Helmut Käutner

Known for: Directing
Born: March 25, 1908, Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: April 20, 1980
Movies: 88

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

The Captain from Kopenick

1956

6.9

The Devil's General

1955

7.3

Port of Freedom

1944

5.9

Monpti

1957

7.3

Under the Bridges

1946

6.4

The Zurich Engagement

1957

6.2

The Last Bridge

1954

6.9

Sky Without Stars

1955

6.9

Clothes Make the Man

1940

7.3

Der Schinderhannes

1958

Filmography

1976	Feinde	General a. D.
1974	Karl May	Karl May
1973	Van der Valk and the Rich	Canisius
1972	Temptation in the Summer Wind	Professor
1971	Der trojanische Sessel	Paul Hoffmann
1971	Die gefälschte Göttin	Kapitän
1970	Hauser's Memory	Dr. Kramer
1970	Bend Sinister	Adam Krug
1967	Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch	Valentin Katajew
1967	Der Teufel und der liebe Gott	Erzbischof
1967	Verbotenes Land	Prof. Dr. Sigmund Freud
1966	Wir machen Musik	Guest
1964	The Canterville Ghost	Himself
1961	Zu jung für die Liebe?!	Dr. Blendheim
1960	Wir Kellerkinder	Chauffeur
1959	Without Trumpet or Drum	Königliche Hoheit
1958	Der Schinderhannes
1957	Monpti	Erzähler
1957	The Zurich Engagement	Reporter
1956	The Girl from Flanders
1954	The Last Bridge
1950	Epilogue
1950	Königskinder
1948	The Original Sin	Prof. Petri
1947	In Those Days	Das Auto (voice)
1944	Port of Freedom	Karl
1943	Romance in a Minor Key	Poet
1932	Cruiser Emden	Matrose der 'Emden'

Directing, Writing & Producing

1977	Mulligans Rückkehr	Director
1976	Margarete in Aix	Director
1974	Die preußische Heirat	Director, Writer
1974	Ornifle oder Der erzürnte Himmel	Director
1972	Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs Tusmann	Director
1971	Die gefälschte Göttin	Director
1970	The Fire Tongs Bowl	Director, Writer
1970	Einladung ins Schloß	Director
1970	Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas	Director
1969	Diary of a Serial Killer	Director
1968	Bel Ami	Writer, Director
1967	Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch	Director
1967	Stella	Director
1966	Leben wie die Fürsten	Director
1966	Robin Hood, der edle Räuber	Director, Writer
1965	Die Flasche	Director
1965	Romulus der Große	Director
1964	Lausbubengeschichten	Director
1964	The Canterville Ghost	Director, Writer
1963	The House in Montevideo	Director, Writer
1962	Redhead	Director, Writer
1962	Annoncentheater	Director
1961	The Dream of Lieschen Müller	Director
1961	This Time it Must Be Caviar	Director
1961	Operation Caviar	Director
1961	Black Gravel	Director, Writer
1960	The Fair	Producer
1960	A Glass of Water	Director, Screenplay
1959	Without Trumpet or Drum	Director, Writer
1959	The Rest Is Silence	Director, Writer, Producer
1959	A Stranger in My Arms	Director
1958	Der Schinderhannes	Director
1958	The Restless Years	Director
1957	Monpti	Director, Writer
1957	The Zurich Engagement	Writer, Director
1956	The Captain from Kopenick	Screenplay, Director
1956	The Girl from Flanders	Director
1955	Sky Without Stars	Director, Writer
1955	Reaching for the Stars	Writer
1955	The Devil's General	Screenplay, Director
1955	Ludwig II	Director
1954	Portrait of an Unknown Woman	Director, Screenplay
1954	The Last Bridge	Director, Screenplay
1953	Captain Bay-Bay	Director, Writer
1952	Nights on the Road	Screenplay
1951	White Shadows	Director
1950	Epilogue	Director, Screenplay
1950	Königskinder	Director
1948	The Original Sin	Director, Producer, Writer
1948	Film Without Title	Producer, Writer
1947	In Those Days	Writer, Director, Producer
1946	Under the Bridges	Writer, Director
1944	Port of Freedom	Screenplay, Director
1943	Romance in a Minor Key	Director, Writer
1942	We Make Music	Director, Writer
1942	Anushka	Director, Writer
1941	Goodbye, Franziska	Director, Writer
1940	Clothes Make the Man	Director, Writer
1940	Frau nach Maß	Director, Writer
1939	Kitty and the World Conference	Director, Writer

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