Thomas Fantl (9 December 1928 – 20 July 2001) 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 ...

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 23 films between 1964 and 1986. His 1964 film '' Time of the Innocent'' 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 ...

Filmography

* '' Time of the Innocent'' (1964) — based on a play by

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's b ...

* ''Das Rendezvous'' (1965, TV film) — screenplay by Gabriele Wohmann * ''Das Haus der sieben Balkone'' (1965, TV film) — based on the play ''La casa de los siete balcones'' by Alejandro Casona * ''Wovon die Menschen leben'' (1965, TV film) — based on

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution re ...

's short story '' What Men Live By'' * ''Die Gefährtin'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by

Jean-Louis Curtis Jean-Louis Curtis (22 May 1917 – 11 November 1995), pseudonym of Albert Laffitte, was a French novelist best known for his second novel ''The Forests of the Night'' (French: ''Les Forêts de la nuit''), which won France's highest literary award ...

* ''Stunde der Nachtigallen'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by James Parish * ''In aller Stille'' (1967, TV film) * ''Interpol: ... geborene Lipowski'' (1967, TV series episode) * ''Das ausgefüllte Leben des Alexander Dubronski'' (1967, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Nachtcafé'' (1968, TV film) * ''Wo man sich trifft'' (1968, TV film) — remake of the Swedish TV film ' * ''Risiko für Weihnachtsmänner'' (1968, TV film) — based on a short story by

* ''Hürdenlauf'' (1969, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Das schönste Fest der Welt'' (1969, TV film) — based on a radio play by

* ''Van Gogh'' (1969, TV film) — based on a play by * ''Eine Rechnung, die nicht aufgeht'' (1969, TV film) — based on a story by Wolfdietrich Schnurre * ''All Backs Were Turned'' (1970, TV film) — based on a story by

Marek Hłasko Marek Hłasko (14 January 1934 – 14 June 1969) was a Polish author and screenwriter. Life Hłasko's biography is highly mythologized, and many of the legends about his life he spread himself. Marek was born in Warsaw, as the only son of M ...

* ''Lieber Erwin'' (1970, TV film) * ''Ludwig van Beethoven: "... in allem streng die Wahrheit"'' (1970, TV film) * '': Der Schuß'' (1970, TV series episode) * ''Aufstiegschancen'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by

Max von der Grün Max von der Grün (; 25 May 1926 – 7 April 2005) was a Germans, German novelist. Max von der Grün was born in Sankt Georgen (Bayreuth) and grew up in Mitterteich. After a clerical apprenticeship, he became a Fallschirmjäger, paratrooper durin ...

* ''Die Untaten des Fräulein Mikova'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Sein Schutzengel'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by Wolfdietrich Schnurre * ' (1971, international anthology film) * ''Freitags dienstbereit – Passage-Apotheke'' (1971, TV film) * ''Alarm'' (1972, TV series) * ''Gabriel'' (1973, TV film) — screenplay by * ' (1973, TV series, 6 episodes) * ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

: Eine todsichere Sache'' (1974, TV series episode) * ''Das einsame Haus'' (1974, TV film) — screenplay 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, ...

* ''Keine Spürhunde für den Fiskus'' (1975, TV film) * ''Der Knabe mit den 13 Vätern'' (1976, TV series, 13 episodes) — based on a novel by

Alexander Roda Roda Alexander Friedrich Ladislaus Roda Roda (13 April 1872 – 20 August 1945) was an Austrian writer and satirist. Biography Roda Roda was born as Šandor Friedrich Rosenfeld in Drnowitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Drnovice, Czech Republi ...

* ''Der Haupttreffer'' (1977, TV film) * ''Flucht'' (1977, TV film) — screenplay by

* ''Der Preis'' (1977, TV film) — based on the play '' The Price'' by

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

* '': Noch einmal Adam und Eva'' (1978, TV series episode) * ''Die Magermilchbande'' (1979, TV series, 14 episodes) * ''Eingriffe'' (1980, TV film) * ''Die Aufgabe des Dr. med. Graefe'' (1982, TV film) * '' Unterwegs nach Atlantis'' (1982, TV series, 13 episodes) — based on two novels by

Johanna von Koczian Johanna von Koczian (, née von Kóczián-Miskolczy, 30 October 1933 – 10 February 2024) was a German actress. She grew up in Salzburg where Gustaf Gründgens offered her a role at the 1951 Salzburg Festival, and she played at several German ...

* ''Der Paragraphenwirt'' (1983, TV series, 13 episodes) * ''Crooks in Paradise'' (1985, TV film) — screenplay by Maria Matray * ''Stadttheater'' (1985, TV film) — based on a novel by * ''Alte Freundschaften'' (1989, TV film) * '' Solo für Sudmann: Konfettimord'' (1997, TV series episode)

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* 1928 births 2001 deaths German mass media people {{Germany-film-director-stub