Daniel Schmid

Daniel Schmid was born on 26 December 1941 in Flims-Waldhaus, in the Grisons, and grew up in the Schweizerhof hotel, which his family had run for generations. Leaving for Berlin in 1962, he studied history and literature at the Free University there, was an assistant to Peter Lilienthal, then entered the film and television academy. From the mid-eighties he also directed operas, at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and at the Zurich Opera. He died in his native village on 5 August 2006, aged sixty-four.

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• Feature filmShadow of AngelsSchatten der EngelDaniel Schmid · 1976Cinema