Dieter Karl Cäsar Wedel (; 12 November 1939 – 13 July 2022) was a German director. Wedel directed numerous television productions since the late 1960s, among them very successful mini-series like ', ', ' and ''
Die Affäre Semmeling
''Die Affäre Semmeling'' was a 2002 German miniseries, broadcast on ZDF, directed by Dieter Wedel. It starred Mario Adorf as Walter 'Beton-Walter' Wegener, Robert Atzorn as Dr. Klaus Hennig, Heinz Hoenig as Axel Ropert, Stefan Kurt as Sigi Se ...
''. He is considered to be one of Germany's best-known television directors. He also served as the artistic director of the Nibelung Festival in
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between 2003 and 2014.
In the Me Too campaign, Wedel was accused in January 2018 by several actresses of sexual harassment and in the case of actress Jany Tempel even rape. There have been official concerns about the alleged long-time coverup of Wedel's actions because most of his work was done through public broadcasting and received government money. After official investigations against him, Wedel resigned from his post as the artistic director of the
Bad Hersfelder Festspiele
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.
Wedel was married to Ursula Wolters for many years, but in the past has also had relationships with other women, among them actresses
Hannelore Elsner
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and
Ingrid Steeger
Ingrid Steeger (; born 1 April 1947) (as ''Ingrid Anita Stengert'') is a German actress and comedian.
Life
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. He had six children.
Wedel died from
leukemia
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on 13 July 2022 in Hamburg, at the age of 82.
Filmography
Source:
(with producing television channel behind the title)
* 1969: ''Willi'', NDR
* 1970: ''Gedenktag'', NDR
* 1971: ''
Hamburg Transit
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* 1972: ' (TV miniseries), NDR/ARD
* 1972: ' (TV series), ARD
* 1973: ''
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 ...
: Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Mord'', ARD
* 1974: ''Eintausend Milliarden'', NDR/ARD
* 1974: ''Eiger'', ARD
* 1974: ''Aus Liebe zum Sport'' (TV series), ARD
* 1975: ''Die Rakete'', ARD
* 1976: ' (TV miniseries), ARD
* 1977: ''Das Rentenspiel''
* 1981/1982: ''Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten'' (TV series), SR/ARD''Lexikon der Fernsehspiele'' Achim Klünder (1991), Band II, S. 145
* 1982: ''
Schwarz Rot Gold
''Schwarz-Rot-Gold'' is a German television series.
List of episodes
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
...
: Alles in Butter'', NDR/ARD
* 1982: ''
Schwarz Rot Gold
''Schwarz-Rot-Gold'' is a German television series.
List of episodes
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
...
: Unser Land'', NDR/ARD
* 1984: ''Der Mann, der keine Autos mochte'',
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
* 1985: ''
Schwarz Rot Gold
''Schwarz-Rot-Gold'' is a German television series.
List of episodes
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
...
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
* 1994: ''Sylvia Brandt – Ich greife ein'',
Sat.1
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It is considered the first privately owned television network in Germany, having been launched in January 1984 as ''PKS'' ''(Programmgesellschaf ...
Die Affäre Semmeling
''Die Affäre Semmeling'' was a 2002 German miniseries, broadcast on ZDF, directed by Dieter Wedel. It starred Mario Adorf as Walter 'Beton-Walter' Wegener, Robert Atzorn as Dr. Klaus Hennig, Heinz Hoenig as Axel Ropert, Stefan Kurt as Sigi Se ...