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

Rosemary poster
5.8

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.

Rosemary

1958

Just a Gigolo poster
5.0

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.

Just a Gigolo

1978

Morale 63 poster
6.3

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.

Morale 63

1963

Das Liebeskarussell poster
3.3

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.

Das Liebeskarussell

1965

Tonio Kröger poster
6.2

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.

Tonio Kröger

1964

No artwork available
NR

The mystery of the so-called “flying saucers” is being investigated.

Fliegende Untertassen

1953

Behind the camera

Rosemary poster
5.8

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.

Rosemary

1958

Rosemary poster
5.8

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.

Rosemary

1958

Just a Gigolo poster
5.0

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.

Just a Gigolo

1978

Morale 63 poster
6.3

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.

Morale 63

1963

Morale 63 poster
6.3

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.

Morale 63

1963

Das Liebeskarussell poster
3.3

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.

Das Liebeskarussell

1965

Tonio Kröger poster
6.2

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.

Tonio Kröger

1964

No artwork available
NR

The mystery of the so-called “flying saucers” is being investigated.

Fliegende Untertassen

1953

Lulu poster
6.8

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.

Lulu

1962

Lulu poster
6.8

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.

Lulu

1962

They're Too Much poster
4.8

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.

They're Too Much

1965

They're Too Much poster
4.8

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.

They're Too Much

1965

No artwork available
4.0

The mermaid Undine is looking for a man who is worthy of her love.

Undine 74

1974

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model poster
6.2

The 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

The Sex Olimpics poster
3.8

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.

The Sex Olimpics

1972

The Sex Olimpics poster
3.8

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.

The Sex Olimpics

1972

Der tolle Bomberg poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der tolle Bomberg

1957

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults poster
5.2

In 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

Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adults poster
5.2

In 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

Women in Hospital poster
8.0

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.

Women in Hospital

1977

El Hakim poster
5.7

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.

El Hakim

1957

The Death of a Double poster
8.0

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

The Death of a Double

1967

The Death of a Double poster
8.0

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

The Death of a Double

1967

It's Called Love poster
9.0

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.

It's Called Love

1961

It's Called Love poster
9.0

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.

It's Called Love

1961

It's Called Love poster
9.0

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.

It's Called Love

1961

Primanerinnen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Primanerinnen

1951

Primanerinnen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Primanerinnen

1951

Primanerinnen poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Primanerinnen

1951

Auf Engel schießt man nicht poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Auf Engel schießt man nicht

1960

Rosemary's Daughter poster
3.8

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.

Rosemary's Daughter

1976

No artwork available
NR

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

Scandal in Bad Ischl poster
7.0

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.

Scandal in Bad Ischl

1957

Sie poster
8.0

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.

Sie

1954

Der scharfe Heinrich - Die bumsfidelen Abenteuer einer jungen Ehe poster
6.5

Heinrich 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

Once a Greek poster
7.0

An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann.

Once a Greek

1966

No artwork available
8.0

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

Come Now, My Dear Little Bird poster
3.2

A portrayal of the moral history of sex in the course of human history.

Come Now, My Dear Little Bird

1968

Come Now, My Dear Little Bird poster
3.2

A portrayal of the moral history of sex in the course of human history.

Come Now, My Dear Little Bird

1968

Königliche Hoheit poster
8.0

An 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