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Johannes Kai(1912-1999)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Johannes Kai was an author, a screenwriter and a film director. He was born on December 13, 1912 in Cairo under the name Hanns Wiedmann. In 1936 he received his doctorate phil. at the University in Munich and then wrote novels and essays with mostly military themes. Later he used the German name of his birthplace - Kairo - as inspiration for his alias Kai. In the 1950s Johannes Kai went into screenwriting. He died in 1999, 10 days before his 87th birthday.
BornOctober 13, 1912
DiedOctober 3, 1999(86)
BornOctober 13, 1912
DiedOctober 3, 1999(86)
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Known for

Flitterwochen in der Hölle (1960)
Flitterwochen in der Hölle
4.3
  • Writer
  • 1960
Hannelore Elsner in Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften (1961)
Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften
6.6
  • Director
  • 1961
Der Löwe von Babylon (1959)
Der Löwe von Babylon
4.9
  • Writer
  • 1959
Liebe, Krach und Himmelbett
  • Writer
  • 1962

Credits

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Writer



  • Master Eder and His Pumuckl (1982)
    Master Eder and His Pumuckl
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Writer (as Hans Wiedmann)
    • 1988–1989
  • Helga Anders and Tone Kacicnik in Ferien in Lipizza (1966)
    Ferien in Lipizza
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer (as Hanns Wiedmann)
    • 1966–1967
  • Paul Hubschmid, Gianfranco Parolini, Horst Frank, Dorothee Parker, Brad Harris, Marianne Hold, Chris Howland, Philippe Lemaire, Michèle Mahaut, and Gianni Rizzo in Mission to Hell (1964)
    Mission to Hell
    4.4
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi (1963)
    Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi
    5.1
    • writer
    • 1963
  • The Black Abbot (1963)
    The Black Abbot
    5.8
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Heinz Drache and Luciana Gilli in The Black Panther of Ratana (1963)
    The Black Panther of Ratana
    5.4
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Liebe, Krach und Himmelbett
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett (1962)
    Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett
    5.2
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Klaus Kinski in The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
    The Door with Seven Locks
    6.0
    • additional work
    • 1962
  • Treibjagd auf ein Leben (1961)
    Treibjagd auf ein Leben
    5.2
    • screenplay and idea
    • 1961
  • The Forger of London (1961)
    The Forger of London
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • Until Hell Is Frozen (1961)
    Until Hell Is Frozen
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Flitterwochen in der Hölle (1960)
    Flitterwochen in der Hölle
    4.3
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Der Löwe von Babylon (1959)
    Der Löwe von Babylon
    4.9
    • screenplay
    • dialogue (as Hanns Wiedmann)
    • 1959
  • Margit Saad in Heiße Ware (1959)
    Heiße Ware
    7.8
    • writer
    • 1959

Director



  • Helga Anders and Tone Kacicnik in Ferien in Lipizza (1966)
    Ferien in Lipizza
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director (as Hanns Wiedmann)
    • 1966–1967
  • Liebe, Krach und Himmelbett
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Hannelore Elsner in Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften (1961)
    Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Flitterwochen in der Hölle (1960)
    Flitterwochen in der Hölle
    4.3
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Der Löwe von Babylon (1959)
    Der Löwe von Babylon
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1959

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Hilfe - sie liebt mich (1956)
    Hilfe - sie liebt mich
    5.8
    • assistant director (as Dr. Hanns Wiedmann)
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Roman Kai
  • Born
    • October 13, 1912
    • Cairo, Egypt
  • Died
    • October 3, 1999
    • Germany

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