1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Ricarda Huch
Ricarda Huch (; 18 July 1864 – 17 November 1947) was a pioneering German intellectual. Trained as an historian, and the author of many works of European history, she also wrote novels, poems, and a play. Asteroid 879 Ricarda is named in her hon ...
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
)
*1959: ''
People in the Net
''People in the Net'' (german: Menschen im Netz), also known as ''Unwilling Agent'', is a 1959 West German Cold War spy film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Johanna von Koczian and Hannes Messemer.Bock & Bergfelder p. ...
It Started with Eve
''It Started with Eve'' is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Music Score (Charles Previ ...
'')
Television
*1954: ''Das Brot des Malers Luschek'' – (screenplay by )
*1954: ''Oskar kommt mit der dritten Stadtbahn'' – (based on a radio play by Max Gundermann)
*1954: ''Der Weihnachtsgast'' – (based on a play by Charles Vildrac)
*1955: ''Chiarevalle wird entdeckt'' – (based on a play by Nicola Manzari)
*1955: ''Unruhige Nacht'' – (based on ''
Arrow to the Heart
"Arrow to the Heart" is a British television drama, broadcast live twice by BBC Television in 1952, four days apart, and again in 1956. It was adapted from the 1950 German novel ''Unruhige Nacht'' by Albrecht Goes.
It was the first collaboration ...
'' by
Albrecht Goes
Albrecht Goes (22 March 1908 – 23 February 2000) was a German writer and Protestant theologian.
Life
Albrecht Goes was born in 1908 in the Protestant rectory in Langenbeutingen. He spent his childhood there, but his mother died in 1911 and in 1 ...
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
)
*1956: ''Meine Schwester und ich'' – (based on '' Meine Schwester und ich'')
*1956: ''Der Hexer'' – (based on ''The Ringer'' by
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
)
*1956: ''Schmutzige Hände'' – (based on '' Dirty Hands'' by
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...
)
*1956: ''Der schöne Gleichgültige'' – (based on ''Le Bel Indifférent'' by
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
)
*1956: ''Jeanne oder Die Lerche'' – (based on '' The Lark'' by
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an a ...
)
*1957: ''Korruption'' – (based on ''Corruzione al Palazzo di giustizia'' by Ugo Betti)
*1957: ''Der Richter und sein Henker'' – (based on '' The Judge and His Hangman'' by
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-g ...
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...
)
*1958: ''Glaube Liebe Hoffnung'' – (based on a play by
Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, Sušak, Rijeka, Austria-Hungary – 1 June 1938, Paris France) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the name of ''nom de guerre'' Ödön von Horváth. He was ...
)
*1958: ''Der kaukasische Kreidekreis'' – (based on ''
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (german: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a ...
'' by Bertolt Brecht)
*1958: ''Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden'' – (based on ''
Death of a Salesman
''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montage ...
'' by
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
)
*1959: ''Konto ausgeglichen'' – (based on ''The Embezzler'' by James M. Cain)
*1959: ''Raskolnikoff'' – (based on Dostoevsky's ''
Crime and Punishment
''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...
'')
*1961: ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' – (based on
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
's ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'')
*1961: ''Alle meine Söhne'' – (based on '' All My Sons'' by
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
)
*1961: ''Zahlungsaufschub'' – (based on ''
Payment Deferred
''Payment Deferred'' is a crime novel by C.S. Forester, first published in 1926.
William Marble is a bank clerk living in south London with a wife, Annie, and two teenage children, Winifred ('Winnie') and John, desperately worried about money an ...
'' by C. S. Forester)
*1961: ''Der Fall Winslow'' – (based on ''
The Winslow Boy
''The Winslow Boy'' is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an incident involving George Archer-Shee in the Edwardian era. The incident took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.
Background
Set against the strict c ...
'' by
Terence Rattigan
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.Geoffrey Wan ...
)
*1962: ''Der Hausmeister'' – (based on '' The Caretaker'' by Harold Pinter)
*1962: ''Wallenstein'' – (based on ''
Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...
'' by Friedrich Schiller)
*1962: ''Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts''
*1963: ''Was Ihr wollt'' – (based on
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
's ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'')
*1963: ''Don Carlos'' – (based on '' Don Carlos'' by Friedrich Schiller)
*1964: ''Der Hund des Generals'' – (based on a play by Heinar Kipphardt)
*1964: ''Karl Sand'' – (film about Karl Ludwig Sand)
*1964: ''Die Geschichte von Joel Brand'' – (based on the story of Joel Brand, written by
Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski
Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski (born October 8, 1901 – April 4, 1964) was a Polish-Austrian physicist, writer and businessman of Jewish descent. His testimony in the trial David Rousset vs. ''Les Lettres francaises'' and his book ''The Accused'' ...
)
*1965: ' – (based on a radio play by )
*1965: ''Der Ruepp'' – (based on a novel by
Ludwig Thoma
Ludwig Thoma (; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life.
After graduation from ...
)
*1965: ''Antigone'' – (based on '' Antigone'' by
Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ''Antigone'', an a ...
)
*1965: ''Rückkehr von den Sternen'' – (based on ''Revenu de l'étoile'' by André Obey)
*1966: ''Herzliches Beileid'' – (based on ''Feu la mère de Madame'' by
Georges Feydeau
Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau (; 8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque. He is remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914.
Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parent ...
)
*1966: ''Geschlossene Gesellschaft'' – (based on ''
No Exit
''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting ...
'' by
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...
)
*1966: ''Der Regenmacher'' – (based on '' The Rainmaker'' by
N. Richard Nash
Nathan Richard Nusbaum (June 8, 1913 – December 11, 2000), known as N. Richard Nash, was an American writer and dramatist best known for writing Broadway shows, including '' The Rainmaker''.
Early life
Nash was born Nathan Richard Nusbau ...
)
*1966: ''Ein Schloß'' – (based on a play by
Ivan Klíma
Ivan Klíma (born 14 September 1931 in Prague, as Ivan Kauders) is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.docudrama about the Austrian July Putsch 1934)
*1967: ''Nathan der Weise'' – (based on ''
Nathan the Wise
''Nathan the Wise'' (original German title: ', ) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsch ...
'' by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
*1967: ''Der schöne Gleichgültige'' – (based on ''Le Bel Indifférent'' by
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
)
*1967: ''Walther Rathenau – Untersuchung eines Attentats'' – (docudrama about the assassination of
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau (29 September 1867 – 24 June 1922) was a German industrialist, writer and liberal politician.
During the First World War of 1914–1918 he was involved in the organization of the German war economy. After the war, Rathenau s ...
)
*1968: ''Schinderhannes'' – (based on '' Schinderhannes'' by
Carl Zuckmayer
Carl Zuckmayer (27 December 1896 – 18 January 1977) was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer.
Life and career
Born in Nackenheim in Rhenish Hesse, he was ...
)
*1968: ''Schmutzige Hände'' – (based on '' Dirty Hands'' by
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...
)
*1968: ''Die Schlacht bei Lobositz'' – (based on a play by
Peter Hacks
Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
Hacks was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Lower Silesia. Displaced by World War II, Hacks settled in Munich in 1947, where he made acquaintance with T ...
)
*1968: ''Othello'' – (based on
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
's '' Othello'')
*1969: ''Alte Kameraden'' – (screenplay by George Hurdalek)
*1969: ''Die Zimmerschlacht'' – (based on a play by
Martin Walser
Martin Walser (; born 24 March 1927) is a German writer.
Life
Walser was born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, on Lake Constance. His parents were coal merchants, and they also kept an inn next to the train station in Wasserburg. He described the ...
)
*1969: ''Al Capone im deutschen Wald'' – (based on a novel by about )
*1969: ''Verraten und verkauft'' – (based on a novel by )
*1970: ''Das Haus Lunjowo'' – (docudrama about the National Committee for a Free Germany)
*1970: ''Die Marquise von B.'' – (film about Madame de Brinvilliers)
*1971: ''Change'' – (based on a play by Wolfgang Bauer)
*1971: ''Willy und Lilly'' – (screenplay by )
*1971: ' – (docudrama about the 20 July plot)
*1971: ''Die Messe der erfüllten Wünsche'' – (based on a novella by Vladimír Páral)
*1972: '' Die rote Kapelle'' (TV miniseries) – (series about the Red Orchestra)
*1972: ''Eisenwichser'' – (based on a play by )
*1972–1973: '' Alexander Zwo'' (TV miniseries)
*1973: ''Nicht einmal das halbe Leben'' – (based on a novel by Alexandr Kliment)
*1974: ''Der zerbrochene Krug'' – (based on '' The Broken Jug'' by
Heinrich von Kleist
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amph ...
)
*1974: ''Synchron oder Man kann auch anders'' – (screenplay by Robert Neumann)
*1974: ''Plus minus null''
*1974: ''Strychnin und saure Drops'' – (anthology film, screenplay by )
*1975: ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed b ...
: ''
*1975: ''Der Biberpelz'' – (based on '' The Beaver Coat'' by
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He rece ...
)
*1975: ''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and ...
: Paddenberg''
*1975: ''Der Wittiber'' – (based on a novel by
Ludwig Thoma
Ludwig Thoma (; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life.
After graduation from ...
)
*1975: ''Ein schönes Paar'' – (based on a play by John O'Hara)
*1975: ''Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor'' – (based on a play by
Maurice Braddell
Maurice Lee Braddell (23 November 1900 – 28 July 1990) was an English actor, author and art restorer.
Maurice Braddell was born in Folkestone, Kent, England, and lived in New York City for much of his life.
He was the son of Sir Thomas Bradde ...
and Anita Hart)
*1975: ''Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua'' – (based on Schiller's '' Fiesco'')
*1976: ''Julia und Romeo'' – (''What if Romeo and Juliet survived?'')
*1976: ''Insel der Rosen'' – (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek)
*1976: ''Minna von Barnhelm'' – (based on ''
Minna von Barnhelm
''Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness'' (german: Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück, ) is a ''lustspiel'' or comedy by the German author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. It has five acts, was begun in 1763 and completed in 1767 – ...
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and ...
: Risiko''
*1976: ''Die Leute von Feichtenreut'' – (based on a novel by )
*1977: ''Emigranten'' – (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek)
*1977: ''Roulette'' – (based on a play by
Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout (born 20 July 1928) is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring participant and dissident in the 1970s until he was not allowed to return from Au ...
)
*1977: ' – (screenplay by
Sebastian Haffner
Raimund Pretzel (27 December 1907 – 2 January 1999), better known by his pseudonym Sebastian Haffner, was a German journalist and historian. As an émigré in Britain during World War II, Haffner argued that accommodation was impossible not on ...
, docudrama about the Battle of the Marne)
*1977: ''Ein Mann wird jünger'' – (based on a play by Italo Svevo)
*1978: ' (TV miniseries) – (based on a
Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...
Buddenbrooks
''Buddenbrooks'' () is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations, incidentally portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in th ...
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed b ...
: Mit nackten Füßen''
*1982: ''
Ein Stück Himmel
''Ein Stück Himmel'' is a German television series based on Janina David's autobiography ''A Square of Sky: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Poland''.
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series prod ...
'' (TV miniseries) – (screenplay by
Günter Kunert
Günter Kunert (; 6 March 1929 – 21 September 2019) was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertold Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Bierman ...
and , based on the autobiography of Janina David)
*1982: ''Georg Thomallas Geschichten'' (TV series, 2 episodes)
*1982: ''Egmont'' – (based on
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as tr ...
Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...
)
*1984: ''Hildes Endspiel – Eine Vorstadtballade''
*1984: ''Don Carlos'' – (based on '' Don Carlos'' by Friedrich Schiller)
*1984: ''Geld oder Leben'' – (anthology film)
*1984–1985: ''
Polizeiinspektion 1
''Polizeiinspektion 1'' is a German television series.
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
* ''Alarm für Cobra ...
'' (TV series, 6 episodes)
*1986: '' Die Wächter'' (TV miniseries) – (based on '' The Guardians'' by
John Christopher
Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), was a British writer, best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels ''The Death of Grass'', ''The Possessors'', and the young-adult novel series ...
)
*1986: ''Spätes Erröten'' – (based on ''The Understanding'' by Angela Huth)
*1986: ''Zerbrochene Brücken'' – (based on the autobiography of Lily Braun)
*1987: ''
Derrick
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: Koldaus letzte Reise''
*1987: ''Wallenstein'' – (based on ''
Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and ...
: Mordfall Goos''
*1988: ''Familienschande'' – (based on ''Family Skeletons'' by Patrick Quentin)
*1989: '
*1990: ''Notenwechsel''
*1990: ''
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and ...
: Solo für Vier''
*1992: ''Dornberger''
*1992–1993: '' Weißblaue Geschichten'' (TV series, 2 episodes)
*1994–1995: ''Frankenberg'' (TV series, 15 episodes)
*1996: '' Der Mann ohne Schatten'' (TV series, 2 episodes)
*1996: ' – (based on a novel by Barbara Noack)
*1997: ' (TV series, 6 episodes)
*1998: ' (TV series, 3 episodes)
*1999: ''Typisch Ed!''