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German film director
Fritz Umgelter (18 August 1922 – 9 May 1981) was a German television director, television writer, and film director.
Umgelter worked mainly in television as both a writer and director. He received directing credit for 68 TV films or series, and received writing credits for 22 TV films or series segments. He also directed 7 cinema films (of which he received directing credit for 6), but these were not critically acclaimed, and he remains best known for his television works.
Awards
In 1967 his television film, Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (based on the play
Chips with Everything by
Arnold Wesker ), he won the Teleplay Award at the
Baden-Baden TV Film Festival [
de ] . This award is presented by the
Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste and is a German analog to a
BAFTA or
Emmy Award .
Filmography
His film releases were:
His television work includes:
Nicht zuhören, meine Damen! (1954) — (based on
N'écoutez pas, mesdames ! )
Ein Phönix zuviel (1955) — (based on
A Phoenix Too Frequent )
Der Hund von Baskerville (1955) — (based on
The Hound of the Baskervilles )
Ein Volksfeind (1955) — (based on
An Enemy of the People )
Molière spielt in Versailles (1955) — (based on a play by
Walter Knaus [
de ] including three plays by
Molière )
Schiffchen zu 100 Francs (1956) — (based on the radio play Der Admiral by Alix du Frênes)
Der Flüchtling (1956) — (based on a play by
Fritz Hochwälder )
Gelähmte Schwingen (1956) — (based on a play by
Ludwig Thoma )
Der Verräter (1956) — (based on the play The Traitor by
Herman Wouk )
Öl und Champagner (1956) — (based on a play by
Ferenc Molnár )
Die letzte Patrouille? (1956) — (screenplay by
Artur Müller [
de ] )
Das Spinnennetz (1956) — (based on
Spider's Web by
Agatha Christie )
Zwölftausend (1956) — (based on a play by
Bruno Frank )
Zehn Jahre und drei Tage (1956) — (based on a radio play by
Ivo Braak [
de ] )
Die Panne (1957) — (based on
A Dangerous Game by
Friedrich Dürrenmatt )
Montserrat (1957) — (based on a play by
Emmanuel Roblès )
Monsignores große Stunde (1957) — (based on the play Monsignor's Hour by
Emmet Lavery )
Romeo und Julia (1957) — (based on
Romeo and Juliet )
Ganz groß in Kleinigkeiten (1957) — (based on An Eye for Detail by
Berkely Mather )
Don Carlos (1957) — (based on
Don Carlos )
Olivia (1958) — (based on
Love In Idleness )
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (1959, TV miniseries) — (based on the story of
Cornelius Rost )
Die Räuber (1959) — (based on
The Robbers )
Das mittlere Fenster (1959) — (based on the novel The Middle Window by
Elizabeth Goudge )
Am grünen Strand der Spree (1960, TV miniseries)
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war (1960) — (based on
The Man Who Was Thursday )
Gericht über Las Casas (1960) — (based on the play
Las Casas vor Karl V. [
de ] by
Reinhold Schneider )
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1961) — (based on
The Prince of Homburg )
Die Journalisten (1961) — (based on a play by
Gustav Freytag )
Und Pippa tanzt (1961) — (based on a play by
Gerhart Hauptmann )
Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst (1962, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by
Hans Fallada )
Montserrat (1962) — (based on a play by
Emmanuel Roblès )
Der Belagerungszustand (1963) — (based on
The State of Siege )
Danton's Death [
de ] (1963) — (based on
Danton's Death )
Die Abrechnung (1963) — (based on the play Zar Alexander by
Reinhold Schneider )
Freundschaftsspiel (1963) — (screenplay by
Dieter Meichsner [
de ] )
Der schlechte Soldat Smith (1963) — (based on the play The Bad Soldier Smith by
William Douglas Home )
Den Tod in der Hand (1963) — (based on the novel Échec au porteur by
Noël Calef [
fr ] )
Der Traum des Eroberers (1964) — (based on a play by
Reinhold Schneider )
König Richard III (1964) — (based on
Richard III )
Tom und seine Söhne (1964) — (based on
The Country Boy )
Bei Tag und Nacht (1964) — (based on
The Dog in the Manger )
The Physicists [
de ] (1964) — (based on
The Physicists )
Überstunden (1965) — (screenplay by
Johannes Hendrich [
de ] )
Der Sündenbock (1965) — (based on a novel by
Luise Rinser )
Nun singen sie wieder (1965) — (based on a play by
Max Frisch )
Nachtfahrt (1965) — (based on a novel by Simon Glas)
Perlenkomödie (1966) — (based on a play by
Bruno Frank )
Münchhausen (1966) — (based on a play by
Walter Hasenclever )
Freiheit im Dezember (1966) — (screenplay by
Leo Lehman [
de ] )
Caroline (1966) — (based on a play by
W. Somerset Maugham )
Herrenhaus (1966) — (based on the play Mannerhouse by
Thomas Wolfe )
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (1966) — (based on
The Good Person of Szechwan )
Nur einer wird leben (1966) — (based on a novel by
André Picot [
fr ] )
Die Affäre Eulenburg (1967) — (
Docudrama about the
Harden–Eulenburg affair )
Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967) — (based on
Chips with Everything )
Mr. Arcularis (1967) — (based on a story by
Conrad Aiken )
Sieben Wochen auf dem Eis (1967) — (
Docudrama about the crash of the
airship Italia )
So war Herr Brummell (1967) — (film about
Beau Brummell , based on a play by
Ernst Penzoldt )
Fräulein Julie (1968) — (based on
Miss Julie )
Die Freier (1969) — (based on a play by
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff )
Epitaph für einen König (1969) — (based on
August Strindberg 's play Karl XII )
Rebellion of the Lost [
de ] (1969, TV miniseries) — (screenplay by
Wolfgang Menge , based on a novel by
Henry Jaeger )
Der Tanz des Sergeanten Musgrave (1969) — (based on
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance )
Like a Tear in the Ocean [
de ] (1970, TV miniseries) — (based on Like a Tear in the Ocean by
Manès Sperber )
Sessel zwischen den Stühlen (1970) — (screenplay by
Wolfgang Menge )
Menschen (1970) — (based on
Creatures That Once Were Men by
Maxim Gorky )
Merkwürdige Geschichten (1970–71, TV series, 13 episodes)
Viel Getu' um nichts (1971) — (based on
Much Ado About Nothing )
Elsa Brändström (1971) — (
Docudrama about
Elsa Brändström )
Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall – Ur-Opas dufter Krieg 70/71 (co-director: Jürgen Neven-du Mont, 1971)
Das Abenteuer eines armen Christenmenschen (1971) — (based on
Story of a Humble Christian )
Das Klavier (1972) — (based on a novel by
Julius Tinzmann [
de ] )
Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about
Friedrich von der Trenck )
Der Vorgang (1973) — (based on a novel by
Ladislav Mňačko )
Wenn alle anderen fehlen (1973) — (screenplay by
Manfred Bieler [
de ] )
Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel (1973) — (based on La Fin et les Moyens by
Louis C. Thomas [
fr ] )
Arsène Lupin (1974, TV series, 3 episodes)
Im Vorhof der Wahrheit [
de ] (1974) — (screenplay by
Johannes Hendrich [
de ] )
Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski [
de ] (1975, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about
Maurice Benyovszky )
Tatort :
Die Rechnung wird nachgereicht [
de ] (1975)
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus [
de ] (1975, TV miniseries) — (based on
Simplicius Simplicissimus )
Ein Badeunfall (1976) — (screenplay by
Karl Wittlinger [
de ] )
Tatort :
Zwei Flugkarten nach Rio [
de ] (1976)
Die Babenberger in Österreich (1976) — (documentary about the
Babenberg dynasty, starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer )
Der Winter, der ein Sommer war [
de ] (1976, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by
Sandra Paretti )
Tatort :
Flieder für Jaczek [
de ] (1977)
Tatort :
Feuerzauber [
de ] (1977)
Vorhang auf, wir spielen Mord (1978) — (based on the novel Enter Murderers by
Henry Slesar )
Ein typischer Fall (1978) — (screenplay by
Irene Rodrian [
de ] )
Revolution in Frankfurt [
de ] (1979) — (film about the
Fettmilch uprising 1614)
Dr. Knock oder Der Triumph der Medizin (1979) — (based on
Knock )
Die rote Zora und ihre Bande (1979, TV miniseries) — (based on
The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle )
The Weavers [
de ] (1980) — (based on
The Weavers )
Gesucht wird ... – Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (1980) — (screenplay by
Herbert Reinecker )
In Prag und anderswo (1980) — (biographical film about
Jaroslav Hašek )
Tatort :
Schattenboxen [
de ] (1981)
In the Land of Cockaigne (1981) — (based on a novel by
Heinrich Mann )
Das Traumschiff (1981–82, TV series, 6 episodes)
References
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