Fritz Umgelter

He also directed 7 cinema films (of which he received directing credit for 6), but these were not critically acclaimed, and he remains best known for his television works.

• Name — Fritz Umgelter • Born — 18 August 1922 • Birthplace — Stuttgart, Germany • Died — 9 May 1981 • Place of death — Frankfurt am Main, West Germany • Occupation — television director, television writer, film director • Known for — Der Winter, der ein Sommer war

His film releases were: • 1958: All the Sins of the Earth • 1958: Sin Began with Eve (American re-edited version 1962: The Bellboy and the Playgirls) • 1958: Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter • 1961: Only the Wind • 1965: Tread Softly • 1967: A Handful of Heroes • 1968: ' (Uncredited. Director: Franz Antel) His television work includes: • Nicht zuhören, meine Damen! (1954) — (based on N'écoutez pas, mesdames!) • Ein Phönix zuviel (1955) — (based on A Phoenix Too Frequent) • Der Hund von Baskerville (1955) — (based on The Hound of the Baskervilles) • Ein Volksfeind (1955) — (based on An Enemy of the People) • Molière spielt in Versailles (1955) — (based on a play by Walter Knaus including three plays by Molière) • Schiffchen zu 100 Francs (1956) — (based on the radio play Der Admiral by Alix du Frênes) • Der Flüchtling (1956) — (based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder) • Gelähmte Schwingen (1956) — (based on a play by Ludwig Thoma) • Der Verräter (1956) — (based on the play The Traitor by Herman Wouk) • Öl und Champagner (1956) — (based on a play by Ferenc Molnár) • Die letzte Patrouille? (1956) — (screenplay by Artur Müller) • Das Spinnennetz (1956) — (based on Spider's Web by Agatha Christie) • Zwölftausend (1956) — (based on a play by Bruno Frank) • Zehn Jahre und drei Tage (1956) — (based on a radio play by Ivo Braak) • Die Panne (1957) — (based on A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt) • Montserrat (1957) — (based on a play by Emmanuel Roblès) • Monsignores große Stunde (1957) — (based on the play Monsignor's Hour by Emmet Lavery) • Romeo und Julia (1957) — (based on Romeo and Juliet) • Ganz groß in Kleinigkeiten (1957) — (based on An Eye for Detail by Berkely Mather) • Don Carlos (1957) — (based on Don Carlos) • Olivia (1958) — (based on Love In Idleness) • As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (1959, TV miniseries) — (based on the story of Cornelius Rost) • Die Räuber (1959) — (based on The Robbers) • Das mittlere Fenster (1959) — (based on the novel The Middle Window by Elizabeth Goudge) • Am grünen Strand der Spree (1960, TV miniseries) • Der Mann, der Donnerstag war (1960) — (based on The Man Who Was Thursday) • Gericht über Las Casas (1960) — (based on the play Las Casas vor Karl V. by Reinhold Schneider) • Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1961) — (based on The Prince of Homburg) • Die Journalisten (1961) — (based on a play by Gustav Freytag) • Und Pippa tanzt (1961) — (based on a play by Gerhart Hauptmann) • Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst (1962, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Hans Fallada) • Montserrat (1962) — (based on a play by Emmanuel Roblès) • Der Belagerungszustand (1963) — (based on The State of Siege) • Danton's Death (1963 film) (1963) — (based on Danton's Death) • Die Abrechnung (1963) — (based on the play Zar Alexander by Reinhold Schneider) • Freundschaftsspiel (1963) — (screenplay by Dieter Meichsner) • Der schlechte Soldat Smith (1963) — (based on the play The Bad Soldier Smith by William Douglas Home) • Den Tod in der Hand (1963) — (based on the novel Échec au porteur by Noël Calef) • Der Traum des Eroberers (1964) — (based on a play by Reinhold Schneider) • König Richard III (1964) — (based on Richard III) • Tom und seine Söhne (1964) — (based on The Country Boy) • Bei Tag und Nacht (1964) — (based on The Dog in the Manger) • ' (1964) — (based on The Physicists) • Überstunden (1965) — (screenplay by Johannes Hendrich) • Der Sündenbock (1965) — (based on a novel by Luise Rinser) • Nun singen sie wieder (1965) — (based on a play by Max Frisch) • Nachtfahrt (1965) — (based on a novel by Simon Glas) • Perlenkomödie (1966) — (based on a play by Bruno Frank) • Münchhausen (1966) — (based on a play by Walter Hasenclever) • Freiheit im Dezember (1966) — (screenplay by Leo Lehman) • Caroline (1966) — (based on a play by W. Somerset Maugham) • Herrenhaus (1966) — (based on the play Mannerhouse by Thomas Wolfe) • Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (1966) — (based on The Good Person of Szechwan) • Nur einer wird leben (1966) — (based on a novel by André Picot) • Die Affäre Eulenburg (1967) — (Docudrama about the Harden–Eulenburg affair) • Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967) — (based on Chips with Everything) • Mr. Arcularis (1967) — (based on a story by Conrad Aiken) • Sieben Wochen auf dem Eis (1967) — (Docudrama about the crash of the airship Italia) • So war Herr Brummell (1967) — (film about Beau Brummell, based on a play by Ernst Penzoldt) • Fräulein Julie (1968) — (based on Miss Julie) • Die Freier (1969) — (based on a play by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff) • Epitaph für einen König (1969) — (based on August Strindberg's play Karl XII) • Rebellion of the Lost (miniseries) (1969, TV miniseries) — (screenplay by Wolfgang Menge, based on a novel by Henry Jaeger) • Der Tanz des Sergeanten Musgrave (1969) — (based on Serjeant Musgrave's Dance) • Like a Tear in the Ocean (miniseries) (1970, TV miniseries) — (based on Like a Tear in the Ocean by Manès Sperber) • Sessel zwischen den Stühlen (1970) — (screenplay by Wolfgang Menge) • Menschen (1970) — (based on Creatures That Once Were Men by Maxim Gorky) • Merkwürdige Geschichten (1970–71, TV series, 13 episodes) • Viel Getu' um nichts (1971) — (based on Much Ado About Nothing) • Elsa Brändström (1971) — (Docudrama about Elsa Brändström) • Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall – Ur-Opas dufter Krieg 70/71 (co-director: Jürgen Neven-du Mont, 1971) • Das Abenteuer eines armen Christenmenschen (1971) — (based on Story of a Humble Christian) • Das Klavier (1972) — (based on a novel by Julius Tinzmann) • Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about Friedrich von der Trenck) • Der Vorgang (1973) — (based on a novel by Ladislav Mňačko) • Wenn alle anderen fehlen (1973) — (screenplay by Manfred Bieler) • Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel (1973) — (based on La Fin et les Moyens by Louis C. Thomas) • Arsène Lupin (1974, TV series, 3 episodes) • Im Vorhof der Wahrheit (1974) — (screenplay by Johannes Hendrich) • Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski (1975, TV miniseries) — (biographical film about Maurice Benyovszky) • Tatort: (1975) • Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus (1975, TV miniseries) — (based on Simplicius Simplicissimus) • Ein Badeunfall (1976) — (screenplay by Karl Wittlinger) • Tatort: (1976) • Die Babenberger in Österreich (1976) — (documentary about the Babenberg dynasty, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer) • Der Winter, der ein Sommer war (1976, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Sandra Paretti) • Tatort: (1977) • Tatort: (1977) • Vorhang auf, wir spielen Mord (1978) — (based on the novel Enter Murderers by Henry Slesar) • Ein typischer Fall (1978) — (screenplay by Irene Rodrian) • Revolution in Frankfurt (1979) — (film about the Fettmilch uprising 1614) • Dr. Knock oder Der Triumph der Medizin (1979) — (based on Knock) • Die rote Zora und ihre Bande (1979, TV miniseries) — (based on The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle) • The Weavers (1980 film) (1980) — (based on The Weavers) • Gesucht wird... – Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (1980) — (screenplay by Herbert Reinecker) • In Prag und anderswo (1980) — (biographical film about Jaroslav Hašek) • Tatort: (1981) • In the Land of Cockaigne (1981) — (based on a novel by Heinrich Mann) • Das Traumschiff (1981–82, TV series, 6 episodes)