Helmut Käutner
Düsseldorf, Germany

Helmut Käutner (born 25 March 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany; died 20 April 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Italy) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He began his career at the end of the Weimar Republic and had released his first major films in Nazi Germany.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Feinde (1976)
General a. D.
Karl May (1974)
Karl May
Van der Valk and the Rich (1973)
Canisius
Temptation in the Summer Wind (1972)
Professor
Der trojanische Sessel (1971)
Paul Hoffmann
Die gefälschte Göttin (1971)
Kapitän
Die Frau in Weiß (1971)
Sir Frederic Fairlie
Hauser's Memory (1970)
Dr. Kramer
Bend Sinister (1970)
Adam Krug
Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch (1967)
Valentin Katajew
Der Teufel und der liebe Gott (1967)
Erzbischof
Verbotenes Land (1967)
Prof. Dr. Sigmund Freud
Wir machen Musik (1966)
Guest
Zu jung für die Liebe? (1961)
Dr. Blendheim
We Cellar Children (1960)
Chauffeur
Without Trumpet or Drum (1959)
Königliche Hoheit
Der Schinderhannes (1958)
Monpti (1957)
Erzähler
The Zurich Engagement (1957)
Reporter
The Girl from Flanders (1956)
The Last Bridge (1954)
Epilogue (1950)
The Original Sin (1948)
Prof. Petri
Port of Freedom (1944)
Karl
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
Cruiser Emden (1932)
Matrose der 'Emden'

Crew

Mulligans Rückkehr (1977)
Director
Margarete in Aix (1976)
Director
Die preußische Heirat (1974)
Director
Ornifle oder Der erzürnte Himmel (1974)
Director
Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs Tusmann (1972)
Director
Die gefälschte Göttin (1971)
Director
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970)
Director | Writer
Einladung ins Schloß (1970)
Director
Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas (1970)
Director
Diary of a Serial Killer (1969)
Director
Bel Ami (1968)
Director | Writer
Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch (1967)
Director
Stella (1967)
Director
Leben wie die Fürsten (1966)
Director
Robin Hood, der edle Räuber (1966)
Director | Writer
Die Flasche (1965)
Director
Romulus der Große (1965)
Director
Lausbubengeschichten (1964)
Director
The Canterville Ghost (1964)
Director | Writer
The House in Montevideo (1963)
Director | Writer
Redhead (1962)
Director | Writer
Annoncentheater (1962)
Director
The Dream of Lieschen Müller (1961)
Director
This Time it Must Be Caviar (1961)
Director
Operation Caviar (1961)
Director
Black Gravel (1961)
Director | Writer
Zu jung für die Liebe? (1961)
Director
The Fair (1960)
Producer
A Glass of Water (1960)
Director | Screenplay
Without Trumpet or Drum (1959)
Director | Writer
The Rest Is Silence (1959)
Director | Writer | Producer
A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
Director
Der Schinderhannes (1958)
Director
The Restless Years (1958)
Director
Monpti (1957)
Director | Writer
Goodbye, Francesca! (1957)
Story
The Zurich Engagement (1957)
Director | Writer
The Captain from Kopenick (1956)
Director | Screenplay
The Girl from Flanders (1956)
Director
Sky Without Stars (1955)
Director | Novel | Writer
Reaching for the Stars (1955)
Writer
The Devil's General (1955)
Director | Screenplay
Ludwig II (1955)
Director
Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1954)
Director | Screenplay
The Last Bridge (1954)
Director | Screenplay
Käpt'n Bay-Bay (1953)
Director
Nights on the Road (1952)
Screenplay
White Shadows (1951)
Director
Epilogue (1950)
Director | Screenplay
Königskinder (1950)
Director
The Original Sin (1948)
Director | Writer | Producer
Film Without Title (1948)
Writer | Producer
In Those Days (1947)
Director | Writer | Producer
Under the Bridges (1946)
Director | Writer
Port of Freedom (1944)
Director | Screenplay
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
Director | Writer
We Make Music (1942)
Director | Writer
Anushka (1942)
Director | Writer
Goodbye, Franziska (1941)
Director | Writer
Clothes Make the Man (1940)
Director | Writer
Frau nach Maß (1940)
Director | Writer
Kitty and the World Conference (1939)
Director | Writer