Wolfgang Köppen was born on June 23, 1906 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany as Wolfgang Arthur Reinhold Koeppen. He was a writer and director, known for Das Treibhaus (1987), Der gläserne Turm (1957) and Ortelsburg/Szczytno - Es war einmal in Masuren (1990). He was married to Marion Ulrich.