
Person
Helmut Käutner
Directing · 1908–1980 · Düsseldorf, Germany
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.
Known for

Scene of the Crime
Robert Kemm

Derrick
Paul Seibach

Bambi
Self

The Commissioner
Hugo Blasek
German Film Award
Self
Grimme Award
Self

Karl May
Karl May
Blick zurück im Film
Self

Königskinder
1950

Karl May
Karl May
Filmography
- 1977Eichholz & SöhneFranz Schadow
- 1977Karl MayKarl May
- 1977Mulligans RückkehrDirector
- 1976Das ist Ihr LebenSelf
- 1976Margarete in AixDirector
- 1976FeindeGeneral a. D.
- 1974DerrickPaul Seibach
- 1974Die preußische HeiratDirector
- 1974Karl MayKarl May
- 1974Ornifle oder Der erzürnte HimmelDirector
- 1973Van der Valk and the RichCanisius
- 1972Temptation in the Summer WindProfessor
- 1972Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs TusmannDirector
- 1971Der trojanische SesselPaul Hoffmann
- 1971Die gefälschte GöttinKapitän
- 1971Die Frau in WeißSir Frederic Fairlie
- 1971Die Frau in WeißSir Frederic Fairlie
- 1970Scene of the CrimeRobert Kemm
- 1970Hauser's MemoryDr. Kramer
- 1970The Fire Tongs BowlDirector
- 1970Einladung ins SchloßDirector
- 1970Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung AmerikasDirector
- 1970Bend SinisterAdam Krug
- 1969Diary of a Serial KillerDirector
- 1969The CommissionerHugo Blasek
- 1968Bel AmiWriter
- 1968Ein Mann namens Harry BrentSir Gordon Towns
- 1967Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor IgorowitschValentin Katajew
- 1967Der Teufel und der liebe GottErzbischof
- 1967StellaDirector
- 1967Verbotenes LandProf. Dr. Sigmund Freud
- 1966Wir machen MusikGuest
- 1966Leben wie die FürstenDirector
- 1966Robin Hood, der edle RäuberDirector
- 1965Die FlascheDirector
- 1965Romulus der GroßeDirector
- 1964LausbubengeschichtenDirector
- 1964The Canterville GhostHimself
- 1964Grimme AwardSelf
- 1963The House in MontevideoDirector
- 1963Blick zurück im FilmSelf
- 1962RedheadDirector
- 1962AnnoncentheaterDirector
- 1961The Dream of Lieschen MüllerDirector
- 1961This Time it Must Be CaviarDirector
- 1961Operation CaviarDirector
- 1961Black GravelDirector
- 1961Zu jung für die Liebe?!Dr. Blendheim
- 1960The FairProducer
- 1960A Glass of WaterDirector
- 1960Wir KellerkinderChauffeur
- 1959Without Trumpet or DrumKönigliche Hoheit
- 1959The Rest Is SilenceDirector
- 1959A Stranger in My ArmsDirector
- 1958Der Schinderhannes
- 1958The Restless YearsDirector
- 1957MonptiErzähler
- 1957Goodbye, Francesca!Story
- 1957The Zurich EngagementReporter
- 1956The Captain from KopenickDirector
- 1956The Girl from Flanders
- 1955Sky Without StarsDirector
- 1955Reaching for the StarsWriter
- 1955The Devil's GeneralDirector
- 1955Ludwig IIDirector
- 1954Portrait of an Unknown WomanDirector
- 1954The Last Bridge
- 1953Captain Bay-BayDirector
- 1952Nights on the RoadScreenplay
- 1951White ShadowsDirector
- 1951German Film AwardSelf
- 1950Epilogue
- 1950Königskinder
- 1948The Original SinProf. Petri
- 1948Film Without TitleWriter
- 1948BambiSelf
- 1947In Those DaysDas Auto (voice)
- 1946Under the BridgesDirector
- 1944Port of FreedomKarl
- 1943Romance in a Minor KeyPoet
- 1942We Make MusicDirector
- 1942AnushkaDirector
- 1941Goodbye, FranziskaDirector
- 1940Clothes Make the ManDirector
- 1940Frau nach MaßDirector
- 1939Kitty and the World ConferenceDirector
- 1932Cruiser EmdenMatrose der 'Emden'
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