Peter Patzak (2 January 1945 – 11 March 2021) was an Austrian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He directed 60 films from 1973 to 2021. His film ''

Kassbach – Ein Porträt ''Kassbach – Ein Porträt'' is a 1979 Austrian drama film directed by Peter Patzak. Walter Kohut plays the title role. Kohut embodies "the eponymous neo-Nazi 'hero,' a Viennese philistine and petit bourgeois par excellence borne of dull raci ...

'' was entered into the

29th Berlin International Film Festival The 29th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979. The Golden Bear was awarded to ''David (1979 film), David'' directed by Peter Lilienthal. The retrospective was dedicated to Italian actor Rudolph Valentino ...

and his film ''

Wahnfried Wahnfried was the name given by Richard Wagner to his villa in Bayreuth. The name is a German compound of (delusion, madness) and (peace, freedom). History Financed by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the house was constructed from 1872 to 1874 unde ...

'' was screened out of competition at the

1987 Cannes Film Festival The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987. French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition. French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the drama ...

. His 1997 film ''

Shanghai 1937 ''Shanghai 1937'' (also released as ''Hotel Shanghai'') is a 1997 German two-part miniseries directed by Peter Patzak for German Television. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Agnieszka Wagner as Helen Russe ...

'' was entered into the

20th Moscow International Film Festival The 20th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1997. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film '' Marvin's Room'' directed by Jerry Zaks. Jury * Oleg Menshikov (Russia – President of the Jury) * Georgi ...

Selected filmography

* ''Situation'' (1974) * '' Parapsycho – Spectrum of Fear'' (1975) * '' Kottan ermittelt'' (1976–1983, TV series) * ' (1976) * '' The Unicorn'' (1978, based on a novel by

Martin Walser Martin Johannes Walser (; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for ''Süddeutscher Rundfunk'', where he wrote and directed audio plays. He was a member of Group 47 ...

) * ' (1979, TV film) * ''

'' (1979) * ''Geld oder Leben'' (1981, TV film) * ' (1981) * '' Tramps'' (1983) * ' (1984) * ''Die Försterbuben'' (1984, TV film, based on a novel by

Peter Rosegger Peter Rosegger (original ''Roßegger'') (31 July 1843 – 26 June 1918) was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger (o ...

) * ''

'' (1986, film about

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

) * ''

Lethal Obsession ''Lethal Obsession'' (, also known as ''The Joker'') is a 1987 German crime-thriller film written and directed by Peter Patzak and starring Peter Maffay, Tahnee Welch, Michael York, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Gould Elliott Gould (; né Gold ...

'' (1987) * ''Sentimental Journey'' (1987, TV film) * ''Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische'' (1988, TV film about

Camillo Castiglioni Camillo Castiglioni (22 October 1879 – 18 December 1957) was an Italian-Austrian Jewish financier and banker, and was the wealthiest man in Central Europe during World War I. Nicknamed "Austrian Stinnes", he was active in aviation's pioneering ...

) * '' Midnight Cop'' (1988) * ''Frau Berta Garlan'' (1989, TV film, based on a novel by

Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives ...

) * ' (1990, film about

Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess von ...

, based on a novel by

Hans Koning Hans Koning (born Hans Königsberger, July 12, 1921 – April 13, 2007) was a Dutch American author of over 40 fiction and non-fiction books. Koning was also a prolific journalist, contributing for almost 60 years to many periodicals including '' ...

) * ''Lex Minister'' (1990) * ''Saint Peter's Snow'' (1991, TV film, based on a novel by

Leo Perutz Leopold Perutz (2 November 1882 – 25 August 1957) was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. Born in Prague, he lived in Vienna until the Nazi ''Anschluss'' in 1938, when he emigrated to Palestine. According to the biographical note on the A ...

) * ' (1992, TV film, based on a novel by

Ladislav Mňačko Ladislav Mňačko (28 January 1919 in Valašské Klobouky – 24 February 1994 in Bratislava) was a Czechoslovak writer and journalist. He was a member of the Slovak partisans, partisan movement in Slovakia during World War II. After the war, ...

) * ''Im Kreis der Iris'' (1992, TV film, based on a story by Franz Nabl) * ''Das Babylon Komplott'' (1993, TV film) * ''1945'' (1994, TV film) * ''Deadly Obsession'' (1994, TV film) * ''Jenseits der Brandung'' (1995, TV film) * ''Brennendes Herz'' (1996, based on ''The Owl of Minerva'' by

Gustav Regler Gustav Regler (25 May 1898 – 14 January 1963) was a German writer and journalist. Background Gustav Regler was born on 25 May 1898 in Merzig, in the Prussian Rhine Province (now Saarland). Career Regler served in the German Infantry during ...

) * ''

'' (1997, TV film, based on a novel by

Vicki Baum Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (; ; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel ''Menschen im Hotel'' ('People at a Hotel', 1929 — published in English as '' Grand Hotel''), one of her first international ...

) * ''Butterfly Feelings'' (1997, TV film) * ''Murderous Legacy'' (1998, TV film) * ''Sweet Little Sixteen'' (1999, TV film) * ''Die Entführung'' (1999, TV film) * ' (1999, TV film) * ''Der Mörder in dir'' (2000, TV film) * '' – Adeus und Goodbye'' (2001, TV documentary series episode) * ' (2002, TV film) * ''Die Wasserfälle von Slunj'' (2002, TV film, based on a novel by

Heimito von Doderer Franz Carl Heimito, Ritter von Doderer, known as Heimito von Doderer (; 5 September 189623 December 1966), was an Austrian writer. Family Heimito von Doderer was born in Weidlingau, which has been part of the 14th District of Vienna sinc ...

) * ''The Uncrowned Heart'' (2003, TV film) * ' (2003, TV film) * ''Sternzeichen'' (2003) * ''Rufer, der Wolf'' (2005, TV film) * ' (2010)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patzak, Peter 1945 births 2021 deaths Austrian film directors Austrian television directors Austrian screenwriters Austrian male screenwriters Film people from Vienna People from Brigittenau