Rolf Zehetbauer (13 February 1929 – 23 January 2022) was a German

production designer In film and television, the production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Wo ...

, art director and

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. Zehetbauer won an

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in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''

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''. He died on 23 January 2022, at the age of 92.

Selected filmography

* ''

Love and Blood ''Love and Blood'' ( it, Amore e sangue) is a 1951 Italian-German action melodrama film directed by Marino Girolami and starring Maria Montez in one of her last roles.

'' (1951) * '' The Imaginary Invalid'' (1952) * ''

Knall and Fall as Detectives ''Knall and Fall as Detectives'' (german: Knall und Fall als Detektive) is a 1953 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Hans Heinrich and starring Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl, and Ingrid Lutz. It was made as a sequel to the 1952 film '' ...

'' (1953) * '' The Charming Young Lady'' (1953) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

Love Without Illusions ''Love Without Illusions'' (German: ''Liebe ohne Illusion'') is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Sonja Ziemann, Curd Jürgens and Heidemarie Hatheyer.Hake p.114 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' Adorable Arabella'' (1959) * ''

My Schoolfriend ''My Schoolfriend'' (german: Mein Schulfreund) is a 1960 German comedy drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Heinz Rühmann, Loni von Friedl, and Hertha Feiler. It is based on the play ''Der Schulfreund'' by Johannes Mario Simmel. ...

'' (1960) * '' The Bird Seller'' (1962) * '' My Daughter and I'' (1963) * ''

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 ...

'' (1964) * '' Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion'' (1965) * '' The Last Escape'' (1970) * ''

'' (1972) * '' Cry of the Black Wolves'' (1972) * ''

Twilight's Last Gleaming ''Twilight's Last Gleaming'' is a 1977 thriller film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark. The film was a West German/American co-production, shot mainly at the Bavaria Studios. Loosely based on a 1971 nove ...

'' (1977) * '' The Serpent's Egg'' (1977) * ''

Das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...

'' (1981) * ''

Querelle ''Querelle'' is a 1982 West German-French English-language arthouse film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel ''Querelle of Brest''. It was Fassbinder's last film, rel ...

'' (1982) * ''

The NeverEnding Story ''The Neverending Story'' (german: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. The novel was later adapted into several ...

'' (1984) * '' Enemy Mine'' (1985)

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* * 1929 births 2022 deaths German production designers German art directors German set decorators Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners Film people from Munich {{artdirector-stub

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