Helmut Käutner

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer

March 25, 1908 — April 20, 1980 (72 years)
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.

Known For

  • The Captain from Kopenick
    The Captain from Kopenick1956
  • The Devil's General
    The Devil's General1955
  • Port of Freedom
    Port of Freedom1944
  • The Last Bridge
    The Last Bridge1954
  • Under the Bridges
    Under the Bridges1946
  • Monpti
    Monpti1957
  • The Zurich Engagement
    The Zurich Engagement1957
  • Romance in a Minor Key
    Romance in a Minor Key1943
  • Ludwig II
    Ludwig II1955
  • In Those Days
    In Those Days1947
  • Sky Without Stars
    Sky Without Stars1955
  • The Lost One
    The Lost One1951
  • Clothes Make the Man
    Clothes Make the Man1940
  • The House in Montevideo
    The House in Montevideo1963
  • The Fire Tongs Bowl
    The Fire Tongs Bowl1970
  • Tales of a Young Scamp
    Tales of a Young Scamp1964
  • Film Without Title
    Film Without Title1948
  • Duel in the Forest
    Duel in the Forest1958
  • The Rest Is Silence
    The Rest Is Silence1959
  • We Make Music
    We Make Music1942

Filmography

1977
Eichholz und Söhne · as Franz Schadow
1974
Derrick · as Duktus
1974
Karl May · as Karl May
1973
1972
1970
Tatort · as Robert Kemm
1970
Hauser's Memory · as Dr. Kramer
1969
The Commissioner · as Hugo Blasek
1968
Babeck · as Dr. Brenner
1968
Bel Ami · as Narrator
1968
A man named Harry Brent · as Sir Gordon Towns
1961
Zu jung für die Liebe? · as Dr. Blendheim
1960
We Cellar Children · as Chauffeur
1959
Without Trumpet or Drum · as Königliche Hoheit
1959
The Rest Is Silence · as Betrunkener Kneipengast
1958
1957
Monpti · as Erzähler
1957
The Zurich Engagement · as Reporter
1956
1955
Sky Without Stars · as Speaker
1954
Portrait of an Unknown Woman · as Mann Im Bistro
1954
1950
1950
1948
The Original Sin · as Prof. Petri
1947
Seven Journeys · as Das Auto (voice)
1944
1943

1964
1964
The Canterville Ghost · as Himself
1964
Grimme Award · as Self

1969
1961
Zu jung für die Liebe? · as Art Director
1961
Zu jung für die Liebe? · as Co-Director
1961
1957
Franziska · as Story
1956
The Girl from Flanders · as Screenplay Collaborator
1951
The Lost Man · as Additional Material