Directing
Rolf Thiele
Born — Died
1918-03-07 — 1994-10-09
Place of birth
Prödlitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [ora in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
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 collaborated with actress Nadja Tiller. Thiele is best known for films such as Das Mädchen Rosemarie and Lulu, and his contributions to German cinema were recognized with the Ernst Lubitsch Award in 1963.
Known for
5.8West 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.
Rosemary
1958
5.0After 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.
Just a Gigolo
1978
6.3The 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.
Morale 63
1963
3.3An 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.
Das Liebeskarussell
1965
6.2This 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.
Tonio Kröger
1964
The mystery of the so-called “flying saucers” is being investigated.
Fliegende Untertassen
1953
Behind the camera
5.8West 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.
Rosemary
1958
5.8West 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.
Rosemary
1958
5.0After 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.
Just a Gigolo
1978
6.3The 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.
Morale 63
1963
6.3The 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.
Morale 63
1963
3.3An 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.
Das Liebeskarussell
1965
6.2This 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.
Tonio Kröger
1964
The mystery of the so-called “flying saucers” is being investigated.
Fliegende Untertassen
1953
6.8A 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.
Lulu
1962
6.8A 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.
Lulu
1962
4.8Three 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.
They're Too Much
1965
4.8Three 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.
They're Too Much
1965
The mermaid Undine is looking for a man who is worthy of her love.
Undine 74
1974
6.2The romantic conflicts of a runaway young woman who works as a model and is courted by two journalists...
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
1955
3.8In 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.
The Sex Olimpics
1972
3.8In 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.
The Sex Olimpics
1972
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Der tolle Bomberg
1957
5.2In an erotic version of famous fairy tales, Snow White (Marie Liljedahl), Sleeping Beauty (Gaby Fuchs) and Cinderella (Eva Reuber-Staier) have sexy fun.
Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults
1969
5.2In an erotic version of famous fairy tales, Snow White (Marie Liljedahl), Sleeping Beauty (Gaby Fuchs) and Cinderella (Eva Reuber-Staier) have sexy fun.
Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults
1969
8.0Schuman 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.
Women in Hospital
1977
5.7A 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.
El Hakim
1957
8.0The submissive assistant of an abnormal jeweler becomes the victim of a doppelganger who plans the perfect crime.
The Death of a Double
1967
8.0The submissive assistant of an abnormal jeweler becomes the victim of a doppelganger who plans the perfect crime.
The Death of a Double
1967
9.0Story 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.
It's Called Love
1961
9.0Story 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.
It's Called Love
1961
9.0Story 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.
It's Called Love
1961
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Primanerinnen
1951
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Primanerinnen
1951
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Primanerinnen
1951
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Auf Engel schießt man nicht
1960
3.8The 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.
Rosemary's Daughter
1976
The sun motif in the art of various peoples (including the Egyptians and the Incas) and the sun’s role as the Earth’s source of energy are explored. The film also features footage of the total solar eclipse on June 30, 1954, on the Swedish island of Galtol.
Der Tag, an dem die Sonne erlosch
1954
7.0Dr. 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.
Scandal in Bad Ischl
1957
8.0A 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.
Sie
1954
6.5Heinrich and his wife Sabine are happily married, until Heinrich suggests trying something new in the bedroom - the plan to meet with two other couples for a night of erotic adventures turns into total chaos.
Der scharfe Heinrich - Die bumsfidelen Abenteuer einer jungen Ehe
1971
7.0An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann.
Once a Greek
1966
Germany during World War I. Young Jean falls in love with Germaine. To put an end to the affair, Father de Wehrt sends his son to the countryside. When the high school senior starts flirting with Gertrud there, he is sent to the army.
Black-White-Red Four Poster
1962
3.2A portrayal of the moral history of sex in the course of human history.
Come Now, My Dear Little Bird
1968
3.2A portrayal of the moral history of sex in the course of human history.
Come Now, My Dear Little Bird
1968
8.0An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.
Königliche Hoheit
1953
