Rainer Erler

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Horst Rainer Erler (born August 26, 1933 in Munich ) is a German writer , director and film producer .

Live and act

After graduating from high school, Rainer Erler worked as assistant director to Paul Verhoeven and Franz Peter Wirth, among others .

Outstanding from his early television films are the Wandering of the Soul (1962) with Hanns Lothar and Wolfgang Reichmann and the Order for the Child Prodigies (1963) with Carl-Heinz Schroth and Edith Heerdegen . The science series Das Blaue Palais (1974–1976) produced by ZDF also attracted a lot of attention . This deals with the question of scientific responsibility. Erler gained notoriety far beyond the German borders with his thriller Fleisch , which deals with the subject of organ trafficking . In 1969, Erler was the first director to make a film about the resistance fighter Georg Elser .

Erler is based in Perth and Upper Bavaria.

His archive is located in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

meaning

Rainer Erler is considered an important maker of German science fiction films and science fiction on television as well as the founder of the science thriller sub -genre (explosive social, political and scientific topics are presented in an exciting way).

Erler's films often dealt with controversial social issues such as nuclear energy , nuclear waste , ethics in scientific research, genetic manipulation or organ trafficking . Many films provoked controversial reactions when they were broadcast. Looking back, many of Erler's films can be described as far-sighted, almost prophetic.

Awards

His films and stories have received numerous awards. He also wrote the script or a novel version for many films .

Works

Movies

Novels

  • The Blue Palace. The genius . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-442-03743-3 .
  • The Blue Palace. The traitor . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-442-03757-3 .
  • The Blue Palace. The medium . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-442-03767-0 .
  • The Blue Palace. Immortality . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-442-03858-8 .
  • The Blue Palace. The giant . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-442-03909-6 .
  • Delay . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-442-30014-2 .
  • The delegation , based on the television film of the same name from 1970. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh 1973. Fischer Orbit 44, Frankfurt am Main 1974, ISBN 3-436-02075-3 . Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-442-03701-8 . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1986, ISBn 3-404-10814-0.
  • A fire sign
  • flesh
  • The Kaltenbach papers
  • The last holidays
  • The orgy
  • plutonium
  • Journey into a bright future , based on the film NEWS - Journey into a bright future , 1986.
  • sugar
  • The second wife

Stories

anthology

literature

  • Manfred Durzak : literature on the screen. Analyzes and discussions with Leopold Ahlsen, Rainer Erler, Dieter Forte, Walter Kempowski, Heinar Kipphardt, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Dieter Wellershoff . In: Media in Research and Education. Serie A . tape 28 . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1989, ISBN 3-484-34028-2 , chapter “Science fiction on television: Conversation with Rainer Erler” and “In concern for our future. On the science fiction films by Rainer Erler ”, p. 157-196 .
  • Florian F. Marzin: Rainer Erler - an appreciation . In: R. Gustav Gaisbauer (ed.): Fantastic film worlds. Sixth Congress of Imagination . First German Fantasy Club, Passau 2004, ISBN 3-932621-78-6 , pp. 15-20.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rainer Erler Archive Inventory overview on the website of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
personal data
SURNAME Erler, Rainer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erler, Horst Rainer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich