Franz Peter Wirth
Franz Peter Wirth (born September 22, 1919 in Munich , † October 17, 1999 in Berg am Starnberger See ) was a German director .
Life
Wirth had studied theater studies. From 1948 to 1950 he was a dramaturge and director in Hof , and from 1951 to 1954 he was chief stage manager and deputy director in Pforzheim . In addition, he was guest director. Then he switched from the stage to television . From 1954 to 1960 Wirth worked as senior game manager at SDR , and from 1960 he was senior game manager at Bavaria Atelier GmbH .
As a television director, he initially specialized in literary film adaptations. He shot a few Derrick and Tatort episodes from the 1970s . His most famous television adaptation was the series adaptation of Thomas Manns Buddenbrooks in 1979. His theatrical adaptation of the play Helden was nominated in 1958 for the Oscar for best foreign language film.
Wirth, who had received numerous awards, made television films until his death at the age of 80. He was married to the actress Wega Jahnke .
Filmography
- 1956: my sister and me
- 1956: Jeanne or The Lark after Jean Anouilh
- 1956: The Witcher
- 1957: The judge and his executioner after Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- 1957: Bernarda Alba's house after Federico García Lorca
- 1958: The Caucasian Chalk Circle after Bertolt Brecht
- 1958: ... and nothing but the truth
- 1958: Heroes after George Bernard Shaw
- 1959: People on the Net according to Herbert Reinecker
- 1959: Raskolnikoff after Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1959: a day that never ends
- 1960: The woman at the dark window
- 1961: Hamlet after William Shakespeare
- 1961: Wallenstein after Friedrich Schiller
- 1961: Until the end of days
- 1962: What You Want According to William Shakespeare
- 1962: Confessions of a furnished gentleman
- 1962: deferred payments
- 1963: a man at his best age
- 1964: The Story of Joel Brand (TV movie)
- 1965: The poor man Luther
- 1966: Closed society after Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1966: The Rainmaker according to N. Richard Nash
- 1966: A castle after Ivan Klíma
- 1967: Escape with no way out, three-part television film
- 1967: Nathan the Wise ( Gotthold Ephraim Lessing )
- 1969: The room battle according to Martin Walser
- 1969: Al Capone in the German forest
- 1970: The Marquise von B. (two-part television film)
- 1971: Operation Valkyrie
- 1972: iron wanker
- 1972: The Red Chapel (multi-part TV series)
- 1972: Alexander Zwo (TV miniseries)
- 1973: Oh Jonathan - oh Jonathan!
- 1974: The broken jug after Heinrich von Kleist
- 1975: Crime scene: Vodka Bitter Lemon
- 1975: The Fiesco conspiracy in Genoa (TV movie)
- 1976: Isle of Roses
- 1976: Minna von Barnhelm after Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- 1976: Derrick - Risk
- 1977: Roulette according to Pavel Kohout
- 1977: Generale - Anatomy of the Marne Battle
- 1977: The Wittiber after Ludwig Thoma
- 1978: Wallenstein (TV miniseries)
- 1979: Die Buddenbrooks (TV series based on a script by Wirth and Bernt Rhotert )
- 1980: Tatort - With bare feet
- 1982: A piece of heaven according to Janina David
- 1983: Deep Waters according to Patricia Highsmith
- 1984: Egmont after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1984: Don Carlos after Friedrich Schiller
- 1984: Before the storm , after Theodor Fontane
- 1986: The Guardians , after John Christopher
- 1987: Wallenstein (film adaptation of Hessischer Rundfunk)
- 1988: family disgrace
- 1989: collision
- 1992: Oppen and Ehrlich
- 1996: Goodbye, mon ami
- 1997: Sophie - smarter than the police
- 1999: Typically Ed!
Awards
- 1963: German Critics' Prize
- 1965: Adolf Grimme Prize with gold for the program Die Geschichte von Joel Brand (together with Heinar Kipphardt )
- 1970: Bambi
- 1982: Golden gong for "A Piece of Heaven", together with Dana Vávrová and Janina David
- 1983: Adolf Grimme Prize with gold for a piece of heaven
- 1989: Bavarian TV Prize for "The Restless Night" and "A Piece of Heaven"
Web links
- Franz Peter Wirth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wirth, Franz Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1999 |
Place of death | Berg (Starnberger See) |