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

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 ...

, 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 The 12th Cannes Film Festival took place from 30 April to 15 May 1959. French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition. The ''Palme d'Or'' went to the '' Black Orpheus'' by Marcel Camus. In 1959, the Marché du F ...

. His 1964 film ''

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'' was entered into the

14th Berlin International Film Festival The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Dry Summer'' directed by Metin Erksan. The Swedish film ''491'' by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director Alf ...

Selected filmography

* '' Keepers of the Night'' (1949, dir.

Harald Braun Harald Braun (26 April 1901 – 24 September 1960) was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 21 films between 1942 and 1960. Selected filmography * ''The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl'' (dir. Carl Froelich, 193 ...

) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950, dir.

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * ''Hello, Fraulein!, Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * ''A Day Will Come (1950 film), A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (195 ...

) * ' (1951) * ''

The Day Before the Wedding ''The Day Before the Wedding'' () 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 sets were designed by the art di ...

'' (1952) * ''

Beloved Life ''Beloved Life'' () 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 their lives together ...

'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953, dir.

) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

The Barrings ''The 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 sets designed by the art dire ...

'' (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 design ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956, dir.

Falk Harnack Falk Harnack (2 March 1913 – 3 September 1991) was a German director and screenwriter. During Germany's Nazi era, he was also active with the German resistance to Nazism, German Resistance and toward the end of World War II, the partisans in Gr ...

) * ' (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 de ...

'' (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 o ...

'' (1957) * ''

Confessions of Felix Krull ''Confessions of Felix Krull'' () is an unfinished 1954 novel by the Germany, 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. F ...

'' (1957, dir.

Kurt Hoffmann Kurt Hoffmann (12 November 1910 – 25 June 2001) was a German film director, the son of Carl Hoffmann. He directed 48 films between 1938 and 1971. He ran a production company Independent Film along with Heinz Angermeyer. His 1958 film ''W ...

) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1957) * ''

El Hakim ''El Hakim'' is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring O.W. Fischer, Michael Ande and Nadja Tiller.Bock & Bergfelder p.471 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Egypt. The film's se ...

'' (1957) * '' Eva'' (1958) * ''

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

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) * ''

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'' (1959) * '' Beloved Augustin'' (1960) * ''

You Don't Shoot at Angels ''You Don't Shoot at Angels'' () is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hannes Messemer and Gustav Knuth. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Robert Stratil. I ...

'' (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 parody ...

'' (1960) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1962) * ' (1962) * '' Venusberg'' (1963) * ' (1963) * ''

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

Who Wants to Sleep? ''Who Wants to Sleep?'' () 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 series of episodic tales abo ...

'' (1965) * '' Once a Greek'' (1966) * ' (1967) * ' (1967) * ' (1968) * '' The New Adventures of Snow White'' (1969) * '' Come to Vienna, I'll Show You Something!'' (1970) * '' Slap in the Face'' (1970) *'' Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults'' (1970) * ' (1971) * ' (1971) * '' Temptation in the Summer Wind'' (1972) * '' Women in Hospital'' (1977)

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* 1918 births 1994 deaths German film directors Film people from České Budějovice German Bohemian people Naturalized citizens of Germany German film producers 20th-century German screenwriters German male screenwriters {{Germany-film-director-stub