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 Der geteilte Himmel (1964). He was married to Petra Barthel and ???. He died on January 3, 2014 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.