Cast & creator
Helmut Käutner
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Derrick, Derrick
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.
126
film credits
14
television credits
41
1932–1977 · acting roles
7.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (140)
Showing 140 of 140 credits
Scene of the Crime
Robert Kemm
1970
Derrick
Paul Seibach
1974Derrick
Duktus
1974Derrick
Director
1974
Bambi
Self
1948German Film Award
Self
1951Grimme Award
Self
1964
The Commissioner
Hugo Blasek
1969Blick zurück im Film
Self
1963
Eichholz & Söhne
Franz Schadow
1977Das ist Ihr Leben
Self
1976
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
Sir Gordon Towns
1968
This Time it Must Be Caviar
Director
1961
Nights on the Road
Screenplay
1952
Die Frau in Weiß
Sir Frederic Fairlie
1971
The Dream of Lieschen Müller
Director
1961
Karl May
Karl May
1974
Operation Caviar
Director
1961
Ludwig II
Director
1955
The Original Sin
Prof. Petri
1948The Original Sin
Director
1948The Original Sin
Producer
1948The Original Sin
Writer
1948Stella
Director
1967
The Captain from Kopenick
Screenplay
1956The Captain from Kopenick
Director
1956
Königskinder
1950Königskinder
Director
1950
A Stranger in My Arms
Director
1959
Port of Freedom
Karl
1944Port of Freedom
Screenplay
1944Port of Freedom
Director
1944
Karl May
Karl May
1974Die gefälschte Göttin
Kapitän
1971Die gefälschte Göttin
Director
1971Leben wie die Fürsten
Director
1966
The House in Montevideo
Director
1963The House in Montevideo
Writer
1963
Monpti
Erzähler
1957Monpti
Director
1957Monpti
Writer
1957
Zu jung für die Liebe?!
Dr. Blendheim
1961Zu jung für die Liebe?!
Co-Director
1961
Without Trumpet or Drum
Königliche Hoheit
1959Without Trumpet or Drum
Director
1959Without Trumpet or Drum
Writer
1959
The Restless Years
Director
1958
In Those Days
Das Auto (voice)
1947In Those Days
Writer
1947In Those Days
Director
1947In Those Days
Producer
1947
The Rest Is Silence
Director
1959The Rest Is Silence
Writer
1959The Rest Is Silence
Producer
1959
Reaching for the Stars
Writer
1955
The Girl from Flanders
1956The Girl from Flanders
Director
1956
Hauser's Memory
Dr. Kramer
1970
The Devil's General
Screenplay
1955The Devil's General
Director
1955Mulligans Rückkehr
Director
1977
Epilogue
1950Epilogue
Director
1950Epilogue
Screenplay
1950
Captain Bay-Bay
Director
1953Captain Bay-Bay
Writer
1953
Van der Valk and the Rich
Canisius
1973
Romance in a Minor Key
Poet
1943Romance in a Minor Key
Director
1943Romance in a Minor Key
Writer
1943
Black Gravel
Director
1961Black Gravel
Writer
1961
The Canterville Ghost
Himself
1964The Canterville Ghost
Director
1964The Canterville Ghost
Writer
1964
Clothes Make the Man
Director
1940Clothes Make the Man
Writer
1940Temptation in the Summer Wind
Professor
1972
Under the Bridges
Writer
1946Under the Bridges
Director
1946Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs Tusmann
Director
1972Ornifle oder Der erzürnte Himmel
Director
1974
Kitty and the World Conference
Director
1939Kitty and the World Conference
Writer
1939
Sky Without Stars
Director
1955Sky Without Stars
Novel
1955Sky Without Stars
Writer
1955
Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas
Director
1970Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch
Valentin Katajew
1967Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch
Director
1967
The Zurich Engagement
Reporter
1957The Zurich Engagement
Writer
1957The Zurich Engagement
Director
1957
Robin Hood, der edle Räuber
Director
1966Robin Hood, der edle Räuber
Writer
1966
The Fair
Producer
1960
Wir Kellerkinder
Chauffeur
1960
Redhead
Director
1962Redhead
Writer
1962Der Teufel und der liebe Gott
Erzbischof
1967
Die preußische Heirat
Director
1974Die preußische Heirat
Writer
1974
We Make Music
Director
1942We Make Music
Writer
1942
Lausbubengeschichten
Director
1964Romulus der Große
Director
1965
The Last Bridge
1954The Last Bridge
Director
1954The Last Bridge
Screenplay
1954
Goodbye, Franziska
Director
1941Goodbye, Franziska
Writer
1941
Der Schinderhannes
1958Der Schinderhannes
Director
1958
Diary of a Serial Killer
Director
1969White Shadows
Director
1951
The Fire Tongs Bowl
Director
1970The Fire Tongs Bowl
Writer
1970
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Director
1954Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Screenplay
1954Annoncentheater
Director
1962
Film Without Title
Producer
1948Film Without Title
Writer
1948Frau nach Maß
Director
1940Frau nach Maß
Writer
1940
Goodbye, Francesca!
Story
1957Margarete in Aix
Director
1976
A Glass of Water
Director
1960A Glass of Water
Screenplay
1960Bend Sinister
Adam Krug
1970
Anushka
Director
1942Anushka
Writer
1942Die Flasche
Director
1965Der trojanische Sessel
Paul Hoffmann
1971Einladung ins Schloß
Director
1970
Bel Ami
Writer
1968Bel Ami
Director
1968
Cruiser Emden
Matrose der 'Emden'
1932Feinde
General a. D.
1976Wir machen Musik
Guest
1966Verbotenes Land
Prof. Dr. Sigmund Freud
1967