Harald Reinl

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Harald Reinl, 1985

Harald Reinl (born July 8, 1908 in Bad Ischl , Austria ; † October 9, 1986 in Puerto de la Cruz , Tenerife ) was an Austrian film director , screenwriter and film editor . His directorial work includes more than 60 titles.

Life

Reinl first became acquainted with the film when the mountain film pioneer Arnold Fanck became aware of the brilliant skier and used him as an extra in several of his films. As a result, the doctor of law became assistant to Leni Riefenstahl and worked in this position a. a. on lowlands with. This film was made between 1940 and 1944 with Sinti and Roma who were forcibly recruited from concentration camps and who were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp after the film was over. In 1949 he completed his first feature film Bergkristall as a director , which is already a typical Reinl film.

In 1955, In Solange du Leben , Reinl openly glorified the bombing of the Spanish Republic by the "Condor Legion". Reinl later became best known for his Edgar Wallace and Karl May films in the 1960s, but he also directed numerous adaptations of Jerry Cotton novels . Reinl is best known for the naive narrative style of his films and knew how to incorporate the greatness of nature as a film set in his strips.

Many of his films are characterized by a romantic atmosphere. He reached the peak of his career with the Karl May films shot in Yugoslavia in the sixties. Since Reinl himself was an enthusiastic Karl May reader in his youth, the transfer of the directing role by the Berlin producer Horst Wendlandt turned out to be a stroke of luck for the series.

In 1976 Reinl was hired as a director together with Pierre Brice as the main actor of the open-air theater in Elspe, Sauerland, which was still under construction at the time, for the play The Treasure in Silbersee . He was able to give the piece significant impulses through his cinematic staging style. Due to differences of opinion with the organizer, however, the break occurred and he left the stage that same year.

Reinl, who was married to Corinna Frank from 1946 to 1950 and to actress Karin Dor from 1954 to 1968 , then made various adventure films, comedies, documentaries and two parts of the last Ludwig Ganghofer series with decreasing success . In 1966, he directed Die Nibelungen for producer Artur Brauner, the most expensive film in the Federal Republic of Germany to date.

His life came to a tragic end in his house, Casa Daniela, on Tenerife, when he was stabbed to death by his third wife, the former Czech actress Daniela Marie Delisová, while preparing for the film Attila, the killer wolf . Delisová was considered an alcoholic.

Awards

  • 1950 Venice International Film Festival for ten years later
  • 1964 Golden canvas for Der Schatz im Silbersee
  • 1964 Bambi for Der Schatz im Silbersee
  • 1964 Golden canvas for Winnetou 1st part
  • 1965 Bambi for Winnetou 1st part
  • 1965 Golden canvas for Winnetou 2nd part
  • 1965 gold medal of the German film theater
  • 1966 Bambi for Winnetou 2nd part
  • 1966 Golden canvas for Winnetou 3rd part
  • 1970 Trieste Film Festival 2nd prize for memories of the future
  • 1971 Academy Award nomination, Oscar for Memories of the Future
  • 1983 21st international children's and youth film competition in Gijón: Platero (grand prize) for "The devil is loose in the jungle"

Filmography (selection)

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SURNAME Reinl, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Ischl , Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1986
Place of death Puerto de la Cruz , Tenerife, Spain