Franz Peter Wirth (22 September 1919 in Munich – 17 October 1999 in

Berg, Upper Bavaria Berg is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany, on the shore of the Starnberg Lake. It is most famous for the royal Berg Castle. Notable residents German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (2 ...

) was a German

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and

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. His film ''

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'' was nominated for an

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

Selected filmography

Film

*1958: ' — (based on ''

The Deruga Case ''Der Fall Deruga'' (''The Deruga Case'') is a novel by Ricarda Huch first published in German in 1917 about a physician charged with killing his ex-wife. An early courtroom drama, it depicts a trial by jury in which the defendant is reluctant, if ...

'' by

Ricarda Huch Ricarda Huch (; 18 July 1864 – 17 November 1947) was a pioneering German intellectual. Trained as an historian, and the author of many works of European history, she also wrote novels, poems, and a play. Asteroid 879 Ricarda is named in her hono ...

) *1958: ''

Arms and the Man ''Arms and the Man'' is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's ''Aeneid'', in Latin: ''Arma virumque cano'' ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Aven ...

'' — (based on ''

'' by

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

) *1959: ''

People in the Net ''People in the Net'' (german: Menschen im Netz), also known as ''Unwilling Agent'', is a 1959 West German Cold War spy film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Johanna von Koczian and Hannes Messemer.Bock & Bergfelder p. ...

'' — (based on a story by

Will Tremper Will Tremper (19 September 1928 – 14 December 1998) was a German journalist and filmmaker (writer, director, producer). He wrote twelve screenplays between 1956 and 1988. The young and then unknown actor Horst Buchholz starred in his firs ...

) *1959: ' *1960: ''

The Woman by the Dark Window ''The Woman by the Dark Window'' (german: Die Frau am dunklen Fenster) is a 1960 West German drama film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Marianne Koch, Christiane Nielsen and Robert Graf (actor), Robert Graf.Bock & Bergfelder p.253 It w ...

'' *1961: ''

Girl from Hong Kong ''Girl from Hong Kong'' (german: Bis zum Ende aller Tage) is a 1961 West German romance film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Hanns Lothar, Helmut Griem and Akiko Wakabayashi.Schrader & Winkler p. 175 The film's sets were designed by th ...

'' — (based on a novel by ) *1963: ' — (based on a novel by Oliver Hassencamp) *1964: ''

A Man in His Prime ''A Man in His Prime'' (German: ''Ein Mann im schönsten Alter'') is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Karl Michael Vogler, Pascale Audret and Françoise Prévost. The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' — (based on a novel by Rudolf Schneider) *1973: ' — (remake of ''

It Started with Eve ''It Started with Eve'' is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Music Score (Charles Previ ...

'')

Television

*1954: ''Das Brot des Malers Luschek'' – (screenplay by ) *1954: ''Oskar kommt mit der dritten Stadtbahn'' – (based on a radio play by Max Gundermann) *1954: ''Der Weihnachtsgast'' – (based on a play by

Charles Vildrac Charles Vildrac (November 22, 1882 – June 25, 1971), born "Charles Messager",''1971 Britannica Book of the Year'' (for events of 1971), "Obituaries 1971" article, page 532, "Vildrac, Charles" item was a French libertarian playwright, poet a ...

) *1955: ''Chiarevalle wird entdeckt'' – (based on a play by

Nicola Manzari Nicola Manzari (14 November 1908 – 28 April 1991) was an Italian screenwriter and director. He wrote for 38 films between 1940 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Fra Diavolo'' (1942) * ''Chains'' (1949) * '' Hearts at S ...

) *1955: ''Unruhige Nacht'' – (based on '' Arrow to the Heart'' by Albrecht Goes) *1955: ''Das Telefon oder Die Liebe zu dritt'' – (based on ''

The Telephone ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' by

Gian Carlo Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti (, ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept h ...

) *1955: ''Alle meine Söhne'' – (based on ''

All My Sons ''All My Sons'' is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949, and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan (t ...

'' by Arthur Miller) *1956: ''Meine Schwester und ich'' – (based on ''

Meine Schwester und ich ''Meine Schwester und ich'' (''My Sister and I'') is a musical comedy in two acts with prelude and postlude. Ralph Benatzky composed the music and also wrote the libretto together with Robert Blum. Benatzky based the work on a contemporary comedy ...

'') *1956: ''Der Hexer'' – (based on ''The Ringer'' by Edgar Wallace) *1956: ''Schmutzige Hände'' – (based on ''

Dirty Hands ''Dirty Hands'' (french: Les Mains sales) is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was first performed on 2 April 1948 at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, directed by Pierre Valde and starring François Périer, Marie Olivier and André Luguet. A politi ...

'' by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

) *1956: ''Der schöne Gleichgültige'' – (based on ''Le Bel Indifférent'' by

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the su ...

) *1956: ''Jeanne oder Die Lerche'' – (based on '' The Lark'' by Jean Anouilh) *1957: ''Korruption'' – (based on ''Corruzione al Palazzo di giustizia'' by

Ugo Betti Ugo Betti (4 February 1892 in Camerino – 9 June 1953 in Rome) was an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello. Biography Betti studied law in Parma at the time when ...

) *1957: ''Der Richter und sein Henker'' – (based on '' The Judge and His Hangman'' by

Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-g ...

) *1957: ''Bernarda Albas Haus'' – (based on ''

The House of Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with ''Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not include ...

'' by Federico García Lorca) *1958: ''Glaube Liebe Hoffnung'' – (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) *1958: ''Der kaukasische Kreidekreis'' – (based on '' The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

) *1958: ''Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden'' – (based on '' Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller) *1959: ''Konto ausgeglichen'' – (based on ''The Embezzler'' by

James M. Cain James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. His novels ''The Postman Always Rings Twice ...

) *1959: ''Raskolnikoff'' – (based on

Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

's '' Crime and Punishment'') *1961: ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' – (based on

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's ''

'') *1961: ''Alle meine Söhne'' – (based on ''

'' by Arthur Miller) *1961: ''Zahlungsaufschub'' – (based on '' Payment Deferred'' by

C. S. Forester Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Roya ...

) *1961: ''Der Fall Winslow'' – (based on '' The Winslow Boy'' by Terence Rattigan) *1962: ''Der Hausmeister'' – (based on ''

The Caretaker ''The Caretaker'' is a play in three acts by Harold Pinter. Although it was the sixth of his major works for stage and television, this psychological study of the confluence of power, allegiance, innocence, and corruption among two brothers an ...

'' by

Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanne ...

) *1962: ''Wallenstein'' – (based on '' Wallenstein'' by

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

) *1962: ''Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts'' *1963: ''Was Ihr wollt'' – (based on

's ''

Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...

'') *1963: ''Don Carlos'' – (based on ''

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Friedri ...

'' by

) *1964: ''Der Hund des Generals'' – (based on a play by

Heinar Kipphardt Heinar Kipphardt (8 March 1922 - 18 November 1982) was a German writer. He came to prominence with the documentary theatre during the 1960s. He is best known for '' In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer'', a dramatization of the Oppenheimer securi ...

) *1964: ''Karl Sand'' – (film about

Karl Ludwig Sand Karl Ludwig Sand (Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia (then in Prussia), 5 October 1795 – Mannheim, 20 May 1820) was a German university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft (student association). He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the c ...

) *1964: ''Die Geschichte von Joel Brand'' – (based on the story of

Joel Brand Joel Brand ( hu, Brand Jenő; 25 April 1906 – 13 July 1964) was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (''Va'adat ha-Ezra ve-ha-Hatzala be-Budapest'' or ''Va'ada''), an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled ...

, written by Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski) *1965: ' – (based on a radio play by ) *1965: ''Der Ruepp'' – (based on a novel by Ludwig Thoma) *1965: ''Antigone'' – (based on ''

Antigone In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is the daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.Roman, L., & Roma ...

'' by Jean Anouilh) *1965: ''Rückkehr von den Sternen'' – (based on ''Revenu de l'étoile'' by

André Obey André Obey (; 8 May 1892 at Douai, France – 11 April 1975 at Montsoreau, near the river Loire) was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s. He began as a novelist and produced an autobiographical novel abou ...

) *1966: ''Herzliches Beileid'' – (based on ''Feu la mère de Madame'' by Georges Feydeau) *1966: ''Geschlossene Gesellschaft'' – (based on ''

No Exit ''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting ...

'' by

) *1966: ''Der Regenmacher'' – (based on '' The Rainmaker'' by N. Richard Nash) *1966: ''Ein Schloß'' – (based on a play by

Ivan Klíma Ivan Klíma (born 14 September 1931 in Prague, as Ivan Kauders) is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.docudrama Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event". Docudramas typic ...

about the Austrian July Putsch 1934) *1967: ''Nathan der Weise'' – (based on '' Nathan the Wise'' by

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (, ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the developmen ...

) *1967: ''Der schöne Gleichgültige'' – (based on ''Le Bel Indifférent'' by

) *1967: ''Walther Rathenau – Untersuchung eines Attentats'' – (docudrama about the assassination of Walther Rathenau) *1968: ''Schinderhannes'' – (based on ''

Schinderhannes Johannes Bückler (c.1778 – 21 November 1803) was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most famous crime sprees in German history. He has been nicknamed Schinderhannes and Schinnerhannes in German and John the Scorcher, John the Flaye ...

'' by Carl Zuckmayer) *1968: ''Schmutzige Hände'' – (based on ''

'' by

) *1968: ''Die Schlacht bei Lobositz'' – (based on a play by Peter Hacks) *1968: ''Othello'' – (based on

's ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

'') *1969: ''Alte Kameraden'' – (screenplay by

George Hurdalek George Hurdalek (6 February 1908 – 15 June 1980) was a German screenwriter. He wrote for more than 40 films between 1934 and 1975. He was born in Görlitz, Germany, and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Valiant Navi ...

) *1969: ''Die Zimmerschlacht'' – (based on a play by Martin Walser) *1969: ''Al Capone im deutschen Wald'' – (based on a novel by about ) *1969: ''Verraten und verkauft'' – (based on a novel by ) *1970: ''Das Haus Lunjowo'' – (docudrama about the

National Committee for a Free Germany The National Committee for a Free Germany (german: Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, or NKFD) was a German anti-Nazi organization that operated in the Soviet Union during World War II.The Russians in Germany: A History of the Soviet Zone of Occ ...

) *1970: ''Die Marquise von B.'' – (film about

Madame de Brinvilliers Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (22 July 1630 – 16 July 1676) was a French aristocrat who was accused and convicted of murdering her father and two of her brothers in order to inherit their estates. After her death, there ...

) *1971: ''Change'' – (based on a play by Wolfgang Bauer) *1971: ''Willy und Lilly'' – (screenplay by ) *1971: ' – (docudrama about the

20 July plot On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...

) *1971: ''Die Messe der erfüllten Wünsche'' – (based on a novella by Vladimír Páral) *1972: ''

Die rote Kapelle ''Die rote Kapelle'' is a 1972 West German television mini series on the anti-Nazi resistance and espionage organization called " Red Orchestra" by the Gestapo. The series was released one year after the East German film '' KLK an PTX - Die ro ...

'' (TV miniseries) – (series about the Red Orchestra) *1972: ''Eisenwichser'' – (based on a play by ) *1972–1973: ''

Alexander Zwo Alexander Zwo (literally translated "Alexander No. 2") is a German- French-Austrian-Italian TV mini-series directed by Franz Peter Wirth. Synopsis Mike Friedberg (Jean-Claude Bouillon) is a chemist in the United States. When his father dies in a ...

'' (TV miniseries) *1973: ''Nicht einmal das halbe Leben'' – (based on a novel by

Alexandr Kliment Alexandr Kliment (30 January 1929 in Turnov – 22 March 2017 in Prague) was a Czech Republic, Czech writer, poet and playwright. He was a signatory of Charter 77 in 1977. In 1967, Kliment participated in a congress of the writers' union, which in ...

) *1974: ''Der zerbrochene Krug'' – (based on ''

The Broken Jug ''The Broken Jug'' (german: Der zerbrochne Krug, link=no, , also sometimes translated ''The Broken Pitcher'') is a comedy written by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist. Kleist first conceived the idea for the play in 1801, upon looking at ...

'' by Heinrich von Kleist) *1974: ''Synchron oder Man kann auch anders'' – (screenplay by Robert Neumann) *1974: ''Plus minus null'' *1974: ''Strychnin und saure Drops'' – (anthology film, screenplay by ) *1975: ''

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 ...

: '' *1975: ''Der Biberpelz'' – (based on ''

The Beaver Coat ''The Beaver Coat'' (german: Der Biberpelz) is a satirical play by Gerhart Hauptmann premiered in Berlin in 1893. The work is an example of a German naturalistic ''Diebskomödie'', or 'thief's comedy'. The drama takes place "somewhere in Berlin ...

'' by Gerhart Hauptmann) *1975: '' Derrick: Paddenberg'' *1975: ''Der Wittiber'' – (based on a novel by Ludwig Thoma) *1975: ''Ein schönes Paar'' – (based on a play by

John O'Hara John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent ''The New Yorker'' magazine short story style.John O'Hara: Stories, Charles McGrath, ed., The L ...

) *1975: ''Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor'' – (based on a play by

Maurice Braddell Maurice Lee Braddell (23 November 1900 – 28 July 1990) was an English actor, author and art restorer. Maurice Braddell was born in Folkestone, Kent, England, and lived in New York City for much of his life. He was the son of Sir Thomas Bradde ...

and Anita Hart) *1975: ''Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua'' – (based on

Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...

's '' Fiesco'') *1976: ''Julia und Romeo'' – (''What if

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

survived?'') *1976: ''Insel der Rosen'' – (based on a play by

Sławomir Mrożek Sławomir Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist. Mrożek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as a politica ...

) *1976: ''Minna von Barnhelm'' – (based on '' Minna von Barnhelm'' by

) *1976: '' Derrick: Risiko'' *1976: ''Die Leute von Feichtenreut'' – (based on a novel by ) *1977: ''Emigranten'' – (based on a play by

) *1977: ''Roulette'' – (based on a play by Pavel Kohout) *1977: ' – (screenplay by Sebastian Haffner, docudrama about the Battle of the Marne) *1977: ''Ein Mann wird jünger'' – (based on a play by

Italo Svevo Aron Hector Schmitz (19 December 186113 September 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo (), was an Italian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. A close friend of Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, Svevo ...

) *1978: ' (TV miniseries) – (based on a Wallenstein biography by

Golo Mann Golo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist. Having completed a doctorate in philosophy under Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg, in 1933 he fled Hitler's Germany. He followe ...

) *1979: '' The Buddenbrooks'' (TV miniseries) – (based on '' Buddenbrooks'' by

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novella ...

) *1980: ''

: Mit nackten Füßen'' *1982: '' Ein Stück Himmel'' (TV miniseries) – (screenplay by Günter Kunert and , based on the autobiography of

Janina David Janina Dawidowicz (born 19 March 1930 in Kalisz, Poland), better known as Janina David, is a Holocaust survivor and a British writer and translator. Biography Janina David was born as the only child to a Jewish Polish family, and moved with them t ...

) *1982: ''Georg Thomallas Geschichten'' (TV series, 2 episodes) *1982: ''Egmont'' – (based on

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

's ''

Egmont Egmont may refer to: * Egmont Group, a media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark * Egmond family (often spelled "Egmont"), an influential Dutch family, lords of the town of Egmond ** Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568), the bes ...

'') *1983: ' – (based on '' Deep Water'' by

Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novel ...

) *1984: ' (TV miniseries) – (based on a novel by

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

) *1984: ''Hildes Endspiel – Eine Vorstadtballade'' *1984: ''Don Carlos'' – (based on ''

'' by

) *1984: ''Geld oder Leben'' – (anthology film) *1984–1985: '' Polizeiinspektion 1'' (TV series, 6 episodes) *1986: ''

Die Wächter ''Die Wächter'' is a 1970 dystopian novel '' The Guardians'' (German title: ''Die Wächter'') by the English author John Christopher. He portrays the fate of Rob Randalls, a boy living in a two-class society. The novel was awarded the German yo ...

'' (TV miniseries) – (based on '' The Guardians'' by John Christopher) *1986: ''Spätes Erröten'' – (based on ''The Understanding'' by

Angela Huth Angela Huth (born 29 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist. Early life and career Huth is the daughter of the actor Harold Huth. She left school at age 16 in order to paint and to study art in both France and Italy. At 18 she trave ...

) *1986: ''Zerbrochene Brücken'' – (based on the autobiography of

Lily Braun Lily Braun (2 July 1865 – 8 August 1916), born Amalie von Kretschmann, was a German feminist writer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Life She was born in Halberstadt, in the Prussian province of Saxony, the daughter ...

) *1987: '' Derrick: Koldaus letzte Reise'' *1987: ''Wallenstein'' – (based on '' Wallenstein'' by

) *1987: '' Derrick: Mordfall Goos'' *1988: ''Familienschande'' – (based on ''Family Skeletons'' by

Patrick Quentin Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987), Richard Wilson Webb (August 1901 – December 1966), Martha Mott Kelley (30 April 1906 – 2005) and Mary Louise ...

) *1989: ' *1990: ''Notenwechsel'' *1990: '' Derrick: Solo für Vier'' *1992: ''Dornberger'' *1992–1993: ''

Weißblaue Geschichten ''Weißblaue Geschichten'' is a German television series. 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) * ''Alarm für ...

'' (TV series, 2 episodes) *1994–1995: ''Frankenberg'' (TV series, 15 episodes) *1996: ''

Der Mann ohne Schatten ''Der Mann ohne Schatten'' (The Man Without a Shadow) is a German television series. External links * German crime television series 1996 German television series debuts 1996 German television series endings German-language television s ...

'' (TV series, 2 episodes) *1996: ' – (based on a novel by

Barbara Noack Barbara Noack (28 September 1924 – 20 December 2022) was a German writer. https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-12/21/bestseller-autorin-barbara-noack-gestorben Publications * ''Valentine heißt man nicht!'', Darmstadt 1954 * ''Die Zürcher Verlobung ...

) *1997: ' (TV series, 6 episodes) *1998: ' (TV series, 3 episodes) *1999: ''Typisch Ed!''

References

External links

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