Michael Kehlmann (21 September 1927 – 1 December 2005) was an Austrian

television film A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...

director and theatre director, screenwriter and actor. During 1951–1953, Kehlmann was the manager of the "Kleines Theater im Konzerthaus", Vienna. He was awarded the J.-Kainz Medal in 1966,Michael Kehlmann at aeiou.at
/ref> the Ehrenmedaille der Stadt Wien in 1966 and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art in 2002. Kehlmann's television directing credits included ''Jack Mortimer'', ''Einen Jux will er sich machen'', ''Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald'', ', ''Hiob'', and ''

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 by ...

''. He was the father of writer

Daniel Kehlmann Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.Life Begins at Eight ''Life Begins at Eight'' (German: ''Das Leben beginnt um acht'') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Michael Kehlmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna Matz and Helmut Wildt. It is an adaptation of the 1940 play '' The Light of Heart'' ...

'' *1967: ''

Kurzer Prozess ''Kurzer Prozess'' is a 1967 German crime film directed by Michael Kehlmann. Cast * Helmut Qualtinger - Inspektor Pokorny * Gudrun Thielemann - Karin Nieburg * Alexander Kerst - Wolfert * Bruni Löbel - Fräulein Schebesta * Franz Stoss - Mi ...

Director (Television)

*1954: ''Die Wäscherin des Herrn Bonaparte'' — (based on ''

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'') *1954: ''Künstlerpech'' *1954: ''Jedem die Seine'' *1954: ''Klavier zu verkaufen'' *1955: ''La Brige und das Gesetz'' — (based on a play by Georges Courteline) *1955: ''Die Dynastie hat Ausgang'' *1955: ''Falsch verbunden'' *1955: ''Unternehmen Hosentasche'' *1955: ''Frühere Verhältnisse'' — (based on ' by

Johann Nestroy Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions an ...

) *1956: ''Der Verrat von Ottawa'' — (based on the Gouzenko Affair) *1956: ''Juno und der Pfau'' — (based on '' Juno and the Paycock'') *1956: ''Das gnadenbringende Strafgericht'' *1957: ''Die Dreigroschenoper'' — (based on ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a " play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...

'') *1957: ''Monsieur Lamberthier'' — (based on a play by Louis Verneuil) *1957: ''Der verschwundene Graf'' *1957: ''Der versteinerte Wald'' — (based on ''The Petrified Forest'' by Robert E. Sherwood) *1958: ''Biologie und Tennis'' — (based on a radio play by Alfred Andersch) *1958: ''Das Lächeln der Gioconda'' — (based on ''

The Gioconda Smile ''Mortal Coils'' is a collection of five short fictional pieces written by Aldous Huxley in 1921. The title uses a phrase from ''Hamlet'', Act 3, Scene 1: : ... To die, to sleep, :To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub, :For in that ...

'') *1958: ''Eine fast mögliche Geschichte'' — (based on ''A Likely Tale'' by Gerald Savory) *1959: ' — (based on ''

Joan of Lorraine ''Joan of Lorraine'' is a 1946 play-within-a-play by Maxwell Anderson. Plot It is about a company of actors who stage a dramatization of the story of Joan of Arc, and the effect that the story has on them. As in the musical ''Man of La Mancha'' ...

'') *1959: ''Kasimir und Karoline'' — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) *1959: '' Land, das meine Sprache spricht'' — (based on ''Der zwanzigste Juli'' by

Alexander Lernet-Holenia Alexander Lernet-Holenia (21 October 1897, in Vienna — 3 July 1976) was an Austrian poet, novelist, dramaturgist and writer of screenplays and historical studies who produced a heterogeneous literary opus that included poetry, psychological ...

) *1959: ''Es gibt immer drei Möglichkeiten'' *1960: ''Der eingebildete Kranke'' — (based on ''

The Imaginary Invalid ''The Imaginary Invalid'', ''The Hypochondriac'', or ''The Would-Be Invalid'' (French title ''Le Malade imaginaire'', ) is a three- act '' comédie-ballet'' by the French playwright Molière with dance sequences and musical interludes (H.495, H.4 ...

'') *1960: ' — (based on ''

Shadow of Heroes ''Shadow of Heroes, a play in five acts from the Hungarian Passion'' is a 1958 documentary drama by Robert Ardrey. It concerns the lead-up to the Hungarian Uprising and its aftermath. Its premiere resulted in the release from Soviet custody of ...

'') *1960: ' — (based on a play by Ferdinand Bruckner) *1961: ''Der jüngste Tag'' — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) *1961: ''Nora'' — (based on ''

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'') *1961: ' — (based on ''

I Was Jack Mortimer ''I Was Jack Mortimer'' (german: Ich war Jack Mortimer) is a 1935 German thriller film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Anton Walbrook, Eugen Klöpfer, and Sybille Schmitz. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets ...

'' by

) *1961: ''Er ging an meiner Seite'' — (based on '' Home of the Brave'') *1962: ''Einen Jux will er sich machen'' — (based on ''

Einen Jux will er sich machen ''Einen Jux will er sich machen'' (1842) (''He Will Go on a Spree'' or ''He'll Have Himself a Good Time''), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang ("farce with singing"), by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy. It was adap ...

'') *1962: ''Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein'' — (based on ''

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The ...

'') *1962: ''Die Besessenen'' — (based on '' The Possessed'') *1963: ''Der grüne Kakadu'' — (based on ''

Der grüne Kakadu ''Der grüne Kakadu'' is a one act grotesque by Arthur Schnitzler. It was written in 1898 and premiered on 1 March 1899, together with his plays ''Paracelsus'' and ''Die Gefährtin'', at the Vienna Burgtheater The Burgtheater (literally:" ...

'' by

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) *1963: ''Der Bockerer'' — (based on ' by

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and ) *1963: ''Reporter'' — (based on ''

The Front Page ''The Front Page'' is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times. Plot Th ...

'') *1963: ''Tod eines 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 monta ...

'') *1963: ''Die Grotte'' — (based on ' by

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) *1964: ''Der Talisman'' — (based on ' by

) *1964: ''Die Verbrecher'' — (based on a play by Ferdinand Bruckner) *1964: ' — (based on ''Shout for Life'' by Terence Feely) *1964: ''Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald'' — (based on '' Tales from the Vienna Woods'') *1965: ' — (based on ''

Radetzky March "Radetzky March", Op. 228, is a march composed by Johann Strauss Sr. and dedicated to Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. First performed on 31 August 1848 in Vienna, it soon became popular among regimented marching soldiers. It has be ...

'') *1965: ''Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie'' — (based on ' by

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) *1965: ''Plädoyer für einen Rebellen'' — (based on the play ''Plaidoyer pour un rebelle'' by

Emmanuel Roblès Emmanuel Roblès (4 May 1914 in Oran, French Algeria – 22 February 1995 in Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French author. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. He was one of many influential "pied-noir" of his time. The ...

) *1966: ''Italienische Nacht'' — (based on ' by Ödön von Horváth) *1966: ''Porträt eines Helden'' — (based on a novel by

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, adapted by

Robert L. Joseph Robert L. Joseph (March 10, 1923, in Bronx, New York – April 27, 2002, in East Chatham, New York) was an American theatre producer, playwright, and screenwriter. Joseph's Broadway credits included revivals of ''King Lear'', ''Major Barbara'', ...

) *1966: ''Flieger Ross'' — (based on '' Ross'') *1966: ''Rette sich, wer kann oder Dummheit siegt überall'' *1967: ''Bericht eines Feiglings'' *1967: ''Nur kein Cello'' — (based on ''The Absence of a Cello'' by Ira Wallach) *1967: ''Umsonst'' — (based on ' by

) *1968: ''Die Unbekannte aus der Seine'' — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) *1968: ''Madame Legros'' — (based on a play by

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) *1968: ''Sich selbst der Nächste'' — (based on ''Are You by Yourself?'' by Leo Lehman *1968: ''Schloß in den Wolken'' — (based on a play by

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) *1969: ''Ende eines Leichtgewichts'' *1969: ''Das Trauerspiel von Julius Caesar'' — (based on '' Julius Caesar'') *1969: ''Ein Dorf ohne Männer'' — (based on ' by Ödön von Horváth) *1969: ' (TV series) *1970: ''Mit sich allein'' — (based on ''End of Story'' by ) *1970: '' Der Kommissar'' (TV series): ''Tod eines Klavierspielers'' *1971: ''Augenzeugen müssen blind sein'' — (based on ''Forget What You Saw'' by ) *1971: ' — (screenplay by ) *1972: ''

'' (TV series): ' *1972: ' — (based on a play by

Egon Kisch Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself ''Der Rasende Reporter'' (The Raging Reporter) for his countless travels to the far corners of the ...

) *1972: ''Der Andersonville-Prozess'' — (based on '' The Andersonville Trial'' by Saul Levitt) *1974: ' — (based on a novel by Milo Dor) *1974: ''

'' (TV series): ' *1974: '' Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten'' (TV series) *1975: ''Zahnschmerzen'' — (screenplay by ) *1975: ''Die weiße Stadt'' — (based on a novel by Milo Dor) *1977: ''In freier Landschaft'' — (screenplay by ) *1977: ''Der Fall Winslow'' — (based on '' The Winslow Boy'') *1978: ''

'' (TV series): ' *1978: ' (TV miniseries) — (based on '' Job'') *1980: ''Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung'' — (based on ' by Ödön von Horváth) *1980: ''Felix und Oskar'' (TV series) — (based on '' The Odd Couple'') *1980: ' — (based on ''Der zwanzigste Juli'' by

) *1981: ' — (based on a play by ) *1982: ''Das heiße Herz'' — (based on the play ''The Hasty Heart'' by John Patrick) *1982: ''Tarabas'' — (based on ' by

Joseph Roth Moses Joseph Roth (2 September 1894 – 27 May 1939) was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga ''Radetzky March'' (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life '' Job'' ...

) *1983: ''Gegenlicht'' — (based on a novel by ) *1983: ''Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin'' — (based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel) *1985: ''Die Flucht ohne Ende'' — (based on ''

Flight without End ''Flight without End'' (german: Die Flucht ohne Ende) is a 1927 novel by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth. Setting The novel is set in the period between August 1916 and 27 August 1926. It starts in the city of Irkutsk and ends in Paris. During hi ...

'') *1986: ''

'' (TV series): ' *1987: ''

'' (TV series): ' *1988: ' — (based on the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair) *1990: ' — (based on ' by Leo Perutz) *1991: ''Heldenfrühling'' *1992: ''Die Ringe des Saturn'' — (based on a novel by Peter Zeindler) *1992: ' — (based on ' by Reinhold Schneider)

Screenwriter

*1952: '' Adventure in Vienna'' (dir. Emil-Edwin Reinert)

Actor

*1952: '' Adventure in Vienna'' (dir. Emil-Edwin Reinert), as Passport forger *1953: '' To Be Without Worries'' (dir. Georg Marischka) *1975: ''Die weiße Stadt'' (dir. Michael Kehlmann) *1982: ''Tarabas'' (dir. Michael Kehlmann), as Narrator (voice) *1985: ''Flucht ohne Ende'' (dir. Michael Kehlmann), as Narrator (voice) *1987: ''

'38 – Vienna Before the Fall 38 – Vienna Before the Fall'' (german: 38 – Auch das war Wien) is a 1987 Austrian-West German co-produced drama film directed by Wolfgang Glück. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Award ...

'' (dir. Wolfgang Glück)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kehlmann, Michael Austrian film directors Austrian television directors Austrian male screenwriters Austrian male film actors German-language film directors 1927 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Austrian screenwriters 20th-century Austrian male writers