Michael Kehlmann

Michael Kehlmann (21 September 1927 – 1 December 2005) was an Austrian television film director and theatre director, screenwriter and actor.

During 1951–1953, Kehlmann was the manager of the "Kleines Theater im Konzerthaus", Vienna. He was awarded the J.-Kainz Medal in 1966, the Ehrenmedaille der Stadt Wien in 1966 and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art in 2002.

Kehlmann's television directing credits included Jack Mortimer, Einen Jux will er sich machen, Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, , Hiob, and Tatort.

He was the father of writer Daniel Kehlmann.

Credits Director (Film) 1960: 1962: Life Begins at Eight 1967: Kurzer Prozess

Director (Television) 1954: Die Wäscherin des Herrn Bonaparte — (based on Madame Sans-Gêne) 1954: Künstlerpech 1954: Jedem die Seine 1954: Klavier zu verkaufen 1955: La Brige und das Gesetz — (based on a play by Georges Courteline) 1955: Die Dynastie hat Ausgang 1955: Falsch verbunden 1955: Unternehmen Hosentasche 1955: Frühere Verhältnisse — (based on by Johann Nestroy) 1956: Der Verrat von Ottawa — (based on the Gouzenko Affair) 1956: Juno und der Pfau — (based on Juno and the Paycock) 1956: Das gnadenbringende Strafgericht 1957: Die Dreigroschenoper — (based on The Threepenny Opera) 1957: Monsieur Lamberthier — (based on a play by Louis Verneuil) 1957: Der verschwundene Graf 1957: Der versteinerte Wald — (based on The Petrified Forest by Robert E. Sherwood) 1958: Biologie und Tennis — (based on a radio play by Alfred Andersch) 1958: Das Lächeln der Gioconda — (based on novelette "The Gioconda Smile") 1958: Eine fast mögliche Geschichte — (based on A Likely Tale by Gerald Savory) 1959: — (based on Joan of Lorraine) 1959: — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) 1959: Land, das meine Sprache spricht — (based on Der zwanzigste Juli by Alexander Lernet-Holenia) 1959: Es gibt immer drei Möglichkeiten 1960: Der eingebildete Kranke — (based on The Imaginary Invalid) 1960: — (based on Shadow of Heroes) 1960: — (based on a play by Ferdinand Bruckner) 1961: — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) 1961: Nora — (based on A Doll's House) 1961: — (based on I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia) 1961: Er ging an meiner Seite — (based on Home of the Brave) 1962: — (based on Einen Jux will er sich machen) 1962: Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein — (based on La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein) 1962: Die Besessenen — (based on The Possessed) 1963: Der grüne Kakadu — (based on Der grüne Kakadu by Arthur Schnitzler) 1963: Der Bockerer — (based on by Ulrich Becher and ) 1963: Reporter — (based on The Front Page) 1963: — (based on Death of a Salesman) 1963: — (based on by Jean Anouilh) 1964: Der Talisman — (based on by Johann Nestroy) 1964: — (based on a play by Ferdinand Bruckner) 1964: — (based on Shout for Life by Terence Feely) 1964: — (based on Tales from the Vienna Woods) 1965: — (based on Radetzky March) 1965: — (based on by Max Frisch) 1965: Case for a Rebel — (based on the play Plaidoyer pour un rebelle by Emmanuel Roblès) 1966: — (based on by Ödön von Horváth) 1966: — (based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, adapted by Robert L. Joseph) 1966: Flieger Ross — (based on Ross) 1966: Rette sich, wer kann oder Dummheit siegt überall 1967: 1967: Nur kein Cello — (based on The Absence of a Cello by Ira Wallach) 1967: — (based on by Johann Nestroy) 1968: Die Unbekannte aus der Seine — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth) 1968: — (based on a play by Heinrich Mann) 1968: Sich selbst der Nächste — (based on Are You by Yourself? by ) 1968: — (based on a play by Sam Locke) 1969: Ende eines Leichtgewichts 1969: Das Trauerspiel von Julius Caesar — (based on Julius Caesar) 1969: — (based on by Ödön von Horváth) 1969: (TV series) 1970: Mit sich allein — (based on End of Story by ) 1970: Der Kommissar (TV series): Tod eines Klavierspielers 1971: Augenzeugen müssen blind sein — (based on Forget What You Saw by ) 1971: — (screenplay by ) 1972: Tatort (TV series): 1972: — (based on a play by Egon Kisch) 1972: Der Andersonville-Prozess — (based on The Andersonville Trial by Saul Levitt) 1974: — (based on a novel by Milo Dor) 1974: Tatort (TV series): 1974: Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten (TV series) 1975: Zahnschmerzen — (screenplay by ) 1975: Die weiße Stadt — (based on a novel by Milo Dor) 1977: — (screenplay by ) 1977: — (based on The Winslow Boy) 1978: Tatort (TV series): 1978: (TV miniseries) — (based on Job) 1980: Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung — (based on by Ödön von Horváth) 1980: Felix und Oskar (TV series) — (based on The Odd Couple) 1980: — (based on Der zwanzigste Juli by Alexander Lernet-Holenia) 1981: — (based on a play by ) 1982: Das heiße Herz — (based on the play The Hasty Heart by John Patrick) 1982: Tarabas — (based on by Joseph Roth) 1983: Gegenlicht — (based on a novel by ) 1983: Why Am I So Happy? — (based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel) 1985: Die Flucht ohne Ende — (based on Flight without End) 1986: Tatort (TV series): 1987: Tatort (TV series): 1988: — (based on the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair) 1990: — (based on by Leo Perutz) 1991: Heldenfrühling 1992: Die Ringe des Saturn — (based on a novel by Peter Zeindler) 1992: — (based on by Reinhold Schneider)

Screenwriter 1952: Adventure in Vienna (dir. Emil-Edwin Reinert)

Actor 1952: Adventure in Vienna (dir. Emil-Edwin Reinert), as Passport forger 1953: To Be Without Worries (dir. Georg Marischka) 1975: Die weiße Stadt (dir. Michael Kehlmann) 1982: Tarabas (dir. Michael Kehlmann), as Narrator (voice) 1985: Flucht ohne Ende (dir. Michael Kehlmann), as Narrator (voice) 1987: '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (dir. Wolfgang Glück)