Eduard von Borsody
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Eduard von Borsody was an Austria
n cameraman, film editor, film director
and screenplay writer.
) carried out the production design for the Vienna-based Sascha-Film
: an Arthur Schnitzler
adaptation Der junge Medardus (1923), the romance Fiaker Nr. 13 and the artist's life Der goldene Schmetterling (both 1926). Later he worked with such different directors as Carl Wilhelm
, Ernö Metzner, Gustav Ucicky
and Max Nosseck
.
After the switch to sound film
he was engaged by the German
industry leader Universum Film AG
(Ufa) as a film editor (cutter). Eduard von Borsody thereafter often worked under Ucicky's direction and edited for him, among many other films, the National Socialist
propaganda film
s Morgenrot and Flüchtlinge
. After some experience as assistant director – also with Ucicky – and a series of short dramas, in 1937 he directed and designed for Ufa the first film of his own: Brillanten ("Diamonds"). The leading roles in this crime thriller were played by Hans Olden, Viktor Staal
and Hansi Knoteck
.
His next films also belonged to the action genre. Kautschuk ("Rubber") (1938), with René Deltgen
, Gustav Diessl
and Vera von Langen, was an adventure film showing the story of the Englishman
Henry Wickham
, who in 1876 smuggled rubber
seeds to England to break the Brazil
ian monopoly. The film was classed as "Politically and artistically valuable". Sensationsprozeß Casilla (1939), with Heinrich George
, Jutta Freybe and Albert Hehn, is about a child abduction. With Kongo-Express (also in 1939) Borsody again shot an adventure film in a tropical setting in an attempt to capitalise on the success of Kautschuk. Willy Birgel
, Marianne Hoppe
and René Deltgen
starred. The set designer Anton Weber was contracted as a specialist for the more complicated special effects.
Once World War II
began, light cheerful escapist films were much in demand, and Eduard von Borsody was cinematographer
for the smash hit romantic musical drama Wunschkonzert
("Request Concert"), one of the most successful films of the entire Nazi period. Ilse Werner
plays a young Berliner, who patiently and trustingly awaits the return of the man to whom she is engaged, played by Carl Raddatz, ordered on a secret mission to Spain
. The film was classified as "politically valuable", "artistically valuable", "valuable for the people" and "valuable for youth", and took 7.6 million Reichsmarks.
The science fiction film
Weltraumschiff 18 (i.e. Spaceship 18), which he directed and had already begun filming had to be abandoned because of the outbreak of the war. Material was used in the short science-fiction movie Weltraumschiff 1 startet (Spaceship 1 takes off). The last film that Borsody shot before the end of the war, the Gottfried Keller
adaptation Jugendliebe, with Rose Marten and John Pauls-Harding, fell foul of the film censor and did not have its opening until 1947.
After the end of the war Borsody had no trouble continuing his film career despite his previous involvement in propaganda films. After a number of Heimatfilm
e came his best-known post-war film, the romantic comedy of 1956 Dany, bitte schreiben Sie ("Dany, Please Write!"), with Sonja Ziemann
and Rudolf Prack
, and the smuggling film Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald, with which he returned to the exotic. His next film, Skandal um Dodo (1958), is of interest only because it was one of the first post-war films in German
to star a black woman.
Eduard von Borsody was the father of the actor Hans von Borsody and the younger brother of the great set designer Julius von Borsody
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n cameraman, film editor, film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenplay writer.
Life
Eduard von Borsody began his film career as a cameraman. Among his first jobs were three films on which Mihály Kertész (later Michael CurtizMichael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...
) carried out the production design for the Vienna-based Sascha-Film
Sascha-Film
Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period.-History:...
: an Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler
Dr. Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist.- Biography :Arthur Schnitzler, son of a prominent Hungarian-Jewish laryngologist Johann Schnitzler and Luise Markbreiter , was born in Praterstraße 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian...
adaptation Der junge Medardus (1923), the romance Fiaker Nr. 13 and the artist's life Der goldene Schmetterling (both 1926). Later he worked with such different directors as Carl Wilhelm
Carl Wilhelm
Carl Wilhelm was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity....
, Ernö Metzner, Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...
and Max Nosseck
Max Nosseck
-Selected filmography:* Aventura oriental * Oranje Hein * Overture to Glory * Gambling Daughters * The Brighton Strangler * Black Beauty* Dillinger * And Who Is Kissing Me?...
.
After the switch to sound film
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
he was engaged by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
industry leader Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
(Ufa) as a film editor (cutter). Eduard von Borsody thereafter often worked under Ucicky's direction and edited for him, among many other films, the National Socialist
National Socialist German Workers Party
The National Socialist German Workers' Party , commonly known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. Its predecessor, the German Workers' Party , existed from 1919 to 1920...
propaganda film
Propaganda film
The term propaganda can be defined as the ability to produce and spread fertile messages that, once sown, will germinate in large human cultures.” However, in the 20th century, a “new” propaganda emerged, which revolved around political organizations and their need to communicate messages that...
s Morgenrot and Flüchtlinge
Flüchtlinge
Flüchtlinge is a 1933 German film depicting Volga German refugees persecuted by the Bolsheviks on the Sino-Russian border in Manchuria in 1928.The film was directed by Gustav Ucicky and starred Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy and Eugen Klopfer...
. After some experience as assistant director – also with Ucicky – and a series of short dramas, in 1937 he directed and designed for Ufa the first film of his own: Brillanten ("Diamonds"). The leading roles in this crime thriller were played by Hans Olden, Viktor Staal
Viktor Staal
-Selected filmography:* Ride to Freedom * Spy for Germany * Der Jäger von Fall * The Standard -External links:...
and Hansi Knoteck
Hansi Knoteck
-Selected filmography:* Hubertus Castle * The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes * Ride to Freedom * Storms in May * Der Jäger von Fall -External links:...
.
His next films also belonged to the action genre. Kautschuk ("Rubber") (1938), with René Deltgen
René Deltgen
Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, Germany) was a Luxemburgian stage and film actor, who spent most of his career in Germany.-Selected filmography:* Das Grosse Spiel...
, Gustav Diessl
Gustav Diessl
Gustav Diessl was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.-Biography:Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I...
and Vera von Langen, was an adventure film showing the story of the Englishman
Englishman
Englishman may refer to:*English people*Grey Partridge*Jason Englishman, Canadian rock music singer and guitarist*Jenny-Bea Englishman, real name of the Canadien singer Esthero*Erald Briscoe, reggae musician who records under the name Englishman...
Henry Wickham
Henry Wickham
Sir Henry Alexander Wickham was a British bio-pirate and explorer. He later claimed in self-aggrandising publicity that he was responsible for "stealing" about 70,000 seeds from the rubber-bearing tree, Hevea brasiliensis, in the Santarém area of Brazil in 1876...
, who in 1876 smuggled rubber
Rubber
Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...
seeds to England to break the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian monopoly. The film was classed as "Politically and artistically valuable". Sensationsprozeß Casilla (1939), with Heinrich George
Heinrich George
Heinrich George , born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, was a German stage and film actor.He had one of his first roles in the Fritz Lang directed film Metropolis and the first film version of Berlin Alexanderplatz...
, Jutta Freybe and Albert Hehn, is about a child abduction. With Kongo-Express (also in 1939) Borsody again shot an adventure film in a tropical setting in an attempt to capitalise on the success of Kautschuk. Willy Birgel
Willy Birgel
Willy Birgel , born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was German theatre and film actor.Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies rather late...
, Marianne Hoppe
Marianne Hoppe
Marianne Hoppe was a most distinguished German theatre and film actress.-Life and work:Born in Rostock, Marianne Hoppe became a leading lady of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy land owning family and was initially privately educated on her father's private estate...
and René Deltgen
René Deltgen
Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, Germany) was a Luxemburgian stage and film actor, who spent most of his career in Germany.-Selected filmography:* Das Grosse Spiel...
starred. The set designer Anton Weber was contracted as a specialist for the more complicated special effects.
Once World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
began, light cheerful escapist films were much in demand, and Eduard von Borsody was cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
for the smash hit romantic musical drama Wunschkonzert
Wunschkonzert
Wunschkonzert is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After Die grosse Liebe, it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross.-Background:...
("Request Concert"), one of the most successful films of the entire Nazi period. Ilse Werner
Ilse Werner
Ilse Werner was an actress and singer. She was born to a Dutch father and a German mother and was a Dutch citizen by birth...
plays a young Berliner, who patiently and trustingly awaits the return of the man to whom she is engaged, played by Carl Raddatz, ordered on a secret mission to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The film was classified as "politically valuable", "artistically valuable", "valuable for the people" and "valuable for youth", and took 7.6 million Reichsmarks.
The science fiction film
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
Weltraumschiff 18 (i.e. Spaceship 18), which he directed and had already begun filming had to be abandoned because of the outbreak of the war. Material was used in the short science-fiction movie Weltraumschiff 1 startet (Spaceship 1 takes off). The last film that Borsody shot before the end of the war, the Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...
adaptation Jugendliebe, with Rose Marten and John Pauls-Harding, fell foul of the film censor and did not have its opening until 1947.
After the end of the war Borsody had no trouble continuing his film career despite his previous involvement in propaganda films. After a number of Heimatfilm
Heimatfilm
Heimatfilm is the name given to a film genre that was popular in Germany, Switzerland and Austria from the late 40s to the early 70s. They were usually shot in the Alps, the Black Forest or the Lüneburg Heath and always involved the outdoors...
e came his best-known post-war film, the romantic comedy of 1956 Dany, bitte schreiben Sie ("Dany, Please Write!"), with Sonja Ziemann
Sonja Ziemann
Sonja Ziemann is a German film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* The Heath Is Green * Die Privatsekretärin * Mädchen ohne Grenzen...
and Rudolf Prack
Rudolf Prack
-Selected filmography:* The Thief of Bagdad * Die Privatsekretärin * Ball at the Savoy * Mariandl * Mariandl's Homecoming * Holiday in St. Tropez * The Standard -External links:...
, and the smuggling film Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald, with which he returned to the exotic. His next film, Skandal um Dodo (1958), is of interest only because it was one of the first post-war films in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
to star a black woman.
Eduard von Borsody was the father of the actor Hans von Borsody and the younger brother of the great set designer Julius von Borsody
Julius von Borsody
Julius von Borsody was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods...
.
Silent films
as cameraman if not indicated otherwise:- Der junge MedardusYoung MedardusYoung Medardus is a 1923 Austrian film directed by Michael Curtiz.-Cast:* Agnes Esterhazy - Helene* Franz Glawatsch - Berger* Mari Hegyesi - Mrs...
(1923) – camera (with Gustav UcickyGustav UcickyGustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...
) - Die vertauschte Braut (1925, directed by Carl WilhelmCarl WilhelmCarl Wilhelm was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity....
(Regisseur)|Carl Wilhelm]]) - Liebesgeschichten/Mädels von heute (1925)
- Der Bastard (1925)
- Die Mühle von Sanssouci (1926) - camera assistant
- Fiaker Nr. 13 (1926) – camera (with Gustav Ucicky)
- Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926)
- Die dritte Eskadron (1926, directed by Carl WilhelmCarl WilhelmCarl Wilhelm was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity....
- camera, with Gustav Ucicky) - Der goldene Schmetterling (1926) – camera (with Gustav Ucicky)
- Die PratermizziDie PratermizziDie Pratermizzi is an Austrian silent drama film made by Gustav Ucicky in 1926, released in January 1927, which was long believed lost until its rediscovery in 2005.-Plot:...
(1927, directed by Karl LeiterKarl Leiter-Selected filmography:* Pratermizzi * Vater Radetzky * Das Ferienkind * Ich bitte um Vollmacht * Wiener Luft...
, Gustav Ucicky) - Tingel Tangel (1927, directed by Gustav Ucicky)
- Höhere Töchter (1927)
- Polizeibericht Überfall (1928)
- Es zogen drei Burschen (1928, directed by Carl Wilhelm)
- Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M... (1928)
- Die Dame auf der Banknote (1929)
- Der Ruf des Nordens/Polarstürme (1929)
- Liebeskleeblatt (1930)
- Die Jugendgeliebte/Goethe's Jugendgeliebte (1930)
- Rivalen im Weltrekord (1930)
- Der Tanz ins Glück (1930)
Sound films to 1945
- Yorck (Gustav Ucicky, 1931) - assistant director, editor
- Das schöne Abenteuer/La belle aventure (Reinhold Schünzel, 1932) - editor
- Morgenrot (Gustav Ucicky, 1933) - editor
- Flüchtlinge (Gustav Ucicky, 1933) - assistant director, editor
- Der junge Baron Neuhaus (Gustav Ucicky, 1934) - editor
- Frischer Wind aus Kanada (Erich Holder, Heinz Kentner, 1935) - editor
- Das Mädchen Johanna (Gustav Ucicky, 1935) - assistant director, editor
- Schnitzel fliegt (1935; drama short film) - director, screenplay
- Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz (Werner KlinglerWerner KlinglerWerner Klingler was a German film director and actor. He directed 29 films between 1936 and 1968.He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Titanic...
, 1936) - editor - Savoy-Hotel 217 (Gustav Ucicky, 1936) - editor
- Was ein Häkchen werden will (1936; drama short film) - director
- Stradivaris Schülergeige (1936; drama short film) - director
- Rosen und Liebe (1936; drama short film) - director
- Patentkunstschloss (1936; drama short film) - director
- In 40 Minuten (1936; drama short film) - director
- Die Hochzeitsreise (1936; drama short film) - director
- Früh übt sich (1936; drama short film) - director
- Du bist so schön, Berlinerin (1936; drama short film) - director
- Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war (Karl HartlKarl HartlKarl Hartl was an Austrian film director.-Life:Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexander Korda...
) - assistant director - Jürgens riecht Lunte (1937; drama short film) - director, screenplay
- Brillanten (1937) - director
- Die Bombenidee (1937; drama short film) - director
- Kautschuk/Die Grüne Hölle (1938) - director, screenplay
- Sensationsprozess Casilla (1939) - director
- Kongo-Express (1939) - director, screenplay
- WunschkonzertWunschkonzertWunschkonzert is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After Die grosse Liebe, it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross.-Background:...
(1940) - director, screenplay - Wen die Götter lieben (Karl Hartl, 1942) - screenplay
Post-war films
- Jugendliebe/Übers Jahr, wenn die Kornblumen blühen (1944/47) - director
- Die Frau am Wege (Austria 1948, with Brigitte HorneyBrigitte HorneyBrigitte Horney was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of Baron Munchhausen, directed by Josef von Báky, with Hans Albers in the title role.-Life and work:Brigitte Horney was the daughter of...
) - director, screenplay - Arlberg-Express (Austria 1948, with Paul HubschmidPaul HubschmidPaul Hubschmid was a Swiss actor. He appeared as Henry Higgins in a production of My Fair Lady. In some Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian...
and Elfe Gerhart) - director - Angela/Schatten über dem Vergeiner Hof/Weißes Gold (Austria 1949, with Angela Salloker) - director, screenplay
- Hochzeit mit Erika (BRD 1950, with Marianne Schönauer and Wolfgang LukschyWolfgang LukschyWolfgang Lukschy was a German actor and dubber. He performed in theater, film and television.He made over 75 film and TV appearances between 1940 and 1979...
) - director, screenplay - Die Kreuzlschreiber (1950) - director, screenplay
- Das vierte Gebot/Die Kupplerin (Austria 1950, with Attila HörbigerAttila HörbigerAttila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger...
) - director, screenplay - Sensation im Savoy/Vera setzt sich durch (BRD 1950, with Sybille Schmitz and Harald PaulsenHarald PaulsenHarald Paulsen was a German actor. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954.He was born in Elmshorn, Germany and died in Hamburg.-Selected filmography:* Desires * Die Tödlichen Träume...
) - director - Rausch einer Nacht/Alexa (BRD 1951, with Christl MardaynChristl MardaynChristl Mardayn née Anna Christina Mardayn, sometimes Christiane Mardayne was an Austrian actress and singer .-Life:...
) - director - Verlorene Melodie (Austria 1952, with Elfie Mayerhofer) - director, screenplay
- Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt/Geschiedenes Fräulein (Austria 1952, with Inge Egger and O. W. FischerO. W. FischerOtto Wilhelm Fischer was an Austrian actor. A leading man of German cinema, he began his career with Max Reinhardt's stage company....
) - director, screenplay - Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth (Austria 1952, with Isa and Jutta Günther) - director, screenplay
- Ich und meine Frau (Austria 1953, with Attila HörbigerAttila HörbigerAttila Hörbiger was an Austrian stage and movie actor.Hörbiger was born in Budapest, then Austria–Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and younger brother of actor Paul Hörbiger...
) - director, screenplay - Hab' ich nur deine Liebe (Austria 1953) - director
- Maxie (Austria 1954, with Cornell BorchersCornell BorchersCornell Borchers is a German actress, active in the late 1940s and 1950s, who starred along with Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in the film Istanbul .-Biography:...
) - director, screenplay - Der Major und die Stiere (BRD 1955, with Attila Hörbiger and Christiane HörbigerChristiane HörbigerChristiane Hörbiger is an Austrian television and film actress.-Life and work:Christiane Hörbiger is one of the three actress daughters of Austrian actors Attila Hörbiger and Paula Wessely . Her sisters are Elisabeth Orth and Maresa Hörbiger.She has played roles in various German and Austrian TV...
) - director - Geliebte Corinna (BRD 1956, with Elisabeth MüllerElisabeth Müller-Selected filmography:* Morgengrauen * André und Ursula * The Power and the Prize * Ballerina * Doctor Crippen lives * The Angry Hills...
and Hans SöhnkerHans SöhnkerHans Söhnker was a German film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1933 and 1980.He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Faithful * Beloved Corinna...
) - director - Dany, bitte schreiben Sie (BRD 1956) - director, screenplay
- Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald (BRD 1956, with Marion MichaelMarion MichaelMarion Michael was a German film actress and singer. She was best known for her role in the 1956 film, Liane, Jungle Goddess...
and Hardy KrügerHardy KrügerHardy Krüger is a German actor. He is thought of as one of the greatest German actors of the 1960s. He was born in Wedding, Berlin, German Reich...
) - director - Skandal um Dodo (Austria 1958, with Olive Moorefield and Karin DorKarin DorKarin Dor is a German actress who became popular in the 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz.Dor was born as Kätherose Derr. She was married to George Robotham, a U.S...
) - director - Der Schäfer vom Trutzberg (BRD 1959, with Heidi BrühlHeidi BrühlHeidi Rosemarie Brühl was a German singer and actress who came to prominence as a young teenager and had a prolific career in film and television...
and Hans von Borsody) - director - Traumrevue (Austria 1959, with Waltraut HaasWaltraut HaasWaltraut Haas is a popular Austrian stage and film actress and singer.Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen...
and Eva PawlikEva PawlikEva Pawlik was an Austrian figure skater , a show star, an actress and the first European figure skater to be a TV figure skating commentator .-Childhood:Born in 1927, Pawlik was regarded as a child prodigy, able to jump a single axel and do a large number of spins...
) - director - Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen (Austria 1959, with Willy Birgel) - director, screenplay
- Liane, die Tochter des Dschungels (BRD 1961, with Marion Michael and Hardy Krüger) – director (uncredited, with Hermann Leitner)
- Romanze in Venedig (Austria 1962, with Willy Birgel and Ann SmyrnerAnn SmyrnerAnn Smyrner is a Danish actress who was active in the 1960s in Italy, the USA, Austria and West Germany. She played in adventure, comedy, science fiction, crime, and horror movies, among which are the Sidney Pink science fiction movies Reptilicus and Journey to the Seventh Planet .Ann Smyrner...
) - director, screenplay - Sturm am wilden Kaiser/Bergwind (Austria 1963, with Alwy Becker and Hans von Borsody) - director, screenplay