Richard Riedel (journalist)

Richard Riedel (born November 3, 1895 in Liebenwerda ; † December 19, 1979 in Friedrichsdorf , Taunus) was a German journalist , screenwriter and film production manager .

Live and act

Riedel studied German and art history from 1919 and graduated with a doctorate . In addition (1920) he continued his education at the theater school of the Volksbühne Berlin . From 1921 to 1927 he was the artistic director of the Grenzmark Theater, then he switched to the newspaper and worked as an editor and feature editor (1930 to 1934) on the capital's newspaper Der Tag .

In 1934 Riedel switched to film and became a dramaturge in the service of UFA . In this role he was in charge of the 1936 and 1937 films Schlußakkord, Das Mädchen Irene and Zu neue Ufern . During the Second World War, Riedel was involved in a number of prestigious films, the UFA gave him his own production group. He was also involved as a screenwriter for most of the films he oversees as a production group leader, including the German national propaganda piece … rides for Germany .

After the war, Riedel worked again as a dramaturge, this time for the Berlin 'Capitol-Film' ( The Stronger , A Life for Do - both 1953) and participated in the script for the biography of the industrialist and inventor Made in Germany . In 1966 Riedel left Berlin and settled in Munich. In the last years of his life he had designed several short documentaries in various functions for Deutsche Condor-Film, at that time a subsidiary of the Swiss Condor Films AG .

His son is the biochemist Eberhard Riedel .

Filmography

• 1939: Twilight (Manufacturing Group)
• 1941: ... rides for Germany (co-script, co-production group)
• 1942: Diesel (co-script, co-production group)
• 1942: You belong to me (co-script, co-production group)
• 1943: The Majorate Lord (co-script, production group)
• 1945: The Noltenius Brothers (co-script, production group)
• 1953: The stronger one
• 1953: A life for Thu
• 1954: Consul Strotthoff (co-production)
• 1955: Before God and Man (co-production)
• 1956: Made in Germany (co-script)
• 1961: Grown and designed (director, short documentary)
• 1963: Rourkela - Steel for India (co-script, short documentary)
• 1967: Hidden Values ​​(co-director, screenplay, short documentary) (premiere: 1969)

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 530.

Web links

• Richard Riedel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Richard Riedel at filmportal.de