Trivia

He was a German film director and screenwriter.

In addition to directing, he also wrote poems and theater productions.

After graduating, he first worked for radio and then as an assistant director for Hanns Farenburg.

In 1961 he received the SDR Poetry Prize.

Hädrich studied theater and history from 1949 to 1954. During his studies he was a member of the Studentenbühne Berlin.

In 1968 he received the Golden Camera award.

In 1968 he received the German Academy of Performing Arts' TV Film Award for directing Murder in Frankfurt (Mord in Frankfurt).

In 1969 and 1974 he received the Adolf Grimme Prize (one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme, and referred to Kino magazine as the "German TV Oscar").

As a student in Hamburg, Rolf Hädrich intended to adapt and stage the novel "Der Fremde" by Albert Camus, the French writer and contemporary of Jean Paul Sartres. There was an exchange of letters between the two. Camus gave his approval in his letter, but at the same time explained why he considered this project impossible. Rolf Hädrich later made a radio play version of the material.

Hädrich was a founding member of the P.E.N. Club Liechtenstein.

His film Verspätung in Marienborn (US title: Stop Train 349) was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.