Wolf C. Hartwig

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Wolf C. Hartwig (born September 8, 1919 in Düsseldorf , † December 18, 2017 in Paris ; born Wolfgang Hartwig ) was a German film producer .

Life

Hartwig studied sociology and newspaper studies . During the war he was an interpreter at the German commandant's office in Paris. Shortly after the end of the war, he and his first wife ran a language school in Munich . He tried his hand at ironing and in 1953 founded his own film production company, Rapid-Film. Even his first work, the film Until five past twelve - Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich , which was only released in a shortened version , bears traits of the semi-documentary style that was later characteristic of Hartwig. As a distributor, he brought out the erotic Italian-French feature film Lucrèce Borgia in 1954, the showing of which in German cinemas was banned by the public prosecutor.

Since he lacked the necessary financial means for a long time, Hartwig was only able to start producing feature films in 1957. The scandal-proven producer switched to the production of moral and horror films . From 1962 adventure films followed , most of which were set in Asia or other exotic locations and always offered a dose of sex and violence. Well-known actors such as Lex Barker , Joachim Fuchsberger , Frederick Stafford , Heinz Drache , Horst Frank , Harald Juhnke and Chris Howland played in the films . Hartwig himself was often seen in short appearances.

For 30,000 marks he acquired the rights to the book Schulmädchen-Report by Günther Hunold . From 1970 to 1980 he ran 13 episodes of his extraordinarily successful schoolgirl report series, which had a major impact on the German sex wave . These films were formally linked to the educational films, which were initially funded by the federal government and were already familiar to the public , but offered the style of a sensational report. All scripts were designed by Hartwig himself. Over 100 million moviegoers saw these report films , which were soon copied by other producers.

The success of these films and his skill in speculating on the stock market made it possible for Hartwig to produce Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz in 1977, the most expensive German post-war film to date at 16 million marks. After the failure of the second part, however, he did not dare to undertake another large-scale project of this kind. In 1985, he appeared for the last time as a film producer. His work includes nearly 80 productions.

Several of Wolf C. Hartwig's films have been awarded the Golden Screen . In 1977 he received a Bambi himself . Hartwig was married to the actress Dorothee Parker , who starred in some of his films in the sixties. His third wife was the French actress Véronique Vendell , with whom he lived in Saint-Tropez and Paris .

Filmography

Individual proof

  1. ↑ https://www.welt.de/kultur/kino/article171967471/Schulmaedchen-Report-Produzent-Wolf-C-Hartwig-gestorben.html

Web links

literature

  • Anne Herrberg: Lord of the young things . Portrait of Wolf C. Hartwig In: Die Zeit , October 21, 2010, No. 43, page 16.
personal data
SURNAME Hartwig, Wolf C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartwig, Wolfgang (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH 18th December 2017
Place of death Paris