Fritz Umgelter (18 August 1922 – 9 May 1981) was a German television director, television writer, and film director. Umgelter worked mainly in television as both a writer and director. He received directing credit for 68 TV films or series, and received writing credits for 22 TV films or series segments. He also directed 7 cinema films (of which he received directing credit for 6), but these were not critically acclaimed, and he remains best known for his television works.

Awards

In 1967 his television film, ''Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen'' (based on the play '' Chips with Everything'' by Arnold Wesker), he won the Teleplay Award at the . This award is presented by the

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and is a German analog to a

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Filmography

His film releases were: * 1958: ''

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'' * 1958: ' (American re-edited version 1962: '' The Bellboy and the Playgirls'') * 1958: ' * 1961: '' Only the Wind'' * 1965: '' Tread Softly'' * 1967: '' A Handful of Heroes'' * 1968: ' (Uncredited. Director:

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) His television work includes: * ''Nicht zuhören, meine Damen!'' (1954) — (based on '' N'écoutez pas, mesdames !'') * ''Ein Phönix zuviel'' (1955) — (based on '' A Phoenix Too Frequent'') * ''Der Hund von Baskerville'' (1955) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ein Volksfeind'' (1955) — (based on '' An Enemy of the People'') * ''Molière spielt in Versailles'' (1955) — (based on a play by including three plays by

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) * ''Schiffchen zu 100 Francs'' (1956) — (based on the radio play ''Der Admiral'' by Alix du Frênes) * ''Der Flüchtling'' (1956) — (based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder) * ''Gelähmte Schwingen'' (1956) — (based on a play by Ludwig Thoma) * ''Der Verräter'' (1956) — (based on the play ''The Traitor'' by

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) * ''Öl und Champagner'' (1956) — (based on a play by Ferenc Molnár) * ''Die letzte Patrouille?'' (1956) — (screenplay by ) * ''Das Spinnennetz'' (1956) — (based on '' Spider's Web'' by

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) * ''Zwölftausend'' (1956) — (based on a play by Bruno Frank) * ''Zehn Jahre und drei Tage'' (1956) — (based on a radio play by ) * ''Die Panne'' (1957) — (based on '' A Dangerous Game'' by Friedrich Dürrenmatt) * ''Montserrat'' (1957) — (based on a play by Emmanuel Roblès) * ''Monsignores große Stunde'' (1957) — (based on the play ''Monsignor's Hour'' by Emmet Lavery) * ''Romeo und Julia'' (1957) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ganz groß in Kleinigkeiten'' (1957) — (based on ''An Eye for Detail'' by Berkely Mather) * ''Don Carlos'' (1957) — (based on '' Don Carlos'') * ''Olivia'' (1958) — (based on '' Love In Idleness'') * '' As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me'' (1959, TV miniseries) — (based on the story of Cornelius Rost) * ''Die Räuber'' (1959) — (based on '' The Robbers'') * ''Das mittlere Fenster'' (1959) — (based on the novel ''The Middle Window'' by Elizabeth Goudge) * '' Am grünen Strand der Spree'' (1960, TV miniseries) * ''Der Mann, der Donnerstag war'' (1960) — (based on '' The Man Who Was Thursday'') * ''Gericht über Las Casas'' (1960) — (based on the play ' by Reinhold Schneider) * ''Prinz Friedrich von Homburg'' (1961) — (based on '' The Prince of Homburg'') * ''Die Journalisten'' (1961) — (based on a play by Gustav Freytag) * ''Und Pippa tanzt'' (1961) — (based on a play by Gerhart Hauptmann) * ''Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst'' (1962, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Hans Fallada) * ''Montserrat'' (1962) — (based on a play by Emmanuel Roblès) * ''Der Belagerungszustand'' (1963) — (based on ''

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'') * ' (1963) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Die Abrechnung'' (1963) — (based on the play ''Zar Alexander'' by Reinhold Schneider) * ''Freundschaftsspiel'' (1963) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der schlechte Soldat Smith'' (1963) — (based on the play ''The Bad Soldier Smith'' by

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) * ''Den Tod in der Hand'' (1963) — (based on the novel ''Échec au porteur'' by ) * ''Der Traum des Eroberers'' (1964) — (based on a play by Reinhold Schneider) * ''König Richard III'' (1964) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Tom und seine Söhne'' (1964) — (based on '' The Country Boy'') * ''Bei Tag und Nacht'' (1964) — (based on '' The Dog in the Manger'') * ' (1964) — (based on '' The Physicists'') * ''Überstunden'' (1965) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der Sündenbock'' (1965) — (based on a novel by Luise Rinser) * ''Nun singen sie wieder'' (1965) — (based on a play by Max Frisch) * ''Nachtfahrt'' (1965) — (based on a novel by Simon Glas) * ''Perlenkomödie'' (1966) — (based on a play by Bruno Frank) * ''Münchhausen'' (1966) — (based on a play by Walter Hasenclever) * ''Freiheit im Dezember'' (1966) — (screenplay by ) * ''Caroline'' (1966) — (based on a play by W. Somerset Maugham) * ''Herrenhaus'' (1966) — (based on the play ''Mannerhouse'' by

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) * ''Der gute Mensch von Sezuan'' (1966) — (based on '' The Good Person of Szechwan'') * ''Nur einer wird leben'' (1966) — (based on a novel by ) * ''Die Affäre Eulenburg'' (1967) — (

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about the

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) * ''Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen'' (1967) — (based on '' Chips with Everything'') * ''Mr. Arcularis'' (1967) — (based on a story by Conrad Aiken) * ''Sieben Wochen auf dem Eis'' (1967) — (

about the crash of the airship ''Italia'') * ''So war Herr Brummell'' (1967) — (film about Beau Brummell, based on a play by Ernst Penzoldt) * ''Fräulein Julie'' (1968) — (based on '' Miss Julie'') * ''Die Freier'' (1969) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Epitaph für einen König'' (1969) — (based on

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's play ''Karl XII'') * ' (1969, TV miniseries) — (screenplay by Wolfgang Menge, based on a novel by Henry Jaeger) * ''Der Tanz des Sergeanten Musgrave'' (1969) — (based on '' Serjeant Musgrave's Dance'') * ' (1970, TV miniseries) — (based on ''Like a Tear in the Ocean'' by Manès Sperber) * ''Sessel zwischen den Stühlen'' (1970) — (screenplay by Wolfgang Menge) * ''Menschen'' (1970) — (based on '' Creatures That Once Were Men'' by

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) * ''Merkwürdige Geschichten'' (1970–71, TV series, 13 episodes) * ''Viel Getu' um nichts'' (1971) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Elsa Brändström'' (1971) — (

about Elsa Brändström) * ''Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall – Ur-Opas dufter Krieg 70/71'' (co-director: Jürgen Neven-du Mont, 1971) * ''Das Abenteuer eines armen Christenmenschen'' (1971) — (based on '' Story of a Humble Christian'') * ' (1972) — (based on a novel by ) * '' Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck'' (1973, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about Friedrich von der Trenck) * ''Der Vorgang'' (1973) — (based on a novel by Ladislav Mňačko) * ''Wenn alle anderen fehlen'' (1973) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel'' (1973) — (based on ''La Fin et les Moyens'' by ) * ''

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'' (1974, TV series, 3 episodes) * ' (1974) — (screenplay by ) * ' (1975, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about Maurice Benyovszky) * '' Tatort: '' (1975) * ' (1975, TV miniseries) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ein Badeunfall'' (1976) — (screenplay by ) * '' Tatort: '' (1976) * ''Die Babenberger in Österreich'' (1976) — (documentary about the Babenberg dynasty, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer) * ' (1976, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Sandra Paretti) * '' Tatort: '' (1977) * '' Tatort: '' (1977) * ''Vorhang auf, wir spielen Mord'' (1978) — (based on the novel ''Enter Murderers'' by Henry Slesar) * ''Ein typischer Fall'' (1978) — (screenplay by ) * ' (1979) — (film about the Fettmilch uprising 1614) * ''Dr. Knock oder Der Triumph der Medizin'' (1979) — (based on '' Knock'') * '' Die rote Zora und ihre Bande'' (1979, TV miniseries) — (based on '' The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle'') * ' (1980) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Gesucht wird ... – Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren'' (1980) — (screenplay by

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) * ''In Prag und anderswo'' (1980) — (biographical film about

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) * '' Tatort: '' (1981) * ''In the Land of Cockaigne'' (1981) — (based on a novel by Heinrich Mann) * '' Das Traumschiff'' (1981–82, TV series, 6 episodes)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Umgelter, Fritz 1922 births 1981 deaths Mass media people from Frankfurt Hessischer Rundfunk people