Franz Peter Wirth

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

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan! poster
6.0

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Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan!

1973

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8.0

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Ein Schloß

1966

Arms and the Man poster
6.6

1865: 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

Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn poster
7.0

Munich-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

Girl from Hong Kong poster
10.0

Unusual 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 artwork available
9.0

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Typisch Ed!

1999

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark poster
2.8

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

1961

No artwork available
8.0

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

Karambolage poster
4.2

Dr. 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

No artwork available
NR

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Schmutzige Hände

1956

No artwork available
7.0

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Strychnin und saure Drops

1974

Adieu, Mon Ami poster
5.0

Germany, 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

No artwork available
7.0

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Ludwig Thoma- Der Wittiber

1975

...und nichts als die Wahrheit poster
6.0

Dr. 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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NR

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Don Carlos - Infant von Spanien

1963

No artwork available
3.5

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Die Messe der erfüllten Wünsche

1971

No artwork available
9.0

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Die Schlacht bei Lobositz

1968

No artwork available
NR

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Das Attentat - Der Tod des Engelbert Dollfuß

1967

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter poster
4.0

Richard 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

Der Richter und sein Henker poster
6.5

The 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

Der Richter und sein Henker poster
6.5

The 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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
9.0

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Die Frau am dunklen Fenster

1960

No artwork available
NR

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Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts

1962

No artwork available
NR

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Nicht einmal das halbe Leben

1973

Der arme Mann Luther poster
10.0

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Der arme Mann Luther

1965

Tiefe Wasser poster
3.4

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Tiefe Wasser

1983

Don Carlos poster
9.0

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Don Carlos

1984

No artwork available
9.0

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Zahlungsaufschub

1961

No artwork available
NR

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Das Haus Lunjowo

1970

No artwork available
7.0

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Geschlossene Gesellschaft

1966

Wallenstein poster
NR

Wallenstein 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

People in the Net poster
8.0

Espionage thriller about a married couple caught in the middle of dueling spy organisations.

People in the Net

1959

No artwork available
NR

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Antigone

1965

No artwork available
NR

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Rückkehr von den Sternen

1965

No artwork available
NR

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Alte Kameraden

1969

No artwork available
10.0

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Der Hund des Generals

1964

No artwork available
9.0

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Der Fall Winslow

1961

Der kaukasische Kreidekreis poster
8.0

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Der kaukasische Kreidekreis

1958

No artwork available
8.0

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Jeanne oder Die Lerche

1956