Fritz Umgelter

Fritz Umgelter
Fritz Umgelter in the early 60s
Born	(1922-08-18)August 18, 1922 Stuttgart
Died	Frankfurt am Main
Nationality	German
Occupation	television director, television writer, film director
Known for	Der Winter, der ein Sommer war

Fritz Umgelter (18 August 1922 in Stuttgart – 9 May 1981 in Frankfurt am Main) 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 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:

• 1957 Alle Sünden dieser Erde
• 1958 de
• 1958 Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (American re-edited version version 1962: The Bellboy and the Playgirls)
• 1961 Only the Wind (... nur der Wind)
• 1965 Tread Softly (Schüsse aus dem Geigenkasten)
• 1967 de
• 1968 de (Uncredited. Director: Franz Antel)

His television work includes:

• de (1959)
• Am grünen Strand der Spree (1960)
• Montserrat (1962)
• Dantons Tod (1963)
• de (1964)
• Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967)
• Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973)
• de (1974)
• de (1975)
• de (1975)
• de (1976)
• Die rote Zora und ihre Bande (1979)

External links

• Fritz Umgelter at the Internet Movie Database