Helmut Käutner

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Captain from Kopenick (1956) — Director
2. Derrick (1974) — Director
3. The Devil's General (1955) — Director
4. Port of Freedom (1944) — Director
5. Monpti (1957) — Director
6. Under the Bridges (1946) — Director
7. The Zurich Engagement (1957) — Director
8. The Last Bridge (1954) — Director
9. Sky Without Stars (1955) — Director
10. Clothes Make the Man (1940) — Director
11. Lausbubengeschichten (1964) — Director
12. In Those Days (1947) — Director
13. Der Schinderhannes (1958) — Director
14. Romance in a Minor Key (1943) — Director
15. Redhead (1962) — Director
16. Black Gravel (1961) — Director
17. The Fire Tongs Bowl (1970) — Director
18. The House in Montevideo (1963) — Director
19. Ludwig II (1955) — Director
20. The Original Sin (1948) — Director
21. Operation Caviar (1961) — Director
22. The Rest Is Silence (1959) — Director
23. A Glass of Water (1960) — Director
24. Epilogue (1950) — Director
25. We Make Music (1942) — Director
26. A Stranger in My Arms (1959) — Director
27. The Girl from Flanders (1956) — Director
28. Goodbye, Franziska (1941) — Director
29. Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1954) — Director
30. This Time it Must Be Caviar (1961) — Director
31. The Dream of Lieschen Müller (1961) — Director
32. Captain Bay-Bay (1953) — Director
33. Anushka (1942) — Director
34. Robin Hood, der edle Räuber (1966) — Director
35. Bel Ami (1968) — Director
36. Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas (1970) — Director
37. The Canterville Ghost (1964) — Director
38. The Restless Years (1958) — Director
39. Kitty and the World Conference (1939) — Director
40. Königskinder (1950) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Robert Kemm
2. Derrick (1974) — Paul Seibach
3. Port of Freedom (1944) — Karl
4. Monpti (1957) — Erzähler
5. The Zurich Engagement (1957) — Reporter
6. The Last Bridge (1954)
7. Der Schinderhannes (1958)
8. In Those Days (1947) — Das Auto (voice)
9. Romance in a Minor Key (1943) — Poet
10. The Commissioner (1969) — Hugo Blasek
11. The Original Sin (1948) — Prof. Petri
12. Wir Kellerkinder (1960) — Chauffeur
13. Epilogue (1950)
14. Hauser's Memory (1970) — Dr. Kramer
15. The Girl from Flanders (1956)
16. Temptation in the Summer Wind (1972) — Professor
17. The Canterville Ghost (1964) — Himself
18. Ein Mann namens Harry Brent (1968) — Sir Gordon Towns
19. Eichholz & Söhne (1977) — Franz Schadow
20. Die Frau in Weiß (1971) — Sir Frederic Fairlie
21. Bend Sinister (1970) — Adam Krug
22. Zu jung für die Liebe?! (1961) — Dr. Blendheim
23. Der trojanische Sessel (1971) — Paul Hoffmann
24. Van der Valk and the Rich (1973) — Canisius
25. Die gefälschte Göttin (1971) — Kapitän
26. Feinde (1976) — General a. D.
27. Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch (1967) — Valentin Katajew
28. Cruiser Emden (1932) — Matrose der 'Emden'
29. Without Trumpet or Drum (1959) — Königliche Hoheit
30. Wir machen Musik (1966) — Guest
31. Verbotenes Land (1967) — Prof. Dr. Sigmund Freud
32. Königskinder (1950)
33. Karl May (1974) — Karl May
34. German Film Award (1951) — Self
35. Bambi (1948) — Self
36. Der Teufel und der liebe Gott (1967) — Erzbischof
37. Blick zurück im Film (1963) — Self
38. Karl May (1974) — Karl May
39. Grimme Award (1964) — Self
40. Das ist Ihr Leben (1976) — Self