Franz Peter Wirth

Franz Peter Wirth (22 September 1919 in Munich – 17 October 1999 in Berg, Upper Bavaria) was a German film director and screenwriter. His film Helden was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958.

Selected filmography Film 1958: — (based on The Deruga Case by Ricarda Huch) 1958: Arms and the Man — (based on Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw) 1959: People in the Net — (based on a story by Will Tremper) 1959: 1960: The Woman by the Dark Window 1961: Girl from Hong Kong — (based on a novel by ) 1963: — (based on a novel by Oliver Hassencamp) 1964: A Man in His Prime — (based on a novel by Rudolf Schneider) 1973: — (remake of It Started with Eve)

Television 1954: Das Brot des Malers Luschek – (screenplay by ) 1954: Oskar kommt mit der dritten Stadtbahn – (based on a radio play by Max Gundermann) 1954: Der Weihnachtsgast – (based on a play by Charles Vildrac) 1955: Chiarevalle wird entdeckt – (based on a play by Nicola Manzari) 1955: Unruhige Nacht – (based on Arrow to the Heart by Albrecht Goes) 1955: Das Telefon oder Die Liebe zu dritt – (based on The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti) 1955: Alle meine Söhne – (based on All My Sons by Arthur Miller) 1956: Meine Schwester und ich – (based on Meine Schwester und ich) 1956: Der Hexer – (based on The Ringer by Edgar Wallace) 1956: Schmutzige Hände – (based on Dirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre) 1956: Der schöne Gleichgültige – (based on Le Bel Indifférent by Jean Cocteau) 1956: Jeanne oder Die Lerche – (based on The Lark by Jean Anouilh) 1957: Korruption – (based on Corruzione al Palazzo di giustizia by Ugo Betti) 1957: Der Richter und sein Henker – (based on The Judge and His Hangman by Friedrich Dürrenmatt) 1957: Bernarda Albas Haus – (based on The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca) 1958: Glaube Liebe Hoffnung – (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) 1958: – (based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht) 1958: Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden – (based on Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller) 1959: Konto ausgeglichen – (based on The Embezzler by James M. Cain) 1959: Raskolnikoff – (based on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment) 1961: Hamlet – (based on Shakespeare's Hamlet) 1961: Alle meine Söhne – (based on All My Sons by Arthur Miller) 1961: Zahlungsaufschub – (based on Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester) 1961: Der Fall Winslow – (based on The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan) 1962: Der Hausmeister – (based on The Caretaker by Harold Pinter) 1962: Wallenstein – (based on Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller) 1962: Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts 1963: Was Ihr wollt – (based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night) 1963: Don Carlos – (based on Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller) 1964: Der Hund des Generals – (based on a play by Heinar Kipphardt) 1964: Karl Sand – (film about Karl Ludwig Sand) 1964: Die Geschichte von Joel Brand – (based on the story of Joel Brand, written by Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski) 1965: – (based on a radio play by ) 1965: Der Ruepp – (based on a novel by Ludwig Thoma) 1965: Antigone – (based on Antigone by Jean Anouilh) 1965: Rückkehr von den Sternen – (based on Revenu de l'étoile by André Obey) 1966: Herzliches Beileid – (based on Feu la mère de Madame by Georges Feydeau) 1966: Geschlossene Gesellschaft – (based on No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre) 1966: Der Regenmacher – (based on The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash) 1966: Ein Schloß – (based on a play by Ivan Klíma) 1967: (TV miniseries) – (based on a novel by Kenneth Donald) 1967: Das Attentat – Der Tod des Engelbert Dollfuss – (docudrama about the Austrian July Putsch 1934) 1967: – (based on Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing) 1967: Der schöne Gleichgültige – (based on Le Bel Indifférent by Jean Cocteau) 1967: Walther Rathenau – Untersuchung eines Attentats – (docudrama about the assassination of Walther Rathenau) 1968: Schinderhannes – (based on Schinderhannes by Carl Zuckmayer) 1968: Schmutzige Hände – (based on Dirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre) 1968: Die Schlacht bei Lobositz – (based on a play by Peter Hacks) 1968: Othello – (based on Shakespeare's Othello) 1969: Alte Kameraden – (screenplay by George Hurdalek) 1969: Die Zimmerschlacht – (based on a play by Martin Walser) 1969: – (based on a novel by about ) 1969: Verraten und verkauft – (based on a novel by ) 1970: Das Haus Lunjowo – (docudrama about the National Committee for a Free Germany) 1970: Die Marquise von B. – (film about Madame de Brinvilliers) 1971: Change – (based on a play by Wolfgang Bauer) 1971: Willy und Lilly – (screenplay by ) 1971: – (docudrama about the 20 July plot) 1971: Die Messe der erfüllten Wünsche – (based on a novella by Vladimír Páral) 1972: Die rote Kapelle (TV miniseries) – (series about the Red Orchestra) 1972: Eisenwichser – (based on a play by ) 1972–1973: Alexander Zwo (TV miniseries) 1973: Nicht einmal das halbe Leben – (based on a novel by Alexandr Kliment) 1974: Der zerbrochene Krug – (based on The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist) 1974: Synchron oder Man kann auch anders – (screenplay by Robert Neumann) 1974: Plus minus null 1974: Strychnin und saure Drops – (anthology film, screenplay by ) 1975: Tatort: 1975: Der Biberpelz – (based on The Beaver Coat by Gerhart Hauptmann) 1975: Derrick: 1975: – (based on a novel by Ludwig Thoma) 1975: Ein schönes Paar – (based on a play by John O'Hare ) 1975: Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor – (based on a play by Maurice Braddell and Anita Hart) 1975: Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua – (based on Schiller's Fiesco) 1976: Julia und Romeo – (What if Romeo and Juliet survived?) 1976: Insel der Rosen – (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek) 1976: Minna von Barnhelm – (based on Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing) 1976: Derrick: Risiko 1976: Die Leute von Feichtenreut – (based on a novel by ) 1977: Emigranten – (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek) 1977: Roulette – (based on a play by Pavel Kohout) 1977: – (screenplay by Sebastian Haffner, docudrama about the Battle of the Marne) 1977: Ein Mann wird jünger – (based on a play by Italo Svevo) 1978: (TV miniseries) – (based on a Wallenstein biography by Golo Mann) 1979: The Buddenbrooks (TV miniseries) – (based on Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann) 1980: Tatort: Mit nackten Füßen 1982: Ein Stück Himmel (TV miniseries) – (screenplay by Günter Kunert and , based on the autobiography of Janina David) 1982: Georg Thomallas Geschichten (TV series, 2 episodes) 1982: Egmont – (based on Goethe's Egmont) 1983: – (based on Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith) 1984: (TV miniseries) – (based on a novel by Theodor Fontane) 1984: Hildes Endspiel – Eine Vorstadtballade 1984: Don Carlos – (based on Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller) 1984: Geld oder Leben – (anthology film) 1984–1985: Polizeiinspektion 1 (TV series, 6 episodes) 1986: Die Wächter (TV miniseries) – (based on The Guardians by John Christopher) 1986: Spätes Erröten – (based on The Understanding by Angela Huth) 1986: Zerbrochene Brücken – (based on the autobiography of Lily Braun) 1987: Derrick: Koldaus letzte Reise 1987: Wallenstein – (based on Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller) 1987: Derrick: Mordfall Goos 1988: Familienschande – (based on Family Skeletons by Patrick Quentin) 1989: 1990: Notenwechsel 1990: Derrick: Solo für Vier 1992: Dornberger 1992–1993: Weißblaue Geschichten (TV series, 2 episodes) 1994–1995: Frankenberg (TV series, 15 episodes) 1996: Der Mann ohne Schatten (TV series, 2 episodes) 1996: – (based on a novel by Barbara Noack) 1997: (TV series, 6 episodes) 1998: (TV series, 3 episodes) 1999: Typisch Ed!