Helmut Weiss

Helmut Weiss
Born	25 January 1907 Göttingen, Lower Saxony German Empire
Died	January 13, 1969(1969-01-13) (aged 61) West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Actor, Screenwriter, Film Director
Years active	1935–1969

Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was notable for directing Tell the Truth the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World War. It was made in Hamburg in the British Zone of Occupation. Much of the film had already been made at the UFA studios in Berlin shortly before the arrival of the Red Army, but Weiss dramatically re-shot it. The film was significant in its use of outdoor locations in common with other post-war rubble films.

Selected filmography

Actor

• Trouble Backstairs (1935)
• Scandal at the Fledermaus (1936)
• Nanon (1938)
• Kitty and the World Conference (1939)
• The Girl from Fano (1941)
• The Gasman (1941)
• Rembrandt (1942)
• Love and Trumpets (1954)
• Oasis (1955)
• Fanny Hill (1964)

Screenwriter

• I Entrust My Wife to You (1943)
• Hello, Fraulein! (1949)

Director

• Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
• Quax in Afrika (not completed during the Reich; allied ban in 1945; shown in 1953)
• Tell the Truth (1946)
• Tromba (1949)
• Don't Dream, Annette (1949)
• My Friend the Thief (1951)
• Hubertus Castle (1954)
• Love and Trumpets (1954)
• An American in Salzburg (1958)
• Rendezvous in Vienna (1959)
• Drei Mann in einem Boot (1961)

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• Helmut Weiss at IMDb