Rainer Erler
Horst Rainer Erler (26 August 1933 – 8 November 2023) was a German director, screenwriter, writer and producer.
Also recorded as Horst Rainer Erler · Erler, Rainer
Rainer Erler
- Born
- 1933. · Munich.
- Died
- 2023. · Perth.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, film producer, writer and director.
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, German Science Fiction Prize for best short story and Grimme-Preis.
- Languages
- German.
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Life and career
Life and career
Born in Munich, Erler grew up in Solln and entered the film industry as the assistant director of Rudolf Jugert, a role he fulfilled for eight years. During his career he directed over 40 feature films and five stage works, and wrote 14 novels and more than two dozen short stories. In 1972, Rainer Erler founded the production company Pentagramma with his wife Renate. He had his international breakout in 1979 with the television thriller film Fleisch, which launched the career of Jutta Speidel, was sold in over 120 countries and even released theatrically in a large number of them. His films were often characterized by an original mixture of exploitation, science fiction and political themes. Active until 2000, during his career Erler received numerous awards and honours, notably the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis and the Federal Cross of Merit. In his later years he moved to Perth, Australia, where he died on 8 November 2023, at the age of 90.
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Rainer Erler (26 August 1933 – 8 November 2023) is described as a director, writer, screenwriter and film producer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Rainer Erler was born in Munich (26 August 1933) and died in Perth (8 November 2023). The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern and Perth as places of activity.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
Seelenwanderung (1962, TV film) Sonderurlaub (1963, TV film) The Ringer (1963, TV film) — based on the eponymous play by Edgar Wallace Honours for Sale (1963, TV film) Lydia muss sterben (1964, TV film) — based on the novel False Bounty by Stephen Ransome Das Bohrloch (1966, TV film) Fast ein Held (1967) Endkampf (1968, TV film) Professor Columbus (1968) Der Attentäter (1969, TV film) The Delegation (1970, TV film) Jan Billbusch (1972, TV series, 16 episodes) Der Amateur (1972, TV film) — based on the novel Think of a Number by Anders Bodelsen Das Blaue Palais (a.k.a. The Blue Palace, 1974–1976, TV series, 5 episodes) The Garbage Dump (a.k.a. The Rubbish Tip, 1975, TV film) The Last Holidays (1975, TV film) Operation Ganymed (1977, TV film) Plutonium (1978, TV film) Fleisch (a.k.a. Spare Parts, 1979, TV film) A Guru Comes (a.k.a. Here Comes the Guru, 1980, TV film) Der Spot oder Fast eine Karriere (1981, TV film) Das schöne Ende dieser Welt (1984, TV film) Nuclear Conspiracy (1986, TV film) Sugar (1989, TV film) The Kaltenbach Papers (a.k.a. A Fatal Assignment, 1991, TV film)
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1933
Rainer Erler was born on 26 August 1933.
2023
Rainer Erler died on 8 November 2023.
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