Werner Jacobs (1909–1999) 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
editor
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. He was born in Berlin on the 24 April 1909. He is best known for his contributions to Modebummel (1951), Der Stern von Santa Clara (1958) and André und Ursula (1955).
Selected filmography
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The Fire Devil'' (1940, editor)
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The Girl from Fano
''The Girl from Fano'' (german: Das Mädchen von Fanö) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Gustav Knuth.Hake p. 215 The film is based on a novel by Günther Weisenborn a ...
'' (1941, editor)
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Tonelli'' (1943, editor)
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Night of the Twelve'' (1949, editor)
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The Blue Straw Hat
''The Blue Straw Hat'' (german: Der blaue Strohhut) is a 1949 West German period comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Margot Hielscher, Karl Schönböck and Mady Rahl.Goble p. 324 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and ...
'' (1949, editor)
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The Blue and White Lion
''The Blue and White Lion'' (german: Der weißblaue Löwe) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and Olf Fischer and starring Wastl Witt, Elise Aulinger and Lore Frisch. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film ...
'' (1952)
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Arlette Conquers Paris
''Arlette Conquers Paris'' (German: ''Arlette erobert Paris'') is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm and Claus Biederstaedt.Bock & Bergfelder p.264 It was shot at the Babelsberg ...
'' (1953)
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Street Serenade'' (1953)
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Guitars of Love
''Guitars of Love'' (german: Gitarren der Liebe) is a 1954 West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Vico Torriani, Elma Karlowa and Harald Juhnke.MacKenzie p.176
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets ...
'' (1954)
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André and Ursula'' (1955)
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San Salvatore'' (1956)
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Santa Lucia'' (1956)
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The Beggar Student
''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sar ...
'' (1956)
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The Simple Girl'' (1957)
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The Count of Luxemburg'' (1957)
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Munchhausen in Africa'' (1958)
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The Star of Santa Clara
''The Star of Santa Clara'' (german: Der Stern von Santa Clara) is a 1958 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Vico Torriani, Gerlinde Locker and Ruth Stephan.Koepnick p. 66 It was shot at the Spandau Studios i ...
'' (1958)
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Here I Am, Here I Stay
''Here I Am, Here I Stay'' (german: Hier bin ich – hier bleib ich) is a 1959 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and produced by Artur Brauner. It stars Caterina Valente, Hans Holt and Ruth Stephan. The film also featur ...
'' (1959)
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A Summer You Will Never Forget
''A Summer You Will Never Forget'' (german: Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt) is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Claus Biederstaedt, Antje Geerk and Karin Dor. It was based on a novel by Marion Jahn.
It was ...
'' (1959)
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Conny and Peter Make Music
''Conny and Peter Make Music'' (german: Conny und Peter machen Musik) is a 1960 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Kraus and Gustav Knuth.
It is set in a hotel in Lake Lugano, which i ...
'' (1960)
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Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (1960, writer)
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The White Horse Inn
''The White Horse Inn'' (or ''White Horse Inn'') (German title: ''Im weißen Rößl''
)
is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salz ...
'' (1960)
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Mariandl
''Mariandl'' is a 1961 Austrian drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Cornelia Froboess, Rudolf Prack and Waltraut Haas. It was followed by a sequel '' Mariandl's Homecoming'' in 1962. A girl living in a hotel aspires to a musical scho ...
'' (1961)
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Mariandls Homecoming'' (1962)
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The Merry Widow
''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt t ...
'' (1962)
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The Model Boy
''The Model Boy'' (German: ''Der Musterknabe'') is a 1963 Austrian comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Cornelia Froboess and Gunther Philipp. Von Dassanowsky p.184 A doctor poses as his brother and goes to school ...
'' (1963)
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Homesick for St. Pauli
''Homesick for St. Pauli'' (german: Heimweh nach St. Pauli) is a 1963 Cinema of Germany, German drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Freddy Quinn, Josef Albrecht and Ullrich Haupt (actor, born 1915), Ullrich Haupt. It was based on a m ...
'' (1963)
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Heidi
''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...
'' (1965)
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Aunt Frieda'' (1965)
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In Bed by Eight
''In Bed by Eight'' (German: ''...und sowas muß um acht ins Bett'') is a 1965 Austrian-West German black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Gitte Hænning and Ingeborg Schöner.Von Dassanowsky p ...
'' (1965)
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The Sinful Village'' (1966)
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Murderers Club of Brooklyn
''Murderers Club of Brooklyn'' (german: Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn) is a 1967 German thriller film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss, and Karel Stepanek. It was part of the Jerry Cotton series of films.
The film ...
'' (1967)
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When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres
''When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres'' (German: ''Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht'') is a 1967 West German historical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs, starring Hansi Kraus as Ludwig Thoma, Heidelinde Weis and Rudolf Rhomberg. The script was pro ...
'' (1967)
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Zur Hölle mit den Paukern
''Zur Hölle mit den Paukern'' is a 1968 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Hans Kraus, Theo Lingen and Günther Schramm. It was the first entry into the seven part '' Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank'' series of come ...
'' (1968)
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Zum Teufel mit der Penne
''Zum Teufel mit der Penne'' is a 1968 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Hansi Kraus and Hannelore Elsner. Its English title is ''To Hell with School''. It was the second in the 7-part ' series of co ...
'' (1968)
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Hurra, die Schule brennt!'' (1969)
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Charley's Uncle
''Charley's Uncle'' (german: Charleys Onkel) is a 1969 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gila von Weitershausen, Karl Michael Vogler and Heidy Bohlen.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 252. The film was a loose adaptation of Br ...
'' (1969)
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What Is the Matter with Willi?
''What Is the Matter with Willi?'' (german: Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los) is a 1970 German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Heinz Erhardt, Ralf Wolter and Ruth Stephan. A tax inspector tries to reform the Ministry of Financ ...
'' (1970)
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Our Willi Is the Best'' (1971)
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Willi Manages The Whole Thing'' (1972)
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My Daughter, Your Daughter
''My Daughter, Your Daughter'' (German: ''Meine Tochter – Deine Tochter'') is a 1972 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Chris Roberts, Georg Thomalla and Peter Weck. Bock & Bergfelder p.269 Location shooting took p ...
'' (1972)
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Old Barge, Young Love'' (1973)
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The Flying Classroom
''The Flying Classroom'' (German: ''Das fliegende Klassenzimmer'') is a 1933 novel for children written by the German writer Erich Kästner.
In the book Kästner took up the predominantly British genre of the school story, taking place in a b ...
'' (1973)
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Zwei himmlische Dickschädel'' (1974)
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Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler
''Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler'' is a 1974 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Detlev Eckstein, Bernd Herberger and Jutta Speidel. Two men waiting for their wives to give birth, reminisce about their ...
'' (1974)
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Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer
''Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer'' () is a 1974 German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Roy Black, Barbara Nielsen and Heidi Hansen.
Cast
* Roy Black ... Hannes Cremer
* Barbara Nielsen ... Renate Berndorf
* Heidi H ...
'' (1974)
References
External links
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1909 births
1999 deaths
Film directors from Berlin
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