Rolf Zehetbauer(1929-2022)

Production Designer
Art Director
Set Decorator

Rolf Zehetbauer was born on 13 February 1929 in Munich, Germany. He was a production designer and art director, known for Cabaret (1972), The NeverEnding Story (1984) and Enemy Mine (1985). He died on 23 January 2022 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

Won 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Cabaret

7.8

Production Designer

1972

The NeverEnding Story

7.3

Set Decorator

1984

Enemy Mine

6.9

Production Designer

1985

The Devil Strikes at Night

7.2

Production Designer

1957

Credits

IMDbPro

Production Designer

Luther
6.6
- Production Designer
- 2003
Manila
5.7
- Production Designer
- 2000
Otto - Der Katastrofenfilm
4.3
- Production Designer
- 2000
Marlene
5.8
- Production Designer
- 2000
The Harmonists
7.2
- Production Designer
- 1997
Brother of Sleep
7.0
- Production Designer
- 1995
The NeverEnding Story III
3.2
- Production Designer
- 1994
Cyber Eden
4.4
- Production Designer
- 1992
Erfolg
6.7
- Production Designer
- 1991
Ödipussi
7.4
- Production Designer
- 1988
Schloß Königswald
6.5
- Production Designer
- 1988
Top Kids
5.6
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1987
Enemy Mine
6.9
- Production Designer
- 1985
Das Boot
8.8
TV Mini Series
- Production Designer
- 1985
Wunderland
6.3
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1983

Art Director

Oh Jonathan, oh Jonathan!
5.6
- Art Director
- 1973
Unter anderem Ehebruch
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1972
King, Queen, Knave
5.4
- Art Director
- 1972
The Last Escape
5.2
- Art Director
- 1970
Der Sommer der 17. Puppe
8.9
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1968
Jack of Diamonds
5.3
- Art Director
- 1967
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
5.8
- Art Director (uncredited)
- 1967
Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion
8.0
TV Series
- Art Director
- 1966
I Deal in Danger
5.5
- Art Director
- 1966
Ein Schloß
9.0
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1966
Das Bohrloch oder Bayern ist nicht Texas
8.6
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1966
Blue Light
6.9
TV Series
- Art Director
- 1966
Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1965
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
5.9
- Art Director
- 1965
The Nutcracker
7.7
TV Movie
- Art Director
- 1964

Set Decorator

Personal details

Alternative name
- Rudolf Zehetbauer
Born
- February 13, 1929
- Munich, Germany
Died
- January 23, 2022
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Did you know

Trivia
Greatly admired by American director Robert Aldrich, who worked with him on Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977). Aldrich described him as being, along with Sir Ken Adam, one of the two finest production designers in Europe.