Fritz Umgelter (18 August 1922 – 9 May 1981) was a German television director, television writer, and film director. Umgelter worked mainly in television as both a writer and director. He received directing credit for 68 TV films or series, and received writing credits for 22 TV films or series segments. He also directed 7 cinema films (of which he received directing credit for 6), but these were not critically acclaimed, and he remains best known for his television works.

Awards

In 1967 his television film, ''Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen'' (based on the play '' Chips with Everything'' by

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), he won the Teleplay Award at the .Teleplay Awards Listing
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and is a German analog to a BAFTA or

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Filmography

His film releases were: * 1958 '' All the Sins of the Earth'' * 1958 ' (American re-edited version 1962: ''

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'') * 1958 ' * 1961 '' Only the Wind'' * 1965 '' Tread Softly'' * 1967 '' A Handful of Heroes'' * 1968 ' (Uncredited. Director:

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) His television work includes: * ''Nicht zuhören, meine Damen!'' (1954) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ein Phönix zuviel'' (1955) — (based on '' A Phoenix Too Frequent'') * ''Der Hund von Baskerville'' (1955) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ein Volksfeind'' (1955) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Molière spielt in Versailles'' (1955) — (based on a play by including three plays by

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) * ''Schiffchen zu 100 Francs'' (1956) — (based on the radio play ''Der Admiral'' by Alix du Frênes) * ''Der Flüchtling'' (1956) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Gelähmte Schwingen'' (1956) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Der Verräter'' (1956) — (based on the play ''The Traitor'' by

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) * ''Öl und Champagner'' (1956) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Die letzte Patrouille?'' (1956) — (screenplay by ) * ''Das Spinnennetz'' (1956) — (based on ''

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'' by

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) * ''Zwölftausend'' (1956) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Zehn Jahre und drei Tage'' (1956) — (based on a radio play by ) * ''Die Panne'' (1957) — (based on '' A Dangerous Game'' by

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) * ''Montserrat'' (1957) — (based on a play by Emmanuel Roblès) * ''Monsignores große Stunde'' (1957) — (based on the play ''Monsignor's Hour'' by

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) * ''Romeo und Julia'' (1957) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ganz groß in Kleinigkeiten'' (1957) — (based on ''An Eye for Detail'' by

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) * ''Don Carlos'' (1957) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Olivia'' (1958) — (based on '' Love In Idleness'') * ''

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'' (1959, TV miniseries) — (based on the story of

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'') * ''Das mittlere Fenster'' (1959) — (based on the novel ''The Middle Window'' by

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) * ''

Am grünen Strand der Spree ''Am grünen Strand der Spree (On the Verdant Shores of the River Spree)'' was a five-part German television movie which first aired in 1960. It was based on a novel by Hans Scholz and has been called a ''Straßenfeger''The Man Who Was Thursday ''The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare'' is a 1908 novel by G. K. Chesterton. The book has been described as a metaphysical thriller. Plot summary Chesterton prefixed the novel with a poem written to Edmund Clerihew Bentley, revisiting the p ...

'') * ''Gericht über Las Casas'' (1960) — (based on the play ' by

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) * ''Prinz Friedrich von Homburg'' (1961) — (based on '' The Prince of Homburg'') * ''Die Journalisten'' (1961) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Und Pippa tanzt'' (1961) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst'' (1962, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

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) * ''Montserrat'' (1962) — (based on a play by Emmanuel Roblès) * ''Der Belagerungszustand'' (1963) — (based on '' The State of Siege'') * ''Dantons Tod'' (1963) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Die Abrechnung'' (1963) — (based on the play ''Zar Alexander'' by

) * ''Freundschaftsspiel'' (1963) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der schlechte Soldat Smith'' (1963) — (based on the play ''The Bad Soldier Smith'' by

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) * ''Den Tod in der Hand'' (1963) — (based on the novel ''Échec au porteur'' by ) * ''Der Traum des Eroberers'' (1964) — (based on a play by

) * ''König Richard III'' (1964) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Tom und seine Söhne'' (1964) — (based on '' The Country Boy'') * ''Bei Tag und Nacht'' (1964) — (based on ''

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'') * ' (1964) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Überstunden'' (1965) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der Sündenbock'' (1965) — (based on a novel by Luise Rinser) * ''Nun singen sie wieder'' (1965) — (based on a play by

Max Frisch Max Rudolf Frisch (; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant featu ...

) * ''Nachtfahrt'' (1965) — (based on a novel by Simon Glas) * ''Perlenkomödie'' (1966) — (based on a play by

) * ''Münchhausen'' (1966) — (based on a play by Walter Hasenclever) * ''Freiheit im Dezember'' (1966) — (screenplay by ) * ''Caroline'' (1966) — (based on a play by W. Somerset Maugham) * ''Herrenhaus'' (1966) — (based on the play ''Mannerhouse'' by

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) * ''Der gute Mensch von Sezuan'' (1966) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Nur einer wird leben'' (1966) — (based on a novel by ) * ''Die Affäre Eulenburg'' (1967) — (

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about the

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) * ''Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen'' (1967) — (based on '' Chips with Everything'') * ''Mr. Arcularis'' (1967) — (based on a story by

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) * ''Sieben Wochen auf dem Eis'' (1967) — (

about the crash of the airship ''Italia'') * ''So war Herr Brummell'' (1967) — (film about

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, based on a play by Ernst Penzoldt) * ''Fräulein Julie'' (1968) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Die Freier'' (1969) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Epitaph für einen König'' (1969) — (based on

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's play ''Karl XII'') * ''Rebellion der Verlorenen'' (1969, TV miniseries) — (screenplay by Wolfgang Menge, based on a novel by

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) * ''Der Tanz des Sergeanten Musgrave'' (1969) — (based on ''

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'') * ' (1970, TV miniseries) — (based on ''Like a Tear in the Ocean'' by

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) * ''Sessel zwischen den Stühlen'' (1970) — (screenplay by Wolfgang Menge) * ''Menschen'' (1970) — (based on ''

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'' by

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) * ''Merkwürdige Geschichten'' (1970–71, TV series, 13 episodes) * ''Viel Getu' um nichts'' (1971) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Elsa Brändström'' (1971) — (

about

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) * ''Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall – Ur-Opas dufter Krieg 70/71'' (co-director: Jürgen Neven-du Mont, 1971) * ''Das Abenteuer eines armen Christenmenschen'' (1971) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Das Klavier'' (1972) — (based on a novel by ) * ''

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck ''Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck'' (English: ''The Peculiar Life Story of Friedrich, Baron von der Trenck'') is a German television series based on the life of Friedrich von der Trenck, a Prussian office ...

'' (1973, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about

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) * ''Der Vorgang'' (1973) — (based on a novel by Ladislav Mňačko) * ''Wenn alle anderen fehlen'' (1973) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel'' (1973) — (based on ''La Fin et les Moyens'' by ) * ''

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'' (1974, TV series, 3 episodes) * ' (1974) — (screenplay by ) * ' (1975, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about

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) * ''

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: '' (1975) * ' (1975, TV miniseries) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Ein Badeunfall'' (1976) — (screenplay by ) * ''

: '' (1976) * ''Die Babenberger in Österreich'' (1976) — (documentary about the

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dynasty, starring

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) * ' (1976, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

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) * ''

: '' (1977) * ''

: '' (1977) * ''Vorhang auf, wir spielen Mord'' (1978) — (based on the novel ''Enter Murderers'' by Henry Slesar) * ''Ein typischer Fall'' (1978) — (screenplay by ) * ' (1979) — (film about the Fettmilch Rising 1614) * ''Dr. Knock oder Der Triumph der Medizin'' (1979) — (based on '' Knock'') * '' Die rote Zora und ihre Bande'' (1979, TV miniseries) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Die Weber'' (1980) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Gesucht wird ... – Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren'' (1980) — (screenplay by

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) * ''In Prag und anderswo'' (1980) — (biographical film about

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) * ''

: '' (1981) * ''Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten'' (1981) — (based on a novel by

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) * ''

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'' (1981–82, TV series, 6 episodes)

References

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