Kurt Maetzig was born on January 25, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Marriage in the Shadows (1947) and Die Buntkarierten (1949). He was previously married to Yvonne Merin and Bärbel. He died on August 8, 2012 in Wildkuhl, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.