Manfred Barthel (Author)
Manfred Richard Hermann Barthel (born February 24, 1924 in Chemnitz ; † October 18, 2007 in Munich ) was a German writer , screenwriter , journalist , critic , film producer and film director .
Life
Barthel studied theater studies in Berlin and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. In later years he published books and wrote film manuscripts, often under the signature of Dr. Manfred Barthel. He took his first professional steps as an editor and critic for the newspaper Der Abend . In 1953 he was hired by Kurt Ulrichs Berolina as a dramaturge . At the end of the 1950s, Barthel also took part in the scripts for two film comedies.
Barthel was involved in the creation of the Berlinale and from 1963 to 1976 successor to Gerhard F. Hummel at Constantin Film . There, beginning with room 13 , he was mainly occupied with the dramaturgical supervision of the Edgar Wallace films . He also oversees a number of Karl May films . At the same time, Barthel is said to have continued to write screenplays, this time under the pseudonym Michael Haller. Since 1969 Manfred Barthel has also been involved in the production of semi-documentary films based on templates by Erich von Däniken . Harald Reinl directed there . Some of Barthel's works, including his only film director, You Called Him Christ , from 1977/78 , deal with biblical and Christian content.
Since Barthel's participation in the production of the comedy Oh Jonathan - oh Jonathan! with Heinz Rühmann and the script collaboration for the Rühmann depreciation film The Chinese Miracle , Barthel was considered a close confidante of the film star. In 1987 he gave the souvenir ribbon to Heinz Rühmann on the artist's 85th birthday . A life in pictures , in 1994 he appeared as an interviewer in the Rühmann television documentary Kleiner Mann very big . In addition, Barthel published a number of books on very different topics.
Movies
- 1957: Everything's going to be okay (script collaboration)
- 1958: The Muzzle (script collaboration)
- 1968: The torture chamber of Dr. Fu Man Chu (script assistant)
- 1970: Memories of the future (line producer)
- 1972: Green is the heather (co-production)
- 1973: Oh Jonathan - oh Jonathan! (Co-production)
- 1975: Love this way - this way (TV film, script collaboration)
- 1975: The Chinese Miracle (screenplay collaboration) (WP: 1977)
- 1976: Erich von Däniken: Message from the Gods (also production management)
- 1977: ... and the Bible is right after all (also production and manufacturing management)
- 1978: They called him Christ (documentary; director, screenplay, production manager)
- 1981: Seven Technological Wonders of the World (TV documentary series, script collaboration)
Remarks
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 72.
Web links
- Literature by and about Manfred Barthel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Manfred Barthel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Manfred Barthel at filmportal.de
- Obituary in homepagemodules.de
- Barthel in the Casimir-Katz-Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barthel, Manfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barthel, Manfred Richard Hermann (full name); Haller, Michael (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, screenwriter, journalist and critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2007 |
| Place of death | Munich |