Actor
Born Mar 21, 1938 · Duisburg, Germany
Active 2006–2022 · Awards: Saure Gurke, Georg Schulhoff Award, Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer, Charlemagne Medal for European Media, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kulturgroschen, language adulterator award, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik.