Rolf von Sydow (18 June 1924 – 16 June 2019) was a German film director and author.

Life

Von Sydow worked as a film director in Germany. He married on three occasions. As an author, Sydow wrote several books and audible books.

Works by Sydow

As film director

* 1957: ''Mensch und Technik'' (short educational film about the

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) * 1958: ''Der Alltag des Soldaten'' (short educational film about the

) * 1958: ''Der Sanitätsdienst in der Bundeswehr'' (educational film about the

) * 1960: ' * 1962: ' * 1969: ' * 1983: ' * 1989: ' — (based on a novel by )

As television director

* 1960: ''Mein Freund Hazy'' * 1961: ''Das nasse Leben – Erinnerungen einer Brustschwimmerin'' * 1962: ''Typisch Lucy'' (TV series, 6 episodes) * 1962: ''Mit Musik kommt alles wieder'' * 1962: ''Warten auf Dodo'' — (based on a play by Eugène K. Ilyin and Gerard Willem Van Loon) * 1962: ''Drei Jungen und ein Mädchen'' — (based on a play by Roger Ferdinand) * 1963: ''Die Nacht der Schrecken'' — (based on a short story by Anton Chekhov) * 1963: '' Hasenklein kann nichts dafür'' — (based on a play by Hans Mahner-Mons) * 1963: ''Der eingebildete Doktor'' — (based on a play by Hans Weigel) * 1963: ''Der Liebesdienst'' — (based on the short story ''A Service of Love'' by O. Henry) * 1964: ''Amouren'' — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1964: ''Frühling mit Verspätung'' — (based on the play ''And Suddenly It's Spring'' by

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) * 1964–1965: ''Die Gäste des Felix Hechinger'' (TV series, 8 episodes) * 1964–1965: ''Unsere große Schwester'' (TV series, 13 episodes) * 1964: ''Kennen Sie Heberlein?'' * 1965: '' Weekend in Paradise'' — (based on a play by

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and Ernst Bach) * 1965: ''Schlußrunde'' — (remake of ''

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'', 1953) * 1965: ''Olivia'' — (based on the play '' Love In Idleness'') * 1965: ''Man soll den Onkel nicht vergiften'' * 1966: ''Das Missgeschick, ein Lord zu sein'' — (based on the play '' The Chiltern Hundreds'') * 1966: ''Wie wär's, Monsieur?'' — (based on the play ''Croque-monsieur'' by Marcel Mithois) * 1966: ''Träume in der Mausefalle'' — (based on the play ''The Keep'' by Gwyn Thomas) * 1966: ''Minister gesucht'' — (based on a play by

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) * 1966: ''Die Tage und Nächte der Beebee Fenstermaker'' — (based on the play '' The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker'') * 1966: ''Quadrille'' — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1966: ''Das Leben in meiner Hand'' — (based on the play ''The Life In My Hands'' by Peter Ustinov) * 1966: ''Der Floh im Ohr'' — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1966: ''Das Experiment'' * 1967: ''Also gut! Lassen wir uns scheiden!'' — (based on the play ''Divorçons'' by

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and Émile de Najac) * 1967: ''Blut floss auf Blendings Castle'' — (based on a

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story by

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) * 1967: ''Mein Freund Harvey'' — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1967: ''Unser Herr Diener'' — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1967: ''Ich will Mjussow sprechen'' — (based on a play by Valentin Kataev) * 1967: '': Der Garten'' (TV series episode) — (based on a play by Tim Aspinall) * 1967: ''Auf Sieg? Auf Platz? – Auf Liebe!'' — (based on the musical '' Let It Ride'') * 1967: ''Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen'' — (based on the short story '' Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'') * 1968: '' Flachsmann the Educator'' — (based on a play by ) * 1968: ''Heim und Herd'' — (based on ''Home and the Heart'' by

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) * 1968: ''Meinungsverschiedenheiten'' — (based on ''Difference of Opinion'' by

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and George Ross) * 1968: ''Der deutsche Meister'' — (screenplay by

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'') * 1969: ''Ein Charleston für Lady Macbeth'' — (based on a play by Frédéric Valmain) * 1969: ''Bitte recht freundlich, es wird geschossen'' — (remake of

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's '' Watch the Birdies'', 1966) * 1970: ''Bärenfang in Hinterwang'' * 1970: ' (TV miniseries) — (remake of

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's ''

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'', 1966) * 1970: ''Das Mädchen meiner Träume'' — (based on ''Girl of My Dreams'' by

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) * 1970: ''Der Minister und die Ente'' — (based on ''The Mallard Imaginaire'' by

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) * 1971: ''Eine unwürdige Existenz'' * 1971: ''

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: '' (TV series episode) — (screenplay by

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) * 1971: ''La Femme, le Mari et la Mort – Über die Schwierigkeiten, seinen Mann umzubringen'' — (based on the play ' by André Roussin) * 1971: ' (TV miniseries) — (remake of

's ''Tim Frazer: The Mellin Forrest Mystery'', 1961) * 1972–1973: ''Stadt ohne Sheriff'' (TV series, 26 episodes) * 1972: ''Monsieur Chasse – Wie man Hasen jagt'' — (based on the play ' by

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) * 1973: ''Tapetenwechsel'' — (based on the play ''The Morning After'' by Peter Blackmore) * 1973: ''

: Kressin und die zwei Damen aus Jade'' (TV series episode) * 1973: ''

: Das fehlende Gewicht'' (TV series episode) * 1974: ''

: Playback oder die Show geht weiter'' (TV series episode) * 1974: ''Du Land der Liebe'' * 1975: ''Das ohnmächtige Pferd'' — (based on the play ''Le Cheval évanoui'' by

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) * 1975: ''

: Tod eines Einbrechers'' (TV series episode) * 1975: ''6 Zimmer Sonnenseite'' — (based on the play '' 6 Rms Riv Vu'') * 1977: ''Achsensprung'' * 1977: ''Teerosen'' * 1977: ''Des Doktors Dilemma'' — (based on the play '' The Doctor's Dilemma'') * 1977: ' — (remake of

's ''A Game of Murder'', 1966) * 1980: '' Leute wie du und ich'' (TV series, first episode) * 1980: ' (anthology film) * 1980: ''Pygmalion'' — (based on the play '' Pygmalion'') * 1980: ''

: Tote reisen nicht umsonst'' (TV series episode) * 1980–1981: ''Liebe ist doof'' (TV series, 9 episodes) — (screenplay by

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) * 1981: ''Der Schützling'' — (based on a play by

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) * 1981: ''Ein sturer Bock'' * 1981: ''Keine Angst vor Verwandten!'' * 1982: ' (co-director: Eugen York) * 1982: ''Wohl bekomm's'' — (based on the play ''À vos souhaits'' by ) * 1982: ''Und das zum 80. Geburtstag'' — (based on a play by Lewis Grant Wallace) * 1982: ''Sonny Boys'' — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1982: ''Eine etwas sonderbare Dame'' (co-director: ) — (based on the play ''

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'') * 1983: ' — (based on a play by and ) * 1983: ''Roda Rodas rote Weste – Ein Leben in Anekdoten'' — (film about Alexander Roda Roda) * 1984: ''

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'' (TV miniseries) — (based on the novel '' Die schöne Wilhelmine'') * 1984: '' Abgehört'' — (based on the play ''Overheard'' by Peter Ustinov) * 1985: ''Der Schiedsrichter'' — (screenplay by

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) * 1985: ''Ich knüpfte manche zarte Bande'' (anthology film) * 1985: ''Glücklich geschieden'' (TV series, 6 episodes) * 1985: ''In Amt und Würden'' (anthology film) * 1985: ''

: Tod macht erfinderisch'' (TV series episode) * 1986: ''

: Die kleine Kanaille'' (TV series episode) * 1987: ''Laus im Pelz'' — (based on the play '' The Nerd'') * 1987: ' * 1987: ''Der Fälscher'' * 1988: ''In guten Händen'' * 1989: '' Zwei Münchner in Hamburg'' (TV series, 9 episodes) * 1990: ''Kann ich noch ein bißchen bleiben?'' * 1991: ''Altes Herz wird nochmal jung'' * 1992: ''Wiedersehen in Kanada'' * 1993: ''

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'' (TV series, 2 episodes) * 1994: ''Ein unvergessliches Wochenende in Südfrankreich'' (TV series episode) * 1995: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Karussell des Lebens'' — (based on

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's novel ''The Carousel'') * 1995: ' — (based on

's novel ''Under Gemini'') * 1995: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Schlafender Tiger'' — (based on

's novel ''Sleeping Tiger'') * 1995: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Wolken am Horizont'' — (based on

's novel ''Voices in Summer'') * 1996: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Schneesturm im Frühling'' — (based on

's novel ''Snow in April'') * 1997: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Wind der Hoffnung'' — (based on

's story ''Toby'') * 1997: ''Heiß und kalt'' (TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

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) * 1997: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Zwei Schwestern'' — (based on

's story ''Spanish Ladies'') * 1998: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Der Preis der Liebe'' — (based on

's story ''An Evening to Remember'') * 1998: ''Männer sind was Wunderbares: Nicht ganz schwindelfrei'' (TV series episode) * 1999: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Magie der Liebe'' — (based on

's story ''The House on the Hill'') * 1999: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Möwen im Wind'' — (based on

's story ''The White Birds'') * 2000: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Ruf der Vergangenheit'' — (based on

's story ''Gilbert'') * 2001: ''Ein Stück vom Glück'' * 2002: ''The House of the Sisters'' — (based on a novel by Charlotte Link) * 2002: ''Die Kristallprinzessin'' * 2002: ''Rosamunde Pilcher: Morgen träumen wir gemeinsam'' — (based on

's story ''A Home for a Day II'')

As actor

* 1980: '' The Green Bird'' (dir.

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), as German Professor

as author

books * ''Angst zu atmen.'' Ullstein Verlag, 1983, . * ''Der Regisseur. Ein autobiografisches Tagebuch.'' Rotation, Berlin 2011, . * ''Rückkehr der Zugvögel. Ein schicksalhaftes Klassentreffen.'' Frieling, Berlin 2012, . * ''Ich werde mich nie verlieren. Aufzeichnungen eines Kriegsgefangenen.'' Frieling, Berlin 2013, . audible books * ''Angst zu atmen''. Gelesen von Rolf von Sydow. Dölling und Galitz, Hamburg 2004, . * ''Rolf von Sydow erzählt aus seinem Leben: „Ich wollte von Hitler zum Ehrenarier ernannt werden.“'' (Edition Zeugen einer Zeit). Paul Lazarus Stiftung, Wiesbaden 2011, .

External links

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Rolf-von-Sydow-Archiv
in archiv by Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Tagesspiegel.de: Regisseur Rolf von Sydow gestorben (german)

* ttps://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article226201437/Regisseur-Rolf-von-Sydow-im-Alter-von-94-Jahren-gestorben.html Morgenpost.de: Rolf von Sydow im Alter von 94 Jahren gestorben (German)
NZZ.ch: Der Film- und Theaterregisseur Rolf von Sydow ist tot, June 17, 2019

References

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