Thomas Fantl (9 December 1928 – 20 July 2001) 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 23 films between 1964 and 1986. His 1964 film ''

Time of the Innocent ''Time of the Innocent'' (german: Die Zeit der Schuldlosen) is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Thomas Fantl. Cast In alphabetical order * Karl-Otto Alberty * Otto Brüggemann * Hans Cossy * Gustl Datz * Hans Drahn * Heinz-Leo Fis ...

'' was entered into the

14th Berlin International Film Festival The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964. The Swedish film '' 491'' by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director ''Alfred Bauer'' owing to its controversial nature. The Golden Bear was awarde ...

Filmography

* ''

'' (1964) — based on a play by

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's bi ...

* ''Das Rendezvous'' (1965, TV film) — screenplay by

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* ''Das Haus der sieben Balkone'' (1965, TV film) — based on the play ''La casa de los siete balcones'' by

Alejandro Casona Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and la ...

* ''Wovon die Menschen leben'' (1965, TV film) — based on

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

's short story '' What Men Live By'' * ''Die Gefährtin'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by

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* ''Stunde der Nachtigallen'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by James Parish * ''In aller Stille'' (1967, TV film) * ''Interpol: ... geborene Lipowski'' (1967, TV series episode) * ''Das ausgefüllte Leben des Alexander Dubronski'' (1967, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Nachtcafé'' (1968, TV film) * ''Wo man sich trifft'' (1968, TV film) * ''Risiko für Weihnachtsmänner'' (1968, TV film) — based on a short story by

* ''Hürdenlauf'' (1969, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Das schönste Fest der Welt'' (1969, TV film) — based on a radio play by

* ''Van Gogh'' (1969, TV film) — based on a play by * ''Eine Rechnung, die nicht aufgeht'' (1969, TV film) — based on a story by Wolfdietrich Schnurre * ''Alle hatten sich abgewandt'' (1970, TV film) — based on a story by

Marek Hłasko Marek Hłasko (14 January 1934 – 14 June 1969) was a Polish author and screenwriter. Life Hłasko's biography is highly mythologized, and many of the legends about his life he spread himself. Marek was born in Warsaw, as the only son of ...

* ''Lieber Erwin'' (1970, TV film) * ''Ludwig van Beethoven: "... in allem streng die Wahrheit"'' (1970, TV film) * '': Der Schuß'' (1970, TV series episode) * ''Aufstiegschancen'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by

Max von der Grün Max von der Grün (; 25 May 1926 – 7 April 2005) was a Germans, German novelist. Max von der Grün was born in Sankt Georgen (Bayreuth) and grew up in Mitterteich. After a clerical apprenticeship, he became a paratrooper during World War II in ...

* ''Die Untaten des Fräulein Mikova'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Sein Schutzengel'' (1971, TV film) — screenplay by Wolfdietrich Schnurre * ' (1971, international anthology film) * ''Freitags dienstbereit – Passage-Apotheke'' (1971, TV film) * ''Alarm'' (1972, TV series) * ''Gabriel'' (1973, TV film) — screenplay by * ' (1973, TV series, 6 episodes) * ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

: Eine todsichere Sache'' (1974, TV series episode) * ''Das einsame Haus'' (1974, TV film) — screenplay by

Ladislav Mňačko Ladislav Mňačko (28 January 1919 in Valašské Klobouky – 24 February 1994 in Bratislava) was a Slovak writer and journalist. He took part in the partisan movement in Slovakia during World War II. After the war, he was at first a staunc ...

* ''Keine Spürhunde für den Fiskus'' (1975, TV film) * ''Der Knabe mit den 13 Vätern'' (1976, TV series, 13 episodes) — based on a novel by

Alexander Roda Roda Alexander Friedrich Ladislaus Roda Roda (13 April 1872 – 20 August 1945) was an Austrian writer and satirist. Biography Roda Roda was born as Šandor Friedrich Rosenfeld in Drnowitz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Drnovice, Czech Republi ...

* ''Der Haupttreffer'' (1977, TV film) * ''Flucht'' (1977, TV film) — screenplay by

* ''Der Preis'' (1977, TV film) — based on the play '' The Price'' by

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' ( ...

* '': Noch einmal Adam und Eva'' (1978, TV series episode) * ''Die Magermilchbande'' (1979, TV series, 14 episodes) * ''Eingriffe'' (1980, TV film) * ''Die Aufgabe des Dr. med. Graefe'' (1982, TV film) * ''

Unterwegs nach Atlantis ''Unterwegs nach Atlantis'' (translation: ''On the Way to Atlantis'') is an Austrian-West German-Swiss-Czechoslovakian science fiction television series from 1981. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of televi ...

'' (1982, TV series, 13 episodes) — based on two novels by

Johanna von Koczian Johanna von Koczian (, née von Kóczián-Miskolczy, born 30 October 1933) is a German actress. She grew up in Salzburg, Austria, where actor Gustaf Gründgens offered her a role at the Salzburg Festival. She later portrayed Anne Frank at the Sch ...

* ''Der Paragraphenwirt'' (1983, TV series, 13 episodes) * ''Gauner im Paradies'' (1985, TV film) — screenplay by

Maria Matray Maria Matray (born Maria Charlotte Stern; 14 July 1907 – 30 October 1993) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Matray became a star of late Weimar cinema. Biography Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, Matray, who was Jewish, went into ...

* ''Stadttheater'' (1985, TV film) — based on a novel by * ''Alte Freundschaften'' (1989, TV film) * '' Solo für Sudmann: Konfettimord'' (1997, TV series episode)

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* 1928 births 2001 deaths German mass media people {{Germany-film-director-stub