Helmut Käutner

Screenwriter, Film director

1908 – 1980

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Who was Helmut Käutner?

Helmut Käutner 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.

His 1956 film, Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards. Three years later, his film The Rest Is Silence was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Born
Mar 25, 1908
Düsseldorf
Also known as
  • Helmut Kautner
  • Paul Günther Helmut Käutner
  • Käutner
  • Helmut Koytner
Spouses
Nationality
  • West Germany
  • German Empire
Profession
Died
Apr 20, 1980
Castellina in Chianti

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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