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Helmut Käutner

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Helmut Käutner

Born March 25, 1908 in Düsseldorf, GermanyDied April 20, 198056 films

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.

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The Captain from Kopenick posterFirst watchThe Captain from Kopenick19567.3A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that…View film

Filmography

56 films as director
  1. 1977Mulligans RückkehrDirector
  2. 1976Margarete in AixDirector
  3. 1974Die preußische HeiratDirector
  4. 1974Ornifle oder Der erzürnte HimmelDirector
  5. 1972Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs TusmannDirector
  6. 1971Die gefälschte GöttinDirector
  7. 1970The Fire Tongs BowlDirector
  8. 1970Einladung ins SchloßDirector
  9. 1970Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung AmerikasDirector
  10. 1969Diary of a Serial KillerDirector
  11. 1968Bel AmiDirector
  12. 1967Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor IgorowitschDirector
  13. 1967StellaDirector
  14. 1966Leben wie die FürstenDirector
  15. 1966Robin Hood, der edle RäuberDirector
  16. 1965Die FlascheDirector
  17. 1965Romulus der GroßeDirector
  18. 1964LausbubengeschichtenDirector
  19. 1964The Canterville GhostDirector
  20. 1963The House in MontevideoDirector
  21. 1962RedheadDirector
  22. 1962AnnoncentheaterDirector
  23. 1961The Dream of Lieschen MüllerDirector
  24. 1961This Time it Must Be CaviarDirector
  25. 1961Operation CaviarDirector
  26. 1961Black GravelDirector
  27. 1960A Glass of WaterDirector
  28. 1959Without Trumpet or DrumDirector
  29. 1959The Rest Is SilenceDirector
  30. 1959A Stranger in My ArmsDirector
  31. 1958Der SchinderhannesDirector
  32. 1958The Restless YearsDirector
  33. 1957MonptiDirector
  34. 1957The Zurich EngagementDirector
  35. 1956The Captain from KopenickDirector
  36. 1956The Girl from FlandersDirector
  37. 1955Sky Without StarsDirector
  38. 1955The Devil's GeneralDirector
  39. 1955Ludwig IIDirector
  40. 1954Portrait of an Unknown WomanDirector
  41. 1954The Last BridgeDirector
  42. 1953Captain Bay-BayDirector
  43. 1951White ShadowsDirector
  44. 1950EpilogueDirector
  45. 1950KönigskinderDirector
  46. 1948The Original SinDirector
  47. 1947In Those DaysDirector
  48. 1946Under the BridgesDirector
  49. 1944Port of FreedomDirector
  50. 1943Romance in a Minor KeyDirector
  51. 1942We Make MusicDirector
  52. 1942AnushkaDirector
  53. 1941Goodbye, FranziskaDirector
  54. 1940Clothes Make the ManDirector
  55. 1940Frau nach MaßDirector
  56. 1939Kitty and the World ConferenceDirector