Franz Antel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Franz Antel (June 28, 1913 – August 11, 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies (romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and K.u.k. films all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I. From the late 1960s, encouraged by the new opportunities in the film industry brought about by the sexual revolution, Antel gradually switched his main interest to soft porn and ribaldry. It was in particular his series of Wirtin ("hostess") films, directed under the pseudonym François Legrand, with which he tried to win international recognition. Titles included The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan (1967), Sexy Susan Sins Again (1969), Wild, Willing & Sexy (1969) and Don't Tell Daddy (aka Naughty Nymphs in the U.S.A.) (1972). Among the actor…

Directed

1. The Butcher (1981) — Director
2. Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett (1962) — Director
3. Naughty Nymphs (1972) — Director
4. Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei (1996) — Director
5. Casanova & Co. (1977) — Director
6. Sexy Susan Sins Again (1968) — Director
7. Tower of Screaming Virgins (1968) — Director
8. Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling (2003) — Director
9. Musik, Musik - da wackelt die Penne (1970) — Director
10. Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau (2000) — Director
11. House of Pleasure (1969) — Director
12. The Viking Who Became a Bigamist (1969) — Director
13. Hello Dienstmann (1952) — Director
14. Sexy Susan Knows How...! (1970) — Director
15. Im schwarzen Rössl (1961) — Director
16. The Countess Died of Laughter (1973) — Director
17. Happy-End am Wolfgangsee (1966) — Director
18. Love-Hotel in Tirol (1978) — Director
19. Die große Kür (1964) — Director
20. Die liebestollen Dirndl von Tirol (1969) — Director
21. Otto ist auf Frauen scharf (1968) — Director
22. Austern mit Senf (1979) — Director
23. The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan (1967) — Director
24. Kaiserwalzer (1953) — Director
25. When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres (1975) — Director
26. Ruf der Wälder (1965) — Director
27. Im singenden Rössel am Königssee (1963) — Director
28. Ooh... diese Ferien (1958) — Director
29. Vier Mädels aus der Wachau (1957) — Director
30. Roter Mohn (1956) — Director
31. Verliebte Leute (1954) — Director
32. Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle (1972) — Director
33. Heimatland (1955) — Director
34. Kaiserball (1956) — Director
35. Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975) — Director
36. Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee (1972) — Director
37. Liebesgrüße aus Tirol (1964) — Director
38. Heimweh... dort, wo die Blumen blüh'n (1957) — Director
39. Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe (1955) — Director
40. Sie nannten ihn Krambambuli (1972) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Dalli Dalli (1971) — Self
2. V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) — Self
3. Phettbergs nette Leit Show (1994) — Self
4. Romy Award (1990) — Self
5. Der Mann, der Peter Alexander war (2006) — Himself
6. Die verlorenen Jahre – Sex & Crime im österreichischen Film (1992) — Self
7. Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich (1970) — Self
8. Österreichische Fernsehjuwele (2022) — self