Horst Wendlandt was born on March 15, 1922 in Griewen, Brandenburg, Germany as Horst Otto Grigori Gubanov. He was a producer and writer, known for Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (1982), Lola (1981) and Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen (1961). He was married to Ilse Wendlandt. He died on August 30, 2002 in Berlin, Germany.