Wolfgang Staudte

Wolfgang Staudte
Wolfgang Staudte
Born	Georg Friedrich Staudte; 9 October 1906; Saarbrücken, German Empire
Died	19 January 1984 (aged 77); SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation	Film director, Screenwriter, Actor
Years active	1932–1969

Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken.

His most important work came in the ten years following World War II, in which he worked with the DEFA in East Germany. The main focus of his work was to highlight the limits of German national pride. His work in anti-Nazi films, such as Murderers Among Us (1946), was also a personal working through of his film career under the Nazis (he acted in the anti-Semitic film Jud Süß).

Following 1956 he worked in West Germany. By the 1970s, his work was no longer considered particularly modern and he moved to television, on shows such as Der Kommissar and Tatort.

Filmography

As director

Film

Bravo Acrobat! (1943)
Ich hab’ von dir geträumt (1944) — based on a story by Johann von Vásáry
Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl (1944, lost film, rediscovered 1996)
The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
The Adventures of Fridolin (1948) — remake of the lost film Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl
Rotation (1949)
Second Hand Destiny (1949)
A Tale of Five Cities (1951, anthology film)
Der Untertan (1951) — based on the novel Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann
Poison in the Zoo (directed by Hans Müller, 1952)
Das Mädchen Juanita (premiere: 1952, Überläufer from 1945)
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953) — based on the fairy tale Little Muck by Wilhelm Hauff
Leuchtfeuer (1954)
Ciske de Rat (Dutch-language, 1955) — based on the novel Ciske de Rat by Piet Bakker
- Ciske – ein Kind braucht Liebe (German-language, 1955) — based on the novel Ciske de Rat by Piet Bakker
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955, unfinished film) — based on Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children
Rose Bernd (1957) — based on Rose Bernd by Gerhart Hauptmann
Escape from Sahara (1958)
Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano (1958) — screenplay by Ennio de Concini, Duccio Tessari and W. Staudte
The Muzzle (1958) — based on a novel by Heinrich Spoerl
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
The Fair (1960)
The Last Witness (1960) — based on a book by Maximilian Vernberg
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (co-director: John Olden, 1962) — based on Time and the Conways by J. B. Priestley
Die Dreigroschenoper (1963) — based on Brecht's Threepenny Opera
Destination Death (1964)
Das Lamm (1964) — based on a story by Willy Kramp
Ganovenehre (1966) — based on a play by Charles Rudolph
Heimlichkeiten (1968)
Gentlemen in White Vests (1970)
Jailbreak in Hamburg (1971)
Zwischengleis (1978)

Television

Die Rebellion (1962, TV film) — based on the novel Rebellion by Joseph Roth
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens (1966, TV film)
Die Klasse (1968, TV film) — based on a novel by Hermann Ungar
Die Gartenlaube (1970, TV film) — based on a play by Hermann Ungar
Der Kommissar: Messer im Rücken (1970, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: ...wie die Wölfe (1970, TV series episode)
Die Kriminalnovelle (1970, TV series, 5 episodes)
Die Person (1970, TV film) — based on a story by Manfred Bieler
Der Kommissar: Besuch bei Alberti (1971, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Ende eines Tanzvergnügens (1971, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Die Anhalterin (1971, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Lisa Bassenges Mörder (1971, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Tod eines Ladenbesitzers (1971, TV series episode)
Der Seewolf (1971, TV miniseries) — based on The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
Der Kommissar: Ein rätselhafter Mord (1971, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Die Tote im Park (1972, TV series episode)
Verrat ist kein Gesellschaftsspiel (1972, TV film) — based on a novel by Raoul Anderland
Marya Sklodowska-Curie (1972, TV film) — biographical film about Marie Curie
Der Kommissar: Das Komplott (1973, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Die Nacht, in der Basseck starb (1973, TV series episode)
Der Kommissar: Ein Funken in der Kälte (1973, TV series episode)
Nerze nachts am Straßenrand (1973, TV film) — based on a novel by Hansjörg Martin
Tatort: Tote brauchen keine Wohnung (1973, TV series episode)
Ein fröhliches Dasein (1974, TV film) — screenplay by Robert Wolfgang Schnell
Lehmanns Erzählungen (1975, TV film) — based on a story by Siegfried Lenz
Schließfach 763 (1975, TV film) — screenplay by Michael Mansfeld
Kommissariat 9 (1975, TV series, 13 episodes)
Lockruf des Goldes (1975, TV miniseries) — based on Burning Daylight by Jack London
Tatort: Zwei Leben (1976, TV series episode)
Um zwei Erfahrungen reicher (1976, TV film) — screenplay by Robert Wolfgang Schnell
Prozeß Medusa (1976, TV film) — based on a novel by Erwin K. Münz
Tatort: Spätlese (1977, TV series episode)
MS Franziska (1978, TV miniseries)
Das verschollene Inka-Gold (1978, TV film) — based on a story by Jack London
Feuerwasser (1978, TV film) — based on a play by Ulrich Becher
Tatort: Die Kugel im Leib (1979, TV series episode)
Der eiserne Gustav (1979, TV miniseries) — based on the novel Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada
Tatort: Schussfahrt (1980, TV series episode)
Tatort: Schönes Wochenende (1980, TV series episode)
Die Pawlaks (1982, TV miniseries)
Nordlichter: Geschichten zwischen Watt und Weltstadt (1983, TV series, 4 episodes)
Satan ist auf Gottes Seite (1983, TV film) — based on a novel by Hans Herlin
Tatort: Freiwild (1984, TV series episode)
Der Snob (1984, TV film) — based on a play by Carl Sternheim
So ein Theater (1984, TV film)
Der eiserne Weg (1985, TV miniseries)

As screenwriter

The Axe of Wandsbek (dir. Falk Harnack, 1951) — based on a novel by Arnold Zweig

As actor

The Street Song (1931)
Secret of the Blue Room (1932)
Tannenberg (1932)
Homecoming to Happiness (1933)
Grand Duchess Alexandra (1933)
The Hymn of Leuthen (1933)
Stronger Than Regulations (1936)
Susanne in the Bath (1936)
Togger (1937)
All Lies (1938)
By a Silken Thread (1938)
D III 88 (1939)
Shoulder Arms (1939)
Legion Condor (1939)
Jud Süß (1940)
Friedemann Bach (1941)
Riding for Germany (1941)
The Big Game (1942)

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