Michael Pfleghar (20 March 1933 – 23 June 1991) 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 17 films between 1958 and 1987. He died of suicide.

Selected filmography

* ''

Dead Woman from Beverly Hills ''Dead Woman from Beverly Hills'' (german: Die Tote von Beverly Hills) is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Michael Pfleghar and starring Heidelinde Weis, Klausjürgen Wussow and Horst Frank. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Fest ...

'' (1964) * '' Serenade for Two Spies'' (1965) * ''

How to Seduce a Playboy ''How to Seduce a Playboy'' (German: ''Bel Ami 2000 oder Wie verführt man einen Playboy?'') is a 1966 Austrian-Italian comedy film directed by Michael Pfleghar and starring Peter Alexander, Antonella Lualdi and Scilla Gabel.Von Dassanowsky p.18 ...

'' (1966) * ''

The Oldest Profession ''The Oldest Profession'' (french: Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde) is a 1967 internationally co-produced comedy film. It features contributions from six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages. Plot ...

'' (1967, anthology film) * ''

Visions of Eight ''Visions of Eight'' is a 1973 American documentary film offering a stylized look at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Produced by Stan Margulies and executive produced by David L. Wolper, it was directed by eight directors. It was screened out-of-compet ...

'' (1973, anthology film) * ' (1973–1979, TV series) * '' Zwei himmlische Töchter'' (1978, TV series) * '' Die lieben Verwandten'' (1991, TV series)

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* 1933 births 1991 suicides Mass media people from Stuttgart 20th-century German male writers Suicides by firearm in Germany {{Germany-film-director-stub