Franz Peter Wirth

• Name — Franz Peter Wirth • Born — 22 September 1919 • Birthplace — Munich • Died — 17 October 1999 • Place of death — Berg, Upper Bavaria • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1954–1999

• 1954: Das Brot des Malers Luschek – (screenplay by Peter Adler (writer)) • 1954: Oskar kommt mit der dritten Stadtbahn – (based on a radio play by Max Gundermann) • 1954: Der Weihnachtsgast – (based on a play by Charles Vildrac) • 1955: Chiarevalle wird entdeckt – (based on a play by Nicola Manzari) • 1955: Unruhige Nacht – (based on Arrow to the Heart by Albrecht Goes) • 1955: Das Telefon oder Die Liebe zu dritt – (based on The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti) • 1955: Alle meine Söhne – (based on All My Sons by Arthur Miller) • 1956: Meine Schwester und ich – (based on Meine Schwester und ich) • 1956: Der Hexer – (based on The Ringer by Edgar Wallace) • 1956: Schmutzige Hände – (based on Dirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre) • 1956: Der schöne Gleichgültige – (based on Le Bel Indifférent by Jean Cocteau) • 1956: Jeanne oder Die Lerche – (based on The Lark by Jean Anouilh) • 1957: Korruption – (based on Corruzione al Palazzo di giustizia by Ugo Betti) • 1957: Der Richter und sein Henker – (based on The Judge and His Hangman by Friedrich Dürrenmatt) • 1957: Bernarda Albas Haus – (based on The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca) • 1958: Glaube Liebe Hoffnung – (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) • 1958: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1958 film) – (based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht) • 1958: Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden – (based on Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller) • 1959: Konto ausgeglichen – (based on The Embezzler by James M. Cain) • 1959: Raskolnikoff – (based on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment) • 1961: Hamlet – (based on Shakespeare's Hamlet) • 1961: Alle meine Söhne – (based on All My Sons by Arthur Miller) • 1961: Zahlungsaufschub – (based on Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester) • 1961: Der Fall Winslow – (based on The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan) • 1962: Der Hausmeister – (based on The Caretaker by Harold Pinter) • 1962: Wallenstein – (based on Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller) • 1962: Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts • 1963: Was Ihr wollt – (based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night) • 1963: Don Carlos – (based on Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller) • 1964: Der Hund des Generals – (based on a play by Heinar Kipphardt) • 1964: Karl Sand – (film about Karl Ludwig Sand) • 1964: Die Geschichte von Joel Brand – (based on the story of Joel Brand, written by Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski) • 1965: Der arme Mann Luther – (based on a radio play by Leopold Ahlsen) • 1965: Der Ruepp – (based on a novel by Ludwig Thoma) • 1965: Antigone – (based on Antigone by Jean Anouilh) • 1965: Rückkehr von den Sternen – (based on Revenu de l'étoile by André Obey) • 1966: Herzliches Beileid – (based on Feu la mère de Madame by Georges Feydeau) • 1966: Geschlossene Gesellschaft – (based on No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre) • 1966: Der Regenmacher – (based on The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash) • 1966: Ein Schloß – (based on a play by Ivan Klíma) • 1967: Flucht ohne Ausweg (TV miniseries) – (based on a novel by Kenneth Donald) • 1967: Das Attentat – Der Tod des Engelbert Dollfuss – (docudrama about the Austrian July Putsch 1934) • 1967: Nathan the Wise (1967 film) – (based on Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing) • 1967: Der schöne Gleichgültige – (based on Le Bel Indifférent by Jean Cocteau) • 1967: Walther Rathenau – Untersuchung eines Attentats – (docudrama about the assassination of Walther Rathenau) • 1968: Schinderhannes – (based on Schinderhannes by Carl Zuckmayer) • 1968: Schmutzige Hände – (based on Dirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre) • 1968: Die Schlacht bei Lobositz – (based on a play by Peter Hacks) • 1968: Othello – (based on Shakespeare's Othello) • 1969: Alte Kameraden – (screenplay by George Hurdalek) • 1969: Die Zimmerschlacht – (based on a play by Martin Walser) • 1969: Al Capone im deutschen Wald – (based on a novel by Michail Krausnick about Bernhard Kimmel) • 1969: Verraten und verkauft – (based on a novel by Donald MacKenzie (writer)) • 1970: Das Haus Lunjowo – (docudrama about the National Committee for a Free Germany) • 1970: Die Marquise von B. – (film about Madame de Brinvilliers) • 1971: Change – (based on a play by Wolfgang Bauer) • 1971: Willy und Lilly – (screenplay by Manfred Bieler) • 1971: Operation Walküre (film) – (docudrama about the 20 July plot) • 1971: Die Messe der erfüllten Wünsche – (based on a novella by Vladimír Páral) • 1972: Die rote Kapelle (TV miniseries) – (series about the Red Orchestra) • 1972: Eisenwichser – (based on a play by Heinrich Henkel (playwright)) • 1972–1973: Alexander Zwo (TV miniseries) • 1973: Nicht einmal das halbe Leben – (based on a novel by Alexandr Kliment) • 1974: Der zerbrochene Krug – (based on The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist) • 1974: Synchron oder Man kann auch anders – (screenplay by Robert Neumann) • 1974: Plus minus null • 1974: Strychnin und saure Drops – (anthology film, screenplay by Leopold Ahlsen) • 1975: Tatort: Wodka Bitter-Lemon (Tatort) • 1975: Der Biberpelz – (based on The Beaver Coat by Gerhart Hauptmann) • 1975: Derrick: Paddenberg (Derrick) • 1975: Der Wittiber (1975 film) – (based on a novel by Ludwig Thoma) • 1975: Ein schönes Paar – (based on a play by John O'Hare) • 1975: Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor – (based on a play by Maurice Braddell and Anita Hart) • 1975: Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua – (based on Schiller's Fiesco) • 1976: Julia und Romeo – (What if Romeo and Juliet survived?) • 1976: Insel der Rosen – (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek) • 1976: Minna von Barnhelm – (based on Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing) • 1976: Derrick: Risiko • 1976: Die Leute von Feichtenreut – (based on a novel by Hannes Burger) • 1977: Emigranten – (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek) • 1977: Roulette – (based on a play by Pavel Kohout) • 1977: Generale – Anatomie der Marneschlacht – (screenplay by Sebastian Haffner, docudrama about the Battle of the Marne) • 1977: Ein Mann wird jünger – (based on a play by Italo Svevo) • 1978: Wallenstein (miniseries) (TV miniseries) – (based on a Wallenstein biography by Golo Mann) • 1979: The Buddenbrooks (TV miniseries) – (based on Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann) • 1980: Tatort: Mit nackten Füßen • 1982: Ein Stück Himmel (TV miniseries) – (screenplay by Günter Kunert and Leo Lehman, based on the autobiography of Janina David) • 1982: Georg Thomallas Geschichten (TV series, 2 episodes) • 1982: Egmont – (based on Goethe's Egmont) • 1983: Deep Water (1983 film) – (based on Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith) • 1984: Vor dem Sturm (miniseries) (TV miniseries) – (based on a novel by Theodor Fontane) • 1984: Hildes Endspiel – Eine Vorstadtballade • 1984: Don Carlos – (based on Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller) • 1984: Geld oder Leben – (anthology film) • 1984–1985: Polizeiinspektion 1 (TV series, 6 episodes) • 1986: Die Wächter (TV miniseries) – (based on The Guardians by John Christopher) • 1986: Spätes Erröten – (based on The Understanding by Angela Huth) • 1986: Zerbrochene Brücken – (based on the autobiography of Lily Braun) • 1987: Derrick: Koldaus letzte Reise • 1987: Wallenstein – (based on Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller) • 1987: Derrick: Mordfall Goos • 1988: Familienschande – (based on Family Skeletons by Patrick Quentin) • 1989: Karambolage (1989 film) • 1990: Notenwechsel • 1990: Derrick: Solo für Vier • 1992: Dornberger • 1992–1993: Weißblaue Geschichten (TV series, 2 episodes) • 1994–1995: Frankenberg (TV series, 15 episodes) • 1996: Der Mann ohne Schatten (TV series, 2 episodes) • 1996: Adieu, mon ami – (based on a novel by Barbara Noack) • 1997: Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei (TV series, 6 episodes) • 1998: Die Unbestechliche (TV series, 3 episodes) • 1999: Typisch Ed!