In 1997, he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years of detention.
Many of his films used the suffix "-bengel" (meaning "boy" or "rascal"), such as Steinzeitbengel (1992). Sebastian Bleisch Blumenbengel
Before his career in film, Norbert Leithold was a respected figure in German literature. In 1991, he received the prestigious Alfred Döblin Achievement Award for his work Viertes Deutschland . However, in the early 1990s, he adopted the pseudonym and began producing and directing films. His filmography is characterized by: In 1997, he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years