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Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany.
Helmut Käutner (* 25. März 1908 in Düsseldorf; † 20. April 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Italien) war ein deutscher Regisseur, Schauspieler und Kabarettist. Er war einer der einflussreichsten Filmregisseure des deutschen Nachkriegskinos und wurde durch seine anspruchsvollen Literaturverfilmungen bekannt. [1]
Helmut Käutner was born on 25 March 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Captain from Köpenick (1956), The Last Bridge (1954) and The Rest Is Silence (1959). He was married to Erica Balqué. He died on 20 April 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.
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- Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Helmut Käutner was a German film director, actor, and screenwriter who was acclaimed as one of the most intelligent and humanistic directors of the Third Reich. Although the quality of his work was uneven, attributed partially to poor working conditions, he remains a leading figure in German.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Helmut Käutner was born on March 25, 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Captain from Köpenick (1956), The Last Bridge (1954) and The Rest Is Silence (1959). He was married to Erica Balqué. He died on April 20, 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.
- March 25, 1908
- April 20, 1980
Helmut Käutner (1908–1980) was one of the most acclaimed German directors of his generation. Originally working in the theater as an actor and director, he began his film work as a scriptwriter before producing his controversial directorial ...
Helmut Käutner, a member of Akademie der Künste in West Berlin, of the PEN Center of West Germany, and co-founder of Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek Berlin e.V., died on April 20, 1980, in his house near Castellina/Chianti, Italy.
