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Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany .
Jul 14, 2008 · Käutner, who (like his peer David Lean) would have turned 100 on March 25, liked his comedy double-edged, whether elegant and understated or raucous and sharp. His tragedies are no less ambivalent.
Helmut Käutner was born on 25 March 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Captain from Köpenick (1956), The Last Bridge (1954) and The Rest Is Silence (1959). He was married to Erica Balqué. He died on 20 April 1980 in Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.
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- Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Helmut Käutner was born on March 25, 1908 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Captain from Köpenick (1956), The Last Bridge (1954) and The Rest Is Silence (1959). He was married to Erica Balqué.
Helmut Käutner (born March 25, 1908, Düsseldorf, Germany—died April 20, 1980, Castellina, Italy) was a German film director, actor, and screenwriter who was acclaimed as one of the most intelligent and humanistic directors of the Third Reich.
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All Pictures (25) Biography. Helmut Käutner was born March 25, 1908, in Düsseldorf, as the son of merchant Paul Läutner and his wife Claire, born Röntgen. In 1916, the family moved to Essen where Käutner attended Helmholtz-Realgymnasium and participated in school theatre performances.
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Helmut Käutner was the son of a merchant from Düsseldorf. He started his studies in Munich in 1928 and from 1931 to 1935 he was a cabaret artist in the ensemble "Die Nachrichter". In 1934 he married the actress Erica Balqué, who worked as his assistent.
