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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 (born March 25, 1908, Düsseldorf, Germany—died April 20, 1980, Castellina, Italy) was a German film director, actor, and screenwriter who was acclaimed as one of the most intelligent and humanistic directors of the Third Reich.
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Helmut Käutner (1908-1980) was a German filmmaker who made comedies, dramas and thrillers. He is known for The Captain from Köpenick, The Last Bridge and The Rest Is Silence.
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- Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Jul 14, 2008 · A supreme visual stylist, Käutner started as a man of the word—whose cinematic potential he keenly recognized, as evidenced in some of the earliest films by the actor-turned-director (and great actor's director), which were successful stabs at German screwball.
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.
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 ...
