Helmut Käutner

Helmut Käutner

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Düsseldorf, Germany
March 25, 1908

Biography

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.

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Representative Works

Königskinder
Königskinder
8.0
/ German
Karl May
Karl May
6.5
/ German
Nights on the Road
Nights on the Road
7.9
/ German
Monpti
Monpti
5.9
/ German
In Those Days
In Those Days
6.9
/ German
Stella
Stella
7.0
/ German
The Captain from Kopenick
The Captain from Kopenick
7.3
/ German
Mulligans Rückkehr
Mulligans Rückkehr
9.0
/ German
The Restless Years
The Restless Years
7.0
/ English
The Dream of Lieschen Müller
The Dream of Lieschen Müller
8.3
/ German
Temptation in the Summer Wind
Temptation in the Summer Wind
5.0
/ German
Hauser's Memory
Hauser's Memory
6.8
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Königskinder
1950Winner

Best Performance

Königskinder

Karl May
1974Nominee

Best Performance

Karl May

Nights on the Road
1952Winner

Best Writing

Nights on the Road

Career Highlights

Monpti
1957Highlight

Best Performance

Monpti

In Those Days
1947Highlight

Best Performance

In Those Days

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