Fritz Böttger (1902–1981) was a German
actor
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,
screenwriter and
film director.
[Reid p.96]
Selected filmography
Actor
* ''
Escape in the Dark'' (1939)
* ''
Men Are That Way'' (1939)
* ''
The Three Codonas
''The Three Codonas'' (german: Die drei Codonas) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring René Deltgen, Ernst von Klipstein and Josef Sieber. It is based on the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona. I ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Love Premiere
''Love Premiere'' (german: Liebespremiere) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hans Söhnker, Kirsten Heiberg and Fritz Odemar. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth.
The film based on the stage p ...
'' (1943)
* ''
My Wife Theresa'' (1943)
* ''
Titanic
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'' (1943)
* ''
Nights on the Nile
''Nights on the Nile'' (german: Nächte am Nil) is a 1949 West German musical comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Sonja Ziemann, Wolfgang Lukschy and Kurt Seifert.Bock & Bergfelder p. 33 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios ...
'' (1949)
* ''
When Men Cheat'' (1950)
Writer
* ''
The Orplid Mystery
''The Orplid Mystery'' or ''Epilogue'' (german: Epilog: Das Geheimnis der Orplid) is a 1950 West German thriller film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, and O.E. Hasse. The film did not perform well at the box ...
'' (1950)
* ''
The Forester's Daughter'' (1952)
* ''
Pension Schöller'' (1952)
* ''
Lavender
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'' (1953)
* ''
Mask in Blue'' (1953)
* ''
Love and Trumpets'' (1954)
* ''
Father's Day
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'' (1955)
* ''
The Beautiful Master
''The Beautiful Master'' (German: ''Die schöne Meisterin'') is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Herta Staal, Paul Bösiger and Walter Gross.Höfig p.338
The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...
'' (1956)
* ''
The Hunter from Roteck
''The Hunter from Roteck'' (German: ''Der Jäger vom Roteck'') is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Michael Cramer, Doris Kirchner and Oskar Sima.Meier p.339 It is a heimatfilm, made when the genre was at i ...
'' (1956)
* ''
The Beggar Student
''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sar ...
'' (1956)
* ''
The Count of Luxemburg'' (1957)
* ''
Just Once a Great Lady'' (1957)
* ''
The Blue Sea and You
''The Blue Sea and You'' (german: Das blaue Meer und Du) is a 1959 West German romantic comedy film directed by Thomas Engel and starring Fred Bertelmann, Karin Dor and Renate Ewert.Bock & Bergfelder p.96
The film's art direction was by Wolf ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Hula-Hopp, Conny
''Hula-Hopp, Conny'' is a 1959 West German musical comedy film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Cornelia Froboess, Rudolf Vogel and Susi Nicoletti.Bock & Berfelder p.137 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were design ...
'' (1959)
* ''
The Forester's Daughter'' (1962)
Director
* ''
The Bachelor Trap
''The Bachelor Trap'' (german: Die Junggesellenfalle) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Fritz Böttger and starring Oskar Sima, Rudolf Platte and Rudolf Carl.Goble p.250 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Horrors of Spider Island
''Horrors of Spider Island'' (german: Ein Toter hing im Netz, "A Corpse Hung in the Web") is a 1960 West German horror film written and directed by Fritz Böttger, and produced by Gaston Hakim and Wolf C. Hartwig for Rapid-Film/Intercontinental Fi ...
'' (1960)
References
Bibliography
* John Howard Reid. ''Science-fiction & Fantasy Cinema: Classic Films of Horror, Sci-fi & the Supernatural''. 2007.
External links
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1902 births
1981 deaths
German male film actors
Film people from Thuringia
People from Gera
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