
Directing
Franz Peter Wirth
Born — Died
1919-09-22 — 1999-10-17
Place of birth
München, Germany
Known for
Directing
Credits
47 titles
Known for
9.0The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Bambi
1948
Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.
Grimme Award
1964
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German Film Award
1951
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Blauer Panther
1989
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Bismarck
1990
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Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan!
1973
Film credits
Series credits
9.0The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Bambi
1948
Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.
Grimme Award
1964
No synopsis available yet.
German Film Award
1951
No synopsis available yet.
Blauer Panther
1989
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Bismarck
1990
Behind the camera
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan!
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Schloß
1966
6.61865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.
Arms and the Man
1958
7.0Munich-based graphic artist Lukas is an artist with no fixed abode and no desire for commitment, who never stays in the same place for long. His only possessions are his duck, his clothes and a few everyday objects with which he moves from apartment to apartment as a lodger. There he prefers to devote himself entirely to his amorous adventures. With his unconventional manner, he drives philistines, aristocrats and the nouveau riche up the wall.
Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn
1963
10.0Unusual race relations melodrama from West Germany follows a German sailor who meets and weds a Chinese woman while on leave in Hong Kong, only to meet with disapproval from his family and friends when the couple returns to Europe.
Girl from Hong Kong
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Typisch Ed!
1999
2.8Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1961
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.
Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
1977
4.2Dr. Philipp Achtermann, a microbiologist from the GDR, was attending a conference in Frankfurt on business. On the return journey with his wife Nina, he allows himself a deviation from the prescribed route. On a side road near Lake Chiemsee, Achtermann's Wartburg collides with a West German BMW. At the wheel is Tom Maiwald, an architect.
Karambolage
1989
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Schmutzige Hände
1956
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Strychnin und saure Drops
1974
5.0Germany, WWII: 10-year old Dagmar has just lost her beloved twin brother Doug and her family through a bomb attack. Together with a young girl who worked in the bakery of Dagmar's parents they escape to Bavaria and find shelter at some far relatives of Dagmar's family. The little girl just doesn't feel comfortable in the strange family but soon finds a good friend: Laurent, a 17-year old French alien employee. Laurent is tormented by August, the "head of the family", but cannot defend himself because as soon as he causes a conflict he will be sent into an approved school in France which is even worse. Dagmar and Laurent become very close and become almost like brother and sister, they are all they have and Dagmar even falls a bit in love with Laurent. One day August sees how Laurent hugs Dagmar, he provokes a conflict and at the end Laurent is sent back to France...
Adieu, Mon Ami
1996
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Ludwig Thoma- Der Wittiber
1975
6.0Dr. Stefan Donat, a doctor from Frankfurt, unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to his wife Agnes' estate after she dies of a terminal illness, even though they had been divorced for years. The change in the will in Stefan's favor was made on the day Agnes died in her apartment between 4 and 6 pm. The original heiress, Mingo Fabian, contested the will. She is 23 years old, Agnes' cousin and was also friends with Stefan Donat. She finds this step very difficult, but her lawyer, Dr. Bernburger, persuades her to take it, as he wants to marry her. The body is exhumed and shortly afterwards Dr. Donat is arrested on suspicion of murder...
...und nichts als die Wahrheit
1958
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Don Carlos - Infant von Spanien
1963
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Die Messe der erfüllten Wünsche
1971
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Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
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Das Attentat - Der Tod des Engelbert Dollfuß
1967
4.0Richard Mertens, a successful magazine editor with a cold, empty marriage to Lucy, seeks excitement through an affair with younger colleague Eva. Yet his need for status traps him in superficiality, undermining genuine connection. A legal battle with old friend Ferrow, won through perjury, reveals Mertens’s moral emptiness, shattering his relationship with Eva. Alone, he finds solace only in listening to bartender Brigitte.
Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
1964
6.5The old and sick detective superintendent Bärlach has to investigate the murder of his colleague Ulrich Schmied, who was murdered in the middle of the country road.
Der Richter und sein Henker
1957
6.5The old and sick detective superintendent Bärlach has to investigate the murder of his colleague Ulrich Schmied, who was murdered in the middle of the country road.
Der Richter und sein Henker
1957
A baby is delivered to the Hamilton family, triggering a turbulent search for those responsible among six potential fathers.
Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor
1975
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Die Frau am dunklen Fenster
1960
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Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts
1962
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Nicht einmal das halbe Leben
1973
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Der arme Mann Luther
1965
3.4No synopsis available yet.
Tiefe Wasser
1983
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Don Carlos
1984
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Zahlungsaufschub
1961
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Das Haus Lunjowo
1970
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Geschlossene Gesellschaft
1966
NRWallenstein is adaptation of the drama by Friedrich Schiller. Set midway through the religious conflicts that ravaged war-torn Europe in the 17th century, the 18th-century German dramatist Friedrich Schiller wrote 3 plays that chronicle the final year and downfall of the celebrated Bohemian leader Albrecht Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (1583-1634), and explores the factors contributing to his demise.
Wallenstein
1987
8.0Espionage thriller about a married couple caught in the middle of dueling spy organisations.
People in the Net
1959
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Antigone
1965
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Rückkehr von den Sternen
1965
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Alte Kameraden
1969
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Der Hund des Generals
1964
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Der Fall Winslow
1961
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Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
1958
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Jeanne oder Die Lerche
1956


