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Rolf Thiele(1918-1994)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Rolf Thiele was born on 7 March 1918 in Prödlitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]. He was a director and producer, known for Rosemary (1958), Tonio Kröger (1964) and Friederike von Barring (1956). He died on 9 October 1994 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
BornMarch 7, 1918
DiedOctober 9, 1994(76)
BornMarch 7, 1918
DiedOctober 9, 1994(76)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

Known for

Rosemary (1958)
Rosemary
6.6
  • Director
  • 1958
Tonio Kröger (1964)
Tonio Kröger
6.9
  • Director
  • 1964
Martin Held, Carl Raddatz, Rolf Thiele, and Nadja Tiller in Friederike von Barring (1956)
Friederike von Barring
4.6
  • Director
  • 1956
Primanerinnen (1951)
Primanerinnen
5.7
  • Director
  • 1951

Credits

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Director

  • Stephen Boyd, Horst Buchholz, and Karin Dor in Women in Hospital (1977)
    Women in Hospital
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Rosemaries Tochter (1976)
    Rosemaries Tochter
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Angela von Radloff in Ondine (1974)
    Ondine
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Versuchung im Sommerwind (1972)
    Versuchung im Sommerwind
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Thomas Danneberg in Praise, What Makes You Hard (1972)
    Praise, What Makes You Hard
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1972
  • The Love Keys (1971)
    The Love Keys
    4.1
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Der Paukenspieler (1971)
    Der Paukenspieler
    7.9
    • Director (segment "Glockentönin Bim")
    • 1971
  • Der scharfe Heinrich (1971)
    Der scharfe Heinrich
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei (1970)
    Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei
    4.0
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Curd Jürgens, Alexandra Stewart, Rolf Thiele, Nadja Tiller, and Gila von Weitershausen in Slap in the Face (1970)
    Slap in the Face
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Andrea Rau in Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was! (1970)
    Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was!
    4.7
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults (1969)
    Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults
    4.7
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein (1968)
    Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Die Ente klingelt um halb acht (1968)
    Die Ente klingelt um halb acht
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Curt Goetz, Robert Hoffmann, Curd Jürgens, Rolf Thiele, and Heidelinde Weis in Der Lügner und die Nonne (1967)
    Der Lügner und die Nonne
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1967

Producer

  • David Bowie and Kim Novak in Just a Gigolo (1978)
    Just a Gigolo
    5.4
    • producer
    • 1978
  • Man nennt es Amore (1961)
    Man nennt es Amore
    • producer
    • 1961
  • Johanna von Koczian in Agatha, laß das Morden sein! (1960)
    Agatha, laß das Morden sein!
    5.5
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Hansjörg Felmy, James Robertson Justice, and Nadja Tiller in Die Botschafterin (1960)
    Die Botschafterin
    5.0
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Ingrid Andree, Hanns Lothar, and Josef von Báky in Sturm im Wasserglas (1960)
    Sturm im Wasserglas
    7.4
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Der Mann, der sich verkaufte (1959)
    Der Mann, der sich verkaufte
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1959
  • Achtung, Synkope
    Short
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Susanne Cramer and Peter van Eyck in Schwarze Nylons - Heiße Nächte (1958)
    Schwarze Nylons - Heiße Nächte
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Hansjörg Felmy, Wera Frydtberg, Robert Graf, Kurt Hoffmann, and Johanna von Koczian in Aren't We Wonderful? (1958)
    Aren't We Wonderful?
    7.5
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Horst Buchholz and Liselotte Pulver in Confessions of Felix Krull (1957)
    Confessions of Felix Krull
    6.8
    • producer
    • 1957
  • Tokaido - Bilder einer Reise
    Short
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Martin Held, Carl Raddatz, Rolf Thiele, and Nadja Tiller in Friederike von Barring (1956)
    Friederike von Barring
    4.6
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Ohne dich wird es Nacht (1956)
    Ohne dich wird es Nacht
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Nacht der Entscheidung (1956)
    Nacht der Entscheidung
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Klaus Behrendt, Karl Hackenberg, Paul Henckels, Evi Kent, Mila Kopp, Ida Krottendorf, Jester Naefe, Rudolf Platte, and Rolf Thiele in Mamitschka (1955)
    Mamitschka
    6.7
    • producer
    • 1955

Writer

  • David Bowie and Kim Novak in Just a Gigolo (1978)
    Just a Gigolo
    5.4
    • collaboration on screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Thomas Danneberg in Praise, What Makes You Hard (1972)
    Praise, What Makes You Hard
    5.0
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • Der Paukenspieler (1971)
    Der Paukenspieler
    7.9
    • Writer (segment "Glockentönin Bim")
    • 1971
  • Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei (1970)
    Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei
    4.0
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Andrea Rau in Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was! (1970)
    Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was!
    4.7
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults (1969)
    Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults
    4.7
    • writer
    • 1969
  • Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein (1968)
    Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein
    5.2
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Der Tod eines Doppelgängers (1967)
    Der Tod eines Doppelgängers
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Walter Giller, Curd Jürgens, Charles Regnier, and Rolf Thiele in They're Too Much (1965)
    They're Too Much
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • 1965
  • Mario Adorf, Rudolf Forster, Peter Parten, Charles Regnier, Rolf Thiele, Nadja Tiller, and Fritz Tillmann in Moral 63 (1963)
    Moral 63
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Jane Axell, Nicole Badal, Ina Duscha, Monica Ekman, Claudia Marus, Marisa Mell, Rolf Thiele, and Christina Granberg in Venusberg (1963)
    Venusberg
    8.1
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Mario Adorf, O.E. Hasse, Hildegard Knef, Rolf Thiele, and Nadja Tiller in Lulu (1962)
    Lulu
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Man nennt es Amore (1961)
    Man nennt es Amore
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Auf Engel schießt man nicht (1960)
    Auf Engel schießt man nicht
    4.9
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Hansjörg Felmy, James Robertson Justice, and Nadja Tiller in Die Botschafterin (1960)
    Die Botschafterin
    5.0
    • Writer
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 7, 1918
    • Prödlitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • October 9, 1994
    • Munich, Bavaria, Germany(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    German producer-director of the 1950's and 60's, best known for El Hakim (1957) and the controversial "Skandalfilm" Rosemary (1958). With Hans Abich, Thiele set up the Filmaufbau GmbH in 1946, serving as its head of production. Much of their later output consisted of erotic potboilers, interspersed with such occasional literary adaptations as Thomas Mann's Tonio Kröger (1964).

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