Rolf Hädrich (24 April 1931 – 29 October 2000) was a German

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 39 films between 1958 and 1989. His film ''Verspätung in Marienborn'' (US title: ''

Stop Train 349 ''Stop Train 349'' (german: Verspätung in Marienborn, french: Le train de Berlin est arrêté, it, Un treno è fermo a Berlino), is a 1963 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Rolf Hädrich. It was released in the US in 1964 by A ...

'') was entered into the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...

Selected filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1963) * ''

Among the Cinders ''Among the Cinders'' is a 1983 New Zealand drama film directed by Rolf Hädrich and starring Paul O'Shea, Amanda Jones, Derek Hardwick and Yvonne Lawley. After a hunting accident in which his friend is killed (for which he blames himself) a ...

'' (1983)

Television

* ''Der Dank der Unterwelt'' (1958) — (remake of Berkely Mather's ''

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: Slippy Fives'', 1956) * ''Die Abwerbung'' (1958) — (screenplay by

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) * ''Das Rennen'' (1959) — (based on the play ''Sammy'' by Ken Hughes) * ''Ein unbeschriebenes Blatt'' (1959) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Kopfgeld'' (1959) — (screenplay by ) * ''Die Gerechten'' (1959) — (based on '' The Just Assassins'') * ''Die Stimme aus dem Hut'' (1959) — (based on a play by Berkely Mather) * ''Wer überlebt, ist schuldig'' (1960) — (screenplay by Axel Eggebrecht) * ''Bedienung, bitte!'' (1960) — (based on '' Room Service'') * ''Die Friedhöfe'' (1960) — (based on ''The Graveyard'' by Marek Hłasko) * ''Parkstraße 13'' (1960) — (based on a play by ) * ''Brennpunkt'' (1961) — (based on '' Focus'') * ''Karol'' (1962) — (based on a play by

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) * ''Nachruf auf Jürgen Trahnke'' (1962) — (screenplay by ) * ''Der Gefangene'' (1962) — (remake of Bridget Boland's '' The Prisoner'', 1955) * ''Die Revolution entlässt ihre Kinder'' (1962) — (based on a non-fiction book by

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) * ''Der Schlaf der Gerechten'' (1962) — (based on ''Das Brandopfer'' by Albrecht Goes) * ''Warten auf Godot'' (1963) — (based on '' Waiting for Godot'') * ''Haben'' (1964) — (based on a play by Gyula Háy) * ' (1964) — (based on ''

Murke's Collected Silences "Murke's Collected Silences" (german: Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen) is a short story by German writer Heinrich Böll, first published in the '' Frankfurter Hefte'' in 1955 and in ''Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen und andere Satiren'' in ...

'') * ''Nach Ladenschluss'' (1964) — (screenplay by ) * ''Die Schlinge'' (1964) — (remake of Marek Hłasko's '' Noose'', 1958) * ''Der neue Mann'' (1965) — (based on '' Patterns'') * ''Die Grenzziehung'' (1966) — (based on a play by

) * ''Unser Sohn Nicki'' (1966, TV miniseries) * ''Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti'' (1966) — (based on '' Mr Puntila and his Man Matti'') * ''Zuchthaus'' (1967) — (based on a novel by

Henry Jaeger Karl-Heinz Jaeger (1927–2000) was a German author, reformed criminal, and journalist, best known for his semi-autobiographical prison novel '' The Fortress'' (1962) which was filmed in 1964 as '' Condemned to Sin''.Thomas Sutter Lesen und Gefan ...

) * ''Heydrich in Prag'' (1967) — (screenplay by ,

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about Operation Anthropoid) * ''Kraft des Gesetzes'' (1968) — (based on a play by ) * ' (1968) * ''Von Mäusen und Menschen'' (1968) — (based on '' Of Mice and Men'') * ''Graf Öderland'' (1968) — (based on a play by Max Frisch) * ''Alma Mater'' (1969) — (screenplay by ) * ''Jana'' (1970) — (screenplay by ) * ''Biografie: Ein Spiel'' (1970) — (based on a play by Max Frisch) * ''Kennen Sie Georg Linke?'' (1971) — (screenplay by ) * ''Die Stimme hinter dem Vorhang'' (1971) — (based on ''he Voice Behind the Screen'' by Gottfried Benn) * ''Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin'' (1972) — (based on '' You Can't Go Home Again'') * ''Fischkonzert'' (1973) — (based on ''

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

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'') * ' (1978, TV series, co-directors: Günter Gräwert, Rainer Wolffhardt) — (based on a novel by Christine Brückner) * ''Mach's gut, Florian'' (1978) — (screenplay by Michael Juncker) * ' (1980, TV series, co-directors: Günter Gräwert, Rainer Wolffhardt) — (based on a novel by Christine Brückner) * ''Das wiedergefundene Paradies'' (1980, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

Halldór Laxness Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and s ...

) * ''Bergpredigt'' (1983) — (screenplay by ) * ''Backfischliebe'' (1985) — (based on ''Calf Love'' by Vernon Bartlett) * ''Friedenspolka'' (1987) — (screenplay by Matthias Esche) * ''Langusten'' (1989) — (based on a play by Fred Denger)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haedrich, Rolf 1931 births 2000 deaths Mass media people from Saxony People from Zwickau