the , and co-wrote the film Love in Thoughts (2004), directed by Achim von Borries. He also directed '' (2011), based on the novel of the same name by Hannelore Valencak. He also co-wrote the screenplay of Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland (2026), set to premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. ==Personal life==

Handloegten is married to actress Fritzi Haberlandt. They live in Berlin. ==Filmography==

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