Fridrikh Ermler was born on May 13, 1898 in Rechitsa, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Rezekne, Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Die große Kraft (1951), Velikiy grazhdanin (1938) and Die große Wende (1945). He died on July 12, 1967 in Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
