Johannes Kai
Johannes Kai (born October 13, 1912 in Cairo ; † October 3, 1999 ; born Hanns Wiedmann ) was a German writer , screenwriter and film director .
Life
Hanns Wiedmann in 1936 at the University of Munich to Dr. phil. PhD. He initially wrote novels and short stories, mostly with a military content. After the end of the war he got an order from the magazine Revue for a sequel story and since he was not allowed to write under his name due to his past during the time of National Socialism , he chose the pseudonym Johannes Kai, based on his place of birth Cairo .
At the beginning of the 1950s he switched to film and wrote scripts for entertainment films , especially homeland films , mostly in collaboration with colleagues . He also wrote the first draft for the Karl May film The Slave Caravan and co-directed its sequel, The Lion of Babylon .
At the beginning of the 1960s, Constantin Film proposed him to expand the author base of the Edgar Wallace films . Gerhard F. Hummel commissioned him to adapt four Wallace novels: The Banknote Forger , The Door with the Seven Locks , The Betrayal Gate and The Black Abbot .
Kai also had a considerable share in the first Winnetou films, unnamed. In Waldfried Barthel's holiday home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he and Hummel worked out the first drafts for The Treasure in Silbersee , Winnetou Part 1 and Winnetou Part 2 in retreats lasting several weeks .
Publications (as Hanns Wiedmann)
- 1937: Bayer and World War I as reflected in the war papers. A newspaper and psychological study (= dissertation)
- 1938: Fever on the Pangani. novel
- 1939: As long as down there on the Platzl ...
- 1940: We moved against Poland. War memorial work of the VII Army Corps
- 1940: Munich bunker magazine. For the comrades in the house division
- 1941: Inor's green hell. According to troop reports. Munich, central publishing house of the NSDAP 1941
- 1942: The black escort. A story
- 1943: Landser, Tod und Teufel. Notes from the campaign in the east
- 1949 (with Hans Ludwig Held ): Munich. A short excursion through 8 centuries
- 1949: (as Johannes Kai): Julika is looking for Romeo. A rather tricky story of big crooks, beautiful women and policemen in love
Scripts (as Johannes Kai)
- 1938: Munich
- 1950: love on ice
- 1950: Crown Jewels
- 1951: The Eternal Game
- 1952: home bells
- 1952: Silent Night, Holy Night
- 1953: The mill in the Black Forest
- 1954: The cross on Jägersteig
- 1954: Munich - Pictures of a City (as Hanns Wiedmann)
- 1955: The fisherman from Heiligensee
- 1955: The forester's house in Tyrol
- 1956: The legacy of the Pruggerhof
- 1956: Help - she loves me
- 1956: hot harvest
- 1957: tough men, hot love ( La ragazza della salina )
- 1957: Escape into the tropical night
- 1957: love as a woman wants it
- 1957: Hunter's blood
- 1958: All the sins of this earth
- 1959: Longing seduced me
- 1959: The Lion of Babylon (also co-director)
- 1959: hot goods
- 1960: Honeymoon in Hell (also director)
- 1960: The island of the Amazons
- 1961: The devil played balalaika
- 1961: driven hunt for a life
- 1961: The Girl with the Skinny Hips (director only)
- 1961: The Forger of London
- 1962: love, noise and four-poster bed (also director)
- 1962: The door with the seven locks
- 1962: Mimi never goes to bed without a thriller
- 1963: The black panther of Ratana
- 1963: The Mississippi River Pirates
- 1963: The black abbot
- 1964: The diamond hell on the Mekong
- 1966–1967: Holidays in Lipizza (13 episodes, also directed, as Hanns Wiedmann)
- 1988–1989: Meister Eder and his Pumuckl (26 episodes)
literature
- Henning Franke: A little May is a must. Karl May in the film, the directors (12): Johannes Kai . In: Karl May & Co. No. 128, May 2012.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Kai in the catalog of the German National Library
- Johannes Kai in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Johannes Kai at filmportal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kai, Johannes |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiedmann, Hanns (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, screenwriter and film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |
DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1999 |