Heinrich Breloer (German pronunciation: [ˌbʀeˈløːɐ̯], born 17 February 1942 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German author and film director. He has mainly worked on docudramas related to modern German history and has received many awards. Breloer's 2005 docudrama Speer und Er was described as a milestone in the understanding of Nazi Germany by the German people.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• The Axe of Wandsbek [de] (co-director: Horst Königstein [de], 1982, TV film) — based on a novel by Arnold Zweig
• Treffpunkt im Unendlichen (co-director: Horst Königstein, 1984, TV film) — based on a novel by Klaus Mann
• Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft [de] (1987, TV film)
• The State Chancellery (1989, TV film) — (about Uwe Barschel)
• Kollege Otto – Die Coop-Affäre [de] (1991, TV film) — (about Bernd Otto [de] and the co op Affair [de])
• Wehner – die unerzählte Geschichte [de] (1993, TV film) — (about Herbert Wehner)
• Death Game [de] (1997, TV film) — (about the German Autumn)
• Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001, TV miniseries) — (about Thomas Mann)
• Speer und Er (2005, TV miniseries) — (about Albert Speer)
• Buddenbrooks (2008) — based on the novel Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
• Brecht (2019, TV film) — (about Bertolt Brecht)