Manfred R. Koehler
Manfred R. Koehler (born March 8, 1927 in Freiberg ; † September 1991 ) was a German dubbing director , screenwriter and film director .
Live and act
Köhler came to Internationale Film-Union AG, Remagen and Frankfurt / M in the early 1950s. (IFU) and was hired as a unit manager. He then began to produce dubbed versions of foreign films, including various new editions of old thick and doof classics from the 1930s. At the beginning of the 1960s, Köhler also supervised the German versions of international masterpieces such as Citizen Kane and Viridiana .
In 1955 the IFU commissioned him to direct two short documentaries. Later, Koehler went to Munich where he established the first dubbing studio BetaTechnik on, before he, with its own dubbing studio, the Cinesonor independently made. In 1964 Erwin C. Dietrich gave him the opportunity to direct a feature film for the first time ( Ein Sarg aus Hong Kong ). In the next two years, Köhler directed a number of less ambitious action and crime thrillers, who mostly played at international locations and also had an international cast.
In 1969 Köhler switched to television and initially staged two operettas with the singing stars Rudolf Schock and Ingeborg Hallstein . At the same time he was involved as a dialogue writer on the Belgian horror production Blood on the Lips and in 1972 on the crime scene crime thriller Dead Taube in Beethovenstraße , which was filmed in English by Samuel Fuller . In the spaghetti western Let's kill, Companeros , Köhler was Sergio Corbucci's assistant director.
His daughter Marina Köhler has followed in his footsteps and works, among other things, as a dialogue writer, dubbing artist and dubbing director.
Filmography
as a movie director, unless otherwise stated
- 1955: When It's Sunday (short documentary film)
- 1955: Land of Fire and Snow (short documentary film)
- 1964: A coffin from Hong Kong (also script)
- 1965: The Curse of the Black Ruby (also screenplay)
- 1965: Agent 505 - Beirut Death Trap (also co-script and editor)
- 1966: How do you kill a lady? (The secret of the yellow monks)
- 1967: The Brooklyn Killer Club (dialogues only)
- 1967: The Snake Pit and the Pendulum (script only)
- 1968: The kiss of death of Dr. Fu Man Chu (only unnamed script collaboration, German dialogues)
- 1968: The great hunt (only script collaboration, German version)
- 1968: Hot game for tough men (only script collaboration, German dialogues)
- 1968: Commissioner X - Three golden snakes (only script collaboration, German dialogues)
- 1969: The Circus Princess (also co-script, TV film)
- 1970: Giuditta (only screenplay adaptation, TV film)
- 1971: The Flower of Hawaii (also screenplay, TV film)
Web links
- Manfred R. Köhler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Manfred R. Koehler at filmportal.de
- Manfred Köhler in synchronkartei.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to the film archive Kay Less
- ↑ Koehler in objectif-cinema.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koehler, Manfred R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dubbing director, screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1991 |