German filmmaker Herrmann Zschoche, born on 25 November 1934, launched his directing career in the early 1960s and over the next three decades created a body of work that spans both cinema and television. Between 1961 and 1994 he helmed twenty-five feature films, beginning with titles such as Das Märchenschloß and Die Igelfreundschaft, and later achieving broader recognition with the science-ficti…