Thomas Engel (director)

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Thomas Engel (1947)

Thomas Engel (born April 18, 1922 in Hamburg ; † May 7, 2015 in Kreuth ) was a German director and screenwriter .

life and work

The son of the director Erich Engel attended the drama school of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin from 1940 and also took on small theater roles.

In 1942 he went to the theater of Gera as an actor , where he also worked as a theater director from 1943 . After the end of the war he returned to Berlin in 1946, where he worked again as a director at the Deutsches Theater and the Theater am Knie until 1949. He also wrote his own plays such as flotsam .

In 1950, Engel became a dubbing director for MGM Germany, who was responsible for dubbing American films until 1952. In 1953, under the artistic direction of his father Erich Engel, he made a much-noticed debut as a film director with Pünktchen and Anton based on the novel by Erich Kästner .

As a result, Engel directed primarily film comedies and around 1960 several hit films typical of the time . After my daughter and I with Heinz Rühmann , he became a pure television director . In addition to numerous comedies and series episodes such as two Tatort episodes, he directed several literary adaptations such as Die Zofen (1964) based on Jean Genet and Heinrich IV. (1967) based on Luigi Pirandello .

Thomas Engel was married to the actress Gisela Trowe (1922-2010) from 1944 to 1964 . From this marriage two daughters were born. 1944 the daughter Angelika (married von Rosenberg) † 2013, 1945 the daughter Barbara Pier (married until 2001), who works as a painter in Hamburg.

From 1964 he was married to Marianne Högl († 2012).

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

Filmography

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1960: Hangover lamp
  • 1961: As once in May
  • 1961: Lots of lies
  • 1962: Happy Journey (co-script)
  • 1962: There is a Child in the Real Man (TV series)
  • 1962: Your Obedient Servant (co-script)
  • 1962: That's how mom was
  • 1963: His masterpiece (co-script)
  • 1963: The Nylon Sling (co-script)
  • 1963: Mrs. Luna (co-script)
  • 1964: The Maids (Genet)
  • 1964: My niece Susanne (also co-script)
  • 1965: fashion cocktail
  • 1965: send me a dollar!
  • 1965: On an ordinary day
  • 1965: Ball is at Pfeifers
  • 1966: Corinne and the fur seal
  • 1966: Duet on the Rhine- Duet on the Spree
  • 1966: What to do with Fridolin
  • 1966: Wilhelmina (TV series)
  • 1966: My little world
  • 1966: reunion with Jürgen Faber (short TV)
  • 1967: The photographer's wife
  • 1967: There is music in the Ballhaus
  • 1967: Henry IV.
  • 1967: Gold for Monte Vasal
  • 1967: People swam in the ballroom
  • 1968: Humor is when you laugh anyway (TV cabaret)
  • 1968: A Summer with Nicole (TV series)
  • 1968: Tucholsky broadcast
  • 1969: Love came like a miracle
  • 1969: Fairground of Life (TV cabaret)
  • 1969: Miss Molly Mill (TV series)
  • 1969: Bergmann family (TV series)
  • 1970: I dream of millions
  • 1970: Woman without a Kiss (co-script)
  • 1971: Bäng-Bäng (TV cabaret)
  • 1971: Porcupines (TV cabaret)
  • 1971: lucky guys
  • 1971: A Chance for Humbson (short TV)
  • 1972: The chaste Susanne (also co-script)
  • 1972: Court ball at Zille
  • 1972: How do I get rich and happy
  • 1972: Mother Gräbert
  • 1972: Tak means thank you
  • 1972–1973: Algebra at Eight (TV series)
  • 1973: My uncle Benjamin
  • 1973: Algebra at eight
  • 1973: So'n Theater
  • 1973: Everyone loves Célimare
  • 1974: The Little Doctor (TV series)
  • 1974: Wedding night in paradise
  • 1974: Decided and Announced (TV series)
  • 1974: Top Secret
  • 1975: Sometimes fairy tales
  • 1975: It doesn't always have to be caviar (TV series)
  • 1976: To err is human
  • 1976: Jörg Preda (TV series)
  • 1977: End of the line paradise
  • 1977: Three ladies from the grill (episode 1-6)
  • 1977: The driver's license
  • 1978: That's the Berlin air
  • 1978: Cricket and Ant
  • 1979: frog and mayfly
  • 1979: mourning a prodigal son
  • 1979: her 106th birthday (+ script)
  • 1980: Kintop-Kintop (TV series)
  • 1980: The vacation
  • 1981: Back to the sender
  • 1981: Crime scene: In the crosshairs
  • 1981: Villa for rent
  • 1982: How was that back then (also script)
  • 1983: Sorry
  • 1982: How It Happened
  • 1983: Lemmi and the Schmöker: Jakob
  • 1983: Suddenly and unexpectedly (also screenplay)
  • 1983: Detective Office Roth (6 episodes)
  • 1984: The Candidate (also screenplay)
  • 1985: A man has just been shot
  • 1985: Weiberwirtschaft (TV series)
  • 1987: Between heaven and earth
  • 1987: Losberg (TV series episodes 40-46)
  • 1988: Crime scene: guiltlessly guilty
  • 1988: A memorial is shot
  • 1991: Taxi to Rathenow
  • 1992: The Struppi is gone (also script)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ taz.de - the daily newspaper of May 19, 2015 , accessed on June 30, 2015
  2. ↑ Thomas Engel Archive Inventory overview on the website of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin.
personal data
SURNAME Angel, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film and television director
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 2015
Place of death Kreuth