Richard Groschopp was born in Koelleda, Germany on February 19, 1906 and died in Kleinmachnow, outside of Berlin on July 8, 1996. He began to direct short films at the age of 25, joined the Amateur Filmmaker Association, and received many awards for his films. Groschopp directed short documentaries and films for the industry and his main employer was an advertising studio in Dresden. During the war he worked on educational films for the German navy.

Groschopp joined the DEFA Documentary Film Studios in 1946, where he worked as a cameraman and editor, as well as the director of more than 100 documentaries, mainly newsreels. He started his career at the East German Feature Film Studios at the beginning of the 1950s. Groschopp was a member of the Stacheltiere team, directing the short satirical film series about daily life in East Germany. He later became best-known for his crime stories, spy films, and Westerns.

Filmography

Model Bianca (Modell Bianka) 1951; 52 Weeks Are a Year (52 Wochen sind ein Jahr) 1955; They All Knew Each Other (Sie kannten sich alle) 1958; Goods for Catalonia (Ware fuer Katalonien) 1959; Acquittal Owing to Lack of Evidence (Freispruch mangels Beweisen) 1962; The Baldheaded Gang (Die Glatzkopfbande) 1963; On Parole (Entlassen auf Bewaehrung) 1965; Chingachgook, the Big Snake (Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange) 1967.