Wilhelm Utermann
German screenwriter, film producer, journalist and author
About Wilhelm Utermann
Lived 1912 – 1991 (aged 78). Wilhelm Utermann was a German screenwriter, film producer, journalist, dramaturge, writer and film screenwriter.
Wilhelm "Utz" Utermann (3 December 1912 – 11 August 1991) was a German writer, journalist, screenwriter and film producer.
He used the following pseudonyms: William Utermann, William Roggersdorf and Mathias Racker. Utermann was a former editor of the Nazi Party's newspaper and had been a Nazi bestselling author.
As Wilhelm Roggersdorf, he edited Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods? and extensively rewrote the book.
He was married to Clementine zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.
Selected filmography Small Town Poet (1940) Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1954) Roses in Autumn (1955) The Golden Bridge (1956) Taiga (1958) The Ideal Woman (1959) You Don't Shoot at Angels (1960) Murder Party (1961) Max the Pickpocket (1962) Life Begins at Eight (1962) He Can't Stop Doing It (1962) My Daughter and I (1963) A Mission for Mr. Dodd (1964)
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Who was Wilhelm Utermann?
German screenwriter, film producer, journalist and author (1912–1991)
When was Wilhelm Utermann born?
Wilhelm Utermann was born on 3 October 1912 in Annen.
When did Wilhelm Utermann die?
Wilhelm Utermann died on 11 August 1991 in Roggersdorf.
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Wilhelm Utermann was a screenwriter, film producer, journalist, dramaturge, writer and film screenwriter.
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Wilhelm Utermann was German.
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