Helmuth M. Backhaus (1920–1989) was a German

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.Flowers & Frizler p.43

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* '' Love on Ice'' (1950) * '' Czardas of Hearts'' (1951) * '' The Model Husband'' (1956) * '' At Green Cockatoo by Night'' (1957) * ''

The Schimeck Family ''The Schimek Family'' (German: ''Familie Schimek – Wiener Herzen'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Alfred Halm and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Livio Pavanelli, Olga Chekhova, and Lydia Potechina. It was shot at the EFA St ...

'' (1957) * ''

The Star of Santa Clara ''The Star of Santa Clara'' () is a 1958 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Vico Torriani, Gerlinde Locker and Ruth Stephan.Koepnick p. 66 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were desi ...

'' (1958) * ''

The Csardas King ''The Csardas King'' (German: ''Der Czardas-König'') is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Rudolf Schock and Elma Karlowa.Bock & Bergfelder p.61 It is a biopic of the life of the Hungarian op ...

'' (1958) * ''

The Night Before the Premiere ''The Night Before the Premiere'' () is a 1959 West German musical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Theo Lingen and Wolfgang Lukschy.Koepnick, Lutz Peter. ''The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imag ...

'' (1959) * '' Yes, Women are Dangerous'' (1960) * ''

The White Horse Inn The White Horse Inn (German: ''Im weißen Rößl'') or White Horse Inn may refer to: *The White Horse Inn (play), ''The White Horse Inn'' (play), a 1897 play by Oscar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg *The White Horse Inn (operetta), ''The White Hors ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Adventures of Count Bobby ''The Adventures of Count Bobby'' (German: ''Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby'') is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Vivi Bach and Gunther Philipp. It was the first in a trilogy of films featur ...

'' (1961)

Director

* '' Apartmentzauber'' (1963) * ''

If You Go Swimming in Tenerife ''If You Go Swimming in Tenerife'' () is a 1964 West German comedy film directed by Helmuth M. Backhaus and starring Geneviève Cluny, Peter Kraus and Gunnar Möller.Reimer & Zachau p.160 The film's sets were designed by the art director Johanne ...

'' (1964) * ''

The Bandits of the Rio Grande ''The Bandits of the Rio Grande'' (German: ''Die Banditen vom Rio Grande'') is a 1965 West German modern day western film written and directed by Helmuth M. Backhaus and starring Harald Leipnitz, Maria Perschy and Wolfgang Kieling.Crossing Frontie ...

'' (1965)

Actor

* '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1952) * ''

That Can Happen to Anyone ''That Can Happen to Anyone'' () is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Heinz Rühmann, , and Gustav Knuth. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans S ...

'' (1952) * ''

Scandal at the Girls' School ''Scandal at the Girls' School'' () is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Erich Kobler and starring Walter Giller, Günther Lüders and Joachim Brennecke.Bock & Bergfelder p. 157 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's s ...

'' (1953)

References

Bibliography

* Flowers, John & Frizler, Paul. ''Psychotherapists on Film, 1899-1999''. McFarland & Company, 2004.

External links

* 1920 births 1989 deaths Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia German male film actors Male actors from Bonn 20th-century German male actors German male writers German screenwriters German film directors German comedy film directors {{Germany-film-bio-stub