Rolf Thiele (7 March 1918 – 9 October 1994) was a German

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, producer and

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. He directed 42 films between 1951 and 1977. He was born in Prödlitz, then in the

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. His 1958 film '' Eva'' was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His 1964 film ''

Tonio Kröger ''Tonio Kröger'' () is a novella by Thomas Mann, written early in 1901, when he was 25. It was first published in 1903. A. A. Knopf in New York published the first American edition in 1936, translated by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. Plot summary T ...

'' was entered into the

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Selected filmography

* '' Keepers of the Night'' (1949, dir. Harald Braun) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950, dir.

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * '' Film Without a Title'' (1948) * '' Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) * '' Nights on the Road'' (1952) * '' Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ...

) * ' (1951) * ''

The Day Before the Wedding ''The Day Before the Wedding'' (german: Der Tag vor der Hochzeit) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Paul Dahlke, Elisabeth Müller, and Joachim Brennecke. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's ...

'' (1952) * ''

Beloved Life ''Beloved Life'' (german: Geliebtes Leben) is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Raddatz and Albert Lieven. Following her husband's release from a prisoner of war camp in 1947, a woman remembers ...

'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953, dir. Harald Braun) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

The Barrings ''The Barrings'' (german: link=no, Die Barrings) is a 1955 West German historical drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Dieter Borsche, Nadja Tiller and Paul Hartmann.Bock & Bergfelder p.511 It was shot at the Göttingen Studios with ...

'' (1955) * ''

Mamitschka ''Mamitschka'' is a 1955 West German comedy-drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Mila Kopp, Rudolf Platte and Jester Naefe. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. The film's sets were desig ...

'' (1955) * ''

Night of Decision ''Night of Decision'' (german: Nacht der Entscheidung) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Falk Harnack and starring Carl Raddatz, Hilde Krahl and Albert Lieven.Bock & Bergfelder p. 383 It was shot at Göttingen Studios and on locatio ...

'' (1956, dir. Falk Harnack) * ' (1956) * ''

Without You All Is Darkness ''Without You All Is Darkness'' (German: ''Ohne dich wird es Nacht'') is a 1956 West German drama film directed by and starring Curd Jürgens.DeGrazia & Furlough p.361 Eva Bartok, René Deltgen and Ursula Grabley also star. The film's sets were d ...

'' (1956) * ''

Scandal in Bad Ischl ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (German: ''Skandal in Ischl'') is a 1957 Austrian historical comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring O.W. Fischer, Elisabeth Müller and Ivan Desny.Dassanowsky p.172 The film takes place in 1910 in the spa town ...

'' (1957) * ''

Confessions of Felix Krull ''Confessions of Felix Krull'' () is an unfinished 1954 novel by the German author Thomas Mann. Synopsis The novel is narrated by the protagonist, an impostor and adventurer named Felix Krull, the son of a ruined Rhineland winemaker. Felix avoi ...

'' (1957, dir. Kurt Hoffmann) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1957) * ' (1957) * '' Eva'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1959, dir. Josef von Báky) * ''

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'' (1959) * '' Beloved Augustin'' (1960) * '' You Don't Shoot at Angels'' (1960) * ''

Agatha, Stop That Murdering! ''Agatha, Stop That Murdering!'' (German: ''Agatha, laß das Morden sein!'') is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring Johanna von Koczian, Klausjürgen Wussow and Elisabeth Flickenschildt. It is a parod ...

'' (1960) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1960) * '' Lulu'' (1962) * ' (1962) * '' Venusberg'' (1963) * ''

'' (1964) * ' (1965) * '' The Blood of the Walsungs'' (1965) * '' The Gentlemen'' (1965) * ''

Who Wants to Sleep? ''Who Wants to Sleep?'' (german: Das Liebeskarussell) is a 1965 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele, Axel von Ambesser and Alfred Weidenmann and starring Curd Jürgens, Anita Ekberg, and Catherine Deneuve. It consists of a ...

'' (1965) * '' Once a Greek'' (1966) * ' (1967) * ' (1968) * ''

The New Adventures of Snow White ''The New Adventures of Snow White'' (german: Grimms Märchen von lüsternen Pärchen) is a 1969 West German sex comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Marie Liljedahl, Eva Reuber-Staier, and Ingrid van Bergen. The film puts an erotic ...

'' (1969) * '' Come to Vienna, I'll Show You Something!'' (1970) * ''

Slap in the Face Slap or slapping may refer to: * Slapping (strike), a method of striking with the palm of the hand * Slapping (music), a musical technique used with stringed instruments * Slap tonguing, a musical technique used on wind instruments * ''Slap'' ( ...

'' (1970) * ' (1971) * ''

Temptation in the Summer Wind ''Temptation in the Summer Wind'' (german: Versuchung im Sommerwind) is a 1972 West German romantic comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Helmut Käutner, Yvonne Furneaux, and Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 31 De ...

'' (1972) * ''

Women in Hospital ''Women in Hospital'' (german: Frauenstation) is a 1977 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Horst Buchholz, Stephen Boyd, and Lillian Müller. It was made at the Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production stu ...

'' (1977)

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* 1918 births 1994 deaths German film people Film people from České Budějovice German Bohemian people Naturalized citizens of Germany {{Germany-film-director-stub