Directing

Wolf Rilla

Born — Died

1920-03-16 — 2005-10-19

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wolf Rilla (1920–2005) was a film director and writer of German background, although he worked mainly in English. He worked on both versions of Village of the Damned, in the first as director and in the second as a writer. he wrote many influential books for students. the Writer and the Screen: On Writing for Film and Television and the A to Z of Movie Making. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wolf Rilla, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Known for

Behind the camera

Village of the Damned poster
7.2

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Village of the Damned

1960

Village of the Damned poster
7.2

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Village of the Damned

1960

The World Ten Times Over poster
7.4

Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise when Ginnie becomes romantically entangled with rich married businessman Bob Shelbourne (Edward Judd), causing Billa to become jealous of their relationship.

The World Ten Times Over

1963

The World Ten Times Over poster
7.4

Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise when Ginnie becomes romantically entangled with rich married businessman Bob Shelbourne (Edward Judd), causing Billa to become jealous of their relationship.

The World Ten Times Over

1963

Roadhouse Girl poster
4.9

A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.

Roadhouse Girl

1953

Roadhouse Girl poster
4.9

A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.

Roadhouse Girl

1953

The Blue Peter poster
7.0

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.

The Blue Peter

1955

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman poster
3.4

Lobster fisherman David decides to seek his fortune in London where he finds lodging in a boarding house for girls.

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman

1973

Noose for a Lady poster
6.0

A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed.

Noose for a Lady

1953

Cairo poster
5.1

An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.

Cairo

1963

Bachelor of Hearts poster
5.9

German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies, he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton girl Ann Wainwright.

Bachelor of Hearts

1958

Witness in the Dark poster
7.0

A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.

Witness in the Dark

1959

The End of the Road poster
6.5

Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.

The End of the Road

1954

The Angry Young Men poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Angry Young Men

1960

Piccadilly Third Stop poster
6.7

A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.

Piccadilly Third Stop

1960

The Black Rider poster
6.4

When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...

The Black Rider

1954

Stock Car poster
7.2

Katie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race. She is assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke, but unfortunately one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.

Stock Car

1955

The Large Rope poster
6.0

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

The Large Rope

1953

Watch It, Sailor! poster
7.0

Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.

Watch It, Sailor!

1961

The Scamp poster
6.2

Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

The Scamp

1957

The Scamp poster
6.2

Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

The Scamp

1957

Bedtime with Rosie poster
8.0

A pregnant girl stays with her aunt and is forced to share a room with a mysterious male lodger.

Bedtime with Rosie

1975

Pax? poster
6.0

Mexican experimental feature film, made for the 1968 olympics.

Pax?

1968

Pacific Destiny poster
5.5

Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.

Pacific Destiny

1956

Glad Tidings poster
6.0

An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children.

Glad Tidings

1953

Glad Tidings poster
6.0

An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children.

Glad Tidings

1953