Karl Spiehs
Karl Spiehs , also Carl Spiehs , (born February 20, 1931 in Blindendorf- Dunkelstein, a district of the municipality of Ternitz , Lower Austria ; † January 27, 2022 ) was an Austrian film producer .
Life
Start of career as a promoter
The son of the innkeeper couple Karl and Anna Spiehs attended hotel management school and started his career with a performance of the operetta Im Weißen Rössl in his parents' inn. He made a name for himself as a promoter of hit events and lecture tours.
recording and production management
In 1960, he managed to get into the film business with the feature film Die Glocke Ruf , on which he initially worked as second production manager and on completion as co-producer. In 1961, Spiehs was hired by the Wiener Stadthalle , first as music recording manager and then as production manager .
film production
In 1965 he founded his own film company called Intercontinental Film . In 1967 he acquired 50% of the shares in Paul Löwinger 's Lisa Film , which he largely controlled from then on, since Löwinger was limited to his function as a partner.
In the mid-1970s, Spiehs also founded his own film distribution company, Residenz-Film , which, alongside his own films, also brought foreign products to the cinemas and was restructured under the name "Tivoli" in the 1980s . During these years, Spiehs produced a large number of comedy films and other entertainment films , most of which were well received by the public , but were either ignored or often panned by film critics . These films often feature Lake Wörthersee , where Spiehs acquired his summer residence. He occasionally appeared in his films himself, mostly as a limited police officer. Only rarely did he dare to film demanding originals such as Arthur Schnitzler 's Der Reigen in 1973 or Hans Fallada's Everyone Dies for Himself in 1976 .
TV production
Thanks to private television , Spiehs also managed to get into TV production at the beginning of the 1990s. Above all, the RTL series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee , starring the rediscovered Roy Black , was a big hit with the public. He subsequently focused more on television work, gaining widespread recognition with the 2003 two-parter The Return of the Dance Teacher .
private
His daughter Waltraud (* 1952) came from his childhood sweetheart Hilde. Spiehs' first wife Elfriede is the mother of his son Gerhard (* 1958). With the former show assistant Lissy Kofler he has the son Michael Kofler (* 1962). On December 21, 1966, he married actress Angelika Ott . Their sons are the film producer David Spiehs (* 1974) and Benjamin Spiehs (* 1981).
Filmography (selection)
film productions
- 1962: Dance with me in the morning
- 1963: Sing, but don't play with me
- 1963: The Merry Vagabonds (The Girls Like That)
- 1963: Our amazing nieces
- 1963: Is Geraldine an Angel?
- 1963: With best recommendations
- 1963: The Great Love Game
- 1963: Red Lips Should Be Kissed (The Whole World Is Sky Blue)
- 1963: The last ride to Santa Cruz
- 1964: Our great aunts in the South Seas
- 1964: Breakfast with Death
- 1964: I learned that from dad
- 1964: The wind is blowing hot
- 1964: Happy ending at Wörthersee (Happy ending at Attersee)
- 1964: DM Killer
- 1965: The girl from the Bohemian Forest
- 1965: Shots in three-four time
- 1965: The Love Carousel
- 1966: The nights are hot in Frankfurt
- 1966: The Love Source
- 1966: Maigret and his biggest case
- 1966: Bel Ami 2000 or How to Seduce a Playboy
- 1966: I liked killing the women
- 1966: How Do You Kill a Lady? (The Mystery of the Yellow Monks)
- 1966: Sartana (Mille dollari sul nero)
- 1967: The Rest House of the Cruel Dolls
- 1967: Hot plaster Cologne
- 1967: Hayloft Whispers
- 1967: Midsummer Night
- 1968: 69 love games
- 1968: Paradise of the brisk sinners
- 1968: Peter and Sabine
- 1968: Always trouble with the drummers
- 1969: The Daring Stories – after Honoré de Balzac
- 1969: Couple looking for like-minded people
- 1969: All kittens like to snack
- 1969: Help, I Love Twins!
- 1969: Our doctor is the best
- 1970: When You're With Me
- 1970: Thorn White and Snow Rose
- 1970: Our drummers blow up
- 1970: Music, music - the Penne is shaking
- 1970: He who laughs last laughs best
- 1970: Josefine Mutzenbacher
- 1970: When the great aunts come
- 1970: Josefine Mutzenbacher II - My 365 lovers
- 1970: The Naked Countess
- 1971: Aunt Trude from Buxtehude
- 1971: When my darling hits the drum
- 1971: Do anything
- 1971: Rudi, behave yourself!
- 1971: The great aunts strike
- 1971: Reverend turns a blind eye
- 1971: Pediatrician Dr. Happy
- 1972: Bloody Friday
- 1972: Always Trouble with Reverend
- 1972: My daughter - your daughter
- 1972: The Cry of the Black Wolves
- 1972: Hustle About Trixie
- 1972: The Vicarage Comedy
- 1973: The gentian blooms blue
- 1973: Crazy - totally crazy
- 1973: What schoolgirls don't tell
- 1973: Round dance
- 1973: Go, take off your dirndl
- 1973: The Bloody Vultures of Alaska
- 1973: If Every Day Was a Sunday
- 1974: Alpenglüh'n in a dirndl skirt
- 1974: Keep drilling, mate
- 1974: When girls call for manoeuvres
- 1974: Two in Seventh Heaven
- 1974: It Wasn't the Nightingale
- 1975: What is the mouse doing in the bathhouse?
- 1976: Everyone dies for himself
- 1976: Greek Figs
- 1977: The joy of flying
- 1977: Three Swedes in Upper Bavaria
- 1977: Vanessa
- 1978: Hooray, the Swedes are here
- 1978: The Island of a Thousand Joys
- 1978: The Love Hotel in Tyrol
- 1978: Popcorn and Raspberry Ice Cream
- 1978: Summer Night Fever
- 1979: Sunny Boy and Sugar Baby
- 1979: Coke, Candy, Chocolate
- 1979: The schoolgirls from the Zoo meeting place
- 1979: Hot dogs in Ibiza
- 1979: Count Dracula (now biting) in Upper Bavaria
- 1980: The beautiful savages of Ibiza
- 1980: Tender but cheeky like Oskar
- 1980: Desideria ( Desideria: La vita interiore )
- 1980: Three Swedes on the Reeperbahn
- 1980: The Saw of Death
- 1981: A cactus is not a candy
- 1981: Cold as Ice
- 1981: Pirate radio station Powerplay
- 1981: Banana Joe
- 1981: Frankfurt Kaiserstrasse
- 1982: A Fat Dog
- 1982: All hell broke loose in the jungle
- 1982: Baby street in the restricted area
- 1983: The Super Noses
- 1983: The Crazy Beach Hotel
- 1983: Sunshine reggae in Ibiza
- 1984: School Girls '84
- 1984: Stitch in the side
- 1984: Mama Mia - Don't Panic
- 1984: Two noses fill up Super
- 1984: Coconuts
- 1984: Bring on the little pigs
- 1984: Three and a Half Servings
- 1985: The Beginners
- 1985: Red roses for a call girl
- 1985: The Chocolate Sniffers
- 1986: Money or Liver
- 1986: Kunyonga - Murder in Africa
- 1986: Please let the flowers live
- 1987: Tender Chaos
- 1988: Strong times
- 1988: Tender Chaots II (uncredited)
- 1988: Killing Blue
- 1989: Two women
- 1989: You don't kiss gummy bears
- 1990: A woman named Harry
- 1992: Fiorile
television productions
- 1990: A Castle on Lake Wörthersee (series, until 1993)
- 1991: The great freedom (series, until 1992)
- 1992: Almenrausch and Powder Snow (Series)
- 1993: Peter and Paul (series, until 1994)
- 1993: The Blue Diamond
- 1993: Reverend Inherits Paradise
- 1993: Vet Christine
- 1993: Paradise at the End of the Mountains
- 1993: The Matchmaker
- 1994: Always trouble with Nicole
- 1994: Sun over the Jungle
- 1994: Three to Love (Series)
- 1994: Our School is the Best (Series)
- 1994: My friend the Lipizzaner
- 1994: Honey, I have to go on a business trip
- 1995: Clinic under palm trees (series, until 2002)
- 1995: The Black Curse - Deadly Passions
- 1995: A Kissable Judge
- 1995: Veterinarian Christine - A woman struggles through
- 1996: Your Reverend Trouble With Paradise
- 1996: Happily divorced
- 1997: The Super Bulls
- 1997: Happy Chaotics
- 1997: A heart grows young again
- 1998: The Blue Gun
- 1998: Deadly Diamonds (two-parter)
- 1998: Last chance for Harry
- 1998: Vet Christine - Adventures in South Africa
- 1999: The Girl in the Pie
- 1999: The Great Guy (series, until 2004)
- 2000: Fling into happiness
- 2001: Enemies of the Heart
- 2001: The bestseller (series, until 2004)
- 2001: An island to dream of - Koh Samui
- 2001: Love, Lies, Passions (series, until 2002)
- 2002: Three under one roof
- 2002: The boys from Paulstrasse
- 2002: A Christmas Present from Heaven
- 2002: August the Lucky
- 2003-2014: The Dream Hotel (series)
- 2003: All the happiness on earth
- 2003: The Return of the Dance Teacher (two-parter)
- 2004: When the father with the son
- 2004: White-Blue Winter Tales (series, until 2005)
- 2004: The Sonnenfeld family (series)
- 2005: Agathe can't stop it (Series)
- 2005: A Priest's Love
- 2005: Laura's Wishlist
- 2005: The Alpine Clinic
- 2006: Death of a boar
- 2007: Murder in Good Company (TV Series)
- 2012: Grandma against her will
awards
- 1992: Romy
- 1992: Silver medal for services to the state of Vienna
- 1996: Honorary citizen of the market town of Velden am Wörther See
- 2001: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2002: Gold Medal of Honor for services to the State of Vienna
- 2002: Golden Rathausmann of the City of Vienna
- 2004: Romy
- 2006: Professional title Professor
- 2009: Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for services to the province of Lower Austria
- 2015: Platinum Romy for lifetime achievement
- 2018: Grand Decoration of Honor for services to the Republic of Austria
Karl Spiehs also received awards from the federal states of Carinthia and Lower Austria.
literature
- Roman Schliesser : The super nose - Karl Spiehs and his films. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-8000-7228-6 .
- Kay less : the great encyclopedia of characters in film . The actors, directors, cinematographers, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, set designers, costume designers, cutters, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 414 f.
web links
- Literature by and about Karl Spiehs in the German National Library catalogue
- Karl Spiehs at the Internet Movie Database
- Karl Spiehs at filmportal.de
- Book review at TV-KULT.COM Die Supernase – Karl Spiehs and his films
itemizations
- ↑ "Carl the Great": ORF Niederösterreich presents a portrait of Carl Spieh's "Austria picture from the Landesstudio Niederösterreich" on February 25 . APA filing February 24, 2001, accessed February 5, 2015.
- ↑ a b Large Golden Medal of Honor of the State of Lower Austria for Karl Spiehs . APA filing May 19, 2009, accessed February 5, 2015.
- ↑ Successful producer Karl Spiehs died at the age of 90. In: apa.at. Austria Press Agency , January 27, 2022, retrieved January 27, 2022 .
- ↑ List of recipients of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ Kurier - These are the nominees for the KURIER ROMY 2015 . Article of March 4, 2015, retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ↑ NÖN: Karl Spiehs receives decoration of the republic . Article of August 7, 2018, accessed August 7, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at: Karl Spiehs receives decoration of the Republic . Article of August 7, 2018, accessed August 7, 2018.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Spies, Karl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spiehs, Carl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film producer |
BIRTH DATE | February 20, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Blindendorf- Dunkelstein, Ternitz , Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 2022 |