Directing

Rolf Thiele

Born March 7, 1918 · Prödlitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [ora in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]

Died October 9, 1994 · aged 76

Rolf Thiele was a German filmmaker who worked as a director, writer, and producer. After studying philosophy and sociology, he entered the film industry following World War II and helped establish the production company Filmaufbau Göttingen. From the 1950s through the 1970s, he created a wide range of films, often combining sharp social observation with irony and wit, and he frequently collaborate…

Known For

Rosemary

Rosemary · 1958

MovieDramaComedy

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.

Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo · 1978

After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.

Morale 63

Morale 63 · 1963

MovieComedyDrama

The young Marion is arrested by the police for pimping, prostitution and indecent exposure. Reporter Axel Rottmann sense a lucrative story for his newspaper. He makes a deal with Marion, to tell her story.

Lulu

MovieDramaCrime

A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.

Das Liebeskarussell

Das Liebeskarussell · 1965

Das Liebeskarussell

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita; at a high-school reunion his former students pull a prank on Prof. Hellberg and make him believe he cheated on his wife while being drunk; Sybill has a good time during a break at the opera with the famous conductor Cramer.

Tonio Kröger

Tonio Kröger · 1964

This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.

They're Too Much

They're Too Much · 1965

They're Too Much

Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model · 1955

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

The romantic conflicts of a runaway young woman who works as a model and is courted by two journalists...

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Rosemary

Rosemary · 1958

MovieDramaComedy

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system.

Director

Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo · 1978

After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.

Producer

Morale 63

Morale 63 · 1963

MovieComedyDrama

The young Marion is arrested by the police for pimping, prostitution and indecent exposure. Reporter Axel Rottmann sense a lucrative story for his newspaper. He makes a deal with Marion, to tell her story.

Director

Lulu

MovieDramaCrime

A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.

Director

Das Liebeskarussell

Das Liebeskarussell · 1965

Das Liebeskarussell

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita; at a high-school reunion his former students pull a prank on Prof. Hellberg and make him believe he cheated on his wife while being drunk; Sybill has a good time during a break at the opera with the famous conductor Cramer.

Director

Tonio Kröger

Tonio Kröger · 1964

This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.

Director

They're Too Much

They're Too Much · 1965

They're Too Much

Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.

Director

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model · 1955

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

The romantic conflicts of a runaway young woman who works as a model and is courted by two journalists...

Producer

Rosemary's Daughter

Rosemary's Daughter · 1976

Rosemary's Daughter

The murder of the well-known Frankfurt high-class prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt kept the Federal Republic in suspense at the time, but the crime could never be solved. Although almost twenty years have now passed, the unpleasant matter for those involved at the time comes back on the table, because Annemarie Meier-Wippertal, the daughter of the murdered, causes unrest as she wants to solve the murder of her mother.

Director

The Sex Olimpics

The Sex Olimpics · 1972

The Sex Olimpics

In Greece at the time of antiquity. In the year 600 before Christ, the 45th Olympic Games are held, which are all in the sign of the old city-renown Sparta-Athens.

Screenplay

Der tolle Bomberg

Der tolle Bomberg · 1957

Der tolle Bomberg

Director

Sie

A young Hungarian press illustrator and an even younger French publisher's daughter live together in Paris for four years, in a loving but crisis-ridden relationship without a marriage certificate. Only after bitter experiences does true love set in, leading the couple to the registry office after all.

Director

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern · 1957

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is responsible for managing. He is a warm-hearted but somewhat overwhelmed father to his five daughters, ranging from a preschooler to two teenage girls to a successful press photographer who flirts with a dashing dentist. While he is trying to sell the castle to an overbearing American millionaire, the housekeeper quits, and the youth welfare office insists on discipline and order in the five-girl household.

Co-Producer

El Hakim

El Hakim · 1957

A young Egyptian doctor leaves his uneducated, dance girl lady friend behind while he focuses on fighting poverty and superstition. Years later, rich and famous, on a trip to Paris he discovers her again, in a night club.

Director

The Death of a Double

The Death of a Double · 1967

The Death of a Double

The submissive assistant of an abnormal jeweler becomes the victim of a doppelganger who plans the perfect crime.

Director

It's Called Love

It's Called Love · 1961

It's Called Love

Story of heavy drinking poet Dichter Albert, who being worn out by much younger Fanny. At the same time Elise, the writer's wife, tries to capture the young Beau Fabrizio, who shows no interest in her.

Producer

Women in Hospital

Women in Hospital · 1977

Women in Hospital

MovieDramaCrime

Schuman and Oberhoff are successful hospital doctors who treat pregnant women. However, their personal lives are a mess. Schuman has to deal with his drug-addicted wife Claudia, while Oberhoff deals with his teenage daughter's pregnancy.

Director

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults · 1969

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults

In an erotic version of famous fairy tales, Snow White (Marie Liljedahl), Sleeping Beauty (Gaby Fuchs) and Cinderella (Eva Reuber-Staier) have sexy fun.

Screenplay

Slap in the Face

Slap in the Face · 1970

Slap in the Face

Dressed only with a muff, Eva - naked as God created her - reaches the conference room of the big bank to expose Terbanks' capitalists and bankers and to protest against capitalism and exploitation. But the naked woman from the "Red October" community slapped the wrong man and pursued tangible own interests in the form of inherited shares ...

Director

Scandal in Bad Ischl

Scandal in Bad Ischl · 1957

Scandal in Bad Ischl

MovieComedyDrama

Dr. Franz Duhr, a fashionable doctor in the feudal Austro-Hungarian spa town of Bad Ischl, is said to have "helped" a pregnant girl after a suicide attempt. When he then also wants to establish a home for unmarried mothers, the scandal is complete.

Director

Primanerinnen

Primanerinnen · 1951

Director

The Man Who Sold Himself

The Man Who Sold Himself · 1959

The Man Who Sold Himself

MovieCrimeDrama

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting to take full advantage of the muck, he strings out his revelations in a series of perjorative, damning articles on the man. The result of this campaign turns out to be much worse than simply ruining the hotel owner's reputation.

Producer

Venusberg

Venusberg · 1963

Seven completely different women accept an invitation from Doctor Alphonse to his villa located on a mountain top.

Author

Geliebtes Leben

Geliebtes Leben · 1953

Geliebtes Leben

Director