Walter Ulbrich

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Walter Ulbrich (born June 15, 1910 in Metz ; † November 13, 1991 in Unterpfaffenhofen ) was a German television and film producer who was often also responsible for the script, adaptation, idea, material, editing and production management.

Life

Ulbrich studied archeology, art history and German and learned the film trade at UFA .

Ulbrich, also known as the "father of the Advent four-parters ", was first a screenwriter, u. a. for Helmut Käutner's film Unter den Brücken , and thus shaped several films from the post-war period, including Wolfgang Staudte's film Rose Bernd with Maria Schell in the leading role.

In the early 1960s, Walter Ulbrich came up with the idea of ​​using television as a medium to translate world literature, not in one piece, but in four subsequent parts, each around ninety minutes in length, in order to make the material available to the public in full to be able to. This type of production allowed an unparalleled level of accuracy to date.

With Ulbrich as producer and screenwriter, it came to television classics such as Robinson Crusoe , Treasure Island , The Sea Wolf , The Leather Stocking Stories and The Adventures of David Balfour .

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Oliver Kellner, Ulf Marek: Sea Wolf & Co. - The great adventure four-parter of ZDF. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin, ISBN 3-89602-632-1 .
  • Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 354.

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personal data
SURNAME Ulbrich, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1991
Place of death Unterpfaffenhofen