Helmut Käutner

Helmut Käutner (born 25 March 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany; died 20 April 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Italy) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He began his career at the end of the Weimar Republic and had released his first major films in Nazi Germany.

Helmut Käutner
Helmut Käutner (1960)
Born(1908-03-25)25 March 1908
Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Died20 April 1980(1980-04-20) (aged 72)
Castellina in Chianti, Province of Siena, Italy
OccupationFilm director, actor
Years active1940–76

His 1956 film Der Hauptmann von Köpenick was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards.[1] Three years later, his film The Rest Is Silence was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Selected filmography

Director

Feature Films

Television

  • Das Gespenst von Canterville (1964, TV film) — (based on The Canterville Ghost)
  • Romulus der Große (1965, TV film) — (based on Romulus the Great)
  • Die Flasche (1965, TV film) — (based on a story by Joachim Ringelnatz)
  • Robin Hood, der edle Räuber (1966, TV film) — (Musical based on Robin Hood)
  • Leben wie die Fürsten (1966, TV film) — (based on a play by Jean Anouilh)
  • Die spanische Puppe (1967, TV film) — (based on The Double Doll by Giles Cooper)
  • Stella (1967, TV film) — (based on a play by Goethe)
  • Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch (1967, TV film) — (based on a play by Valentin Kataev)
  • Bel Ami (1968, TV film) — (based on Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami)
  • Tagebuch eines Frauenmörders (1969, TV film) — (screenplay by István Békeffy)
  • Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas (1969, TV film) — (based on a play by Walter Hasenclever and Kurt Tucholsky)
  • Einladung ins Schloß oder Die Kunst das Spiel zu spielen (1970, TV film) — (based on Invitation to the Castle)
  • Der Kommissar: Anonymer Anruf (1970, TV series episode)
  • Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs Tusmann (1972, TV film) — (based on a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann)
  • Ornifle oder Der erzürnte Himmel (1972, TV film) — (based on a play by Jean Anouilh)
  • Die preußische Heirat (1974, TV film) — (based on Zopf und Schwert by Karl Gutzkow)
  • Derrick: Stiftungsfest (1974, TV series episode)
  • Margarete in Aix (1976, TV film) — (based on a play by Peter Hacks)
  • Mulligans Rückkehr (1978, TV film) — (based on a novel by Hans Frick) (final film)

Screenwriter

Actor

Literature
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast: Helmut Käutner – Unter den Brücken. 1944/45. Schellerten: Kulleraugen, 2007; ISBN 978-3-88842-033-7
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast: Helmut Käutner – In jenen Tagen. 1947. Schellerten: Kulleraugen, 2007; ISBN 978-3-88842-034-4

References
  1. "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. "Awards for The Rest Is Silence at IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

Further reading
  • Peter Cornelsen. Helmut Käutner. Seine Filme, sein Leben. München: Heyne 1980. ISBN 3-453-86027-6.
  • Wolfgang Jacobsen & Hans-Helmut Prinzler: Käutner. Berlin: Wiss.-Verl. Spiess 1992. ISBN 3-89166-159-2.
  • Thomas Koebner, Fabienne Liptay, Claudia Mehlinger & René Ruppert (eds.): Helmut Käutner. München: edition text + kritik 2008. ISBN 978-3-88377-943-0.
  • Hans Dieter Schäfer. Moderne in Dritten Reich. Kultur der Intimität bei Oskar Loerke, Friedo Lampe und Helmut Käutner. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003; ISBN 3-515-08432-0.
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