Rolf Hädrich Explained

Rolf Hädrich
Birth Date:	24 April 1931
Birth Place:	Zwickau, Germany
Death Place:	Hamburg, Germany
Occupation:	Film director Screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1958-1989

Rolf Hädrich (24 April 1931  - 29 October 2000) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1958 and 1989.^[1] His film Verspätung in Marienborn (US title: Stop Train 349) was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Selected filmography

Film

• Stop Train 349 (1963)
• Among the Cinders (1983)

Television

• Der Dank der Unterwelt (1958) — (remake of Berkely Mather's Tales from Soho: Slippy Fives, 1956)
• Die Abwerbung (1958) — (screenplay by Erich Kuby)
• Das Rennen (1959) — (based on the play Sammy by Ken Hughes)
• Ein unbeschriebenes Blatt (1959) — (based on a play by Jean-Pierre Conty)
• Kopfgeld (1959) — (screenplay by)
• Die Gerechten (1959) — (based on The Just Assassins)
• Die Stimme aus dem Hut (1959) — (based on a play by Berkely Mather)
• Wer überlebt, ist schuldig (1960) — (screenplay by Axel Eggebrecht)
• Bedienung, bitte! (1960) — (based on Room Service)
• Die Friedhöfe (1960) — (based on The Graveyard by Marek Hłasko)
• Parkstraße 13 (1960) — (based on a play by)
• Brennpunkt (1961) — (based on Focus)
• Karol (1962) — (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek)
• Nachruf auf Jürgen Trahnke (1962) — (screenplay by)
• Der Gefangene (1962) — (remake of Bridget Boland's The Prisoner, 1955)
• Child of the Revolution (1962) — (based on a non-fiction book by Wolfgang Leonhard)
• Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962) — (based on Das Brandopfer by Albrecht Goes)
• Warten auf Godot (1963) — (based on Waiting for Godot)
• Haben (1964) — (based on a play by Gyula Háy)
• (1964) — (based on Murke's Collected Silences)
• Nach Ladenschluss (1964) — (screenplay by)
• Die Schlinge (1964) — (remake of Marek Hłasko's Noose, 1958)
• Der neue Mann (1965) — (based on Patterns)
• Die Grenzziehung (1966) — (based on a play by Sławomir Mrożek)
• Unser Sohn Nicki (1966, TV miniseries)
• Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1966) — (based on Mr Puntila and his Man Matti)
• Zuchthaus (1967) — (based on a novel by Henry Jaeger)
• Heydrich in Prag (1967) — (screenplay by, docudrama about Operation Anthropoid)
• Kraft des Gesetzes (1968) — (based on a play by)
• (1968)
• Von Mäusen und Menschen (1968) — (based on Of Mice and Men)
• Count Oederland (1968) — (based on a play by Max Frisch)
• Alma Mater (1969) — (screenplay by)
• Jana (1970) — (screenplay by)
• Biografie: Ein Spiel (1970) — (based on a play by Max Frisch)
• Kennen Sie Georg Linke? (1971) — (screenplay by)
• Die Stimme hinter dem Vorhang (1971) — (based on he Voice Behind the Screen by Gottfried Benn)
• Memories of a Summer in Berlin (1972) — (based on You Can't Go Home Again)
• Fischkonzert (1973) — (based on The Fish Can Sing)
• (1975, TV miniseries) — (based on Der Stechlin)
• (1978, TV series, co-directors: Günter Gräwert, Rainer Wolffhardt) — (based on a novel by Christine Brückner)
• Mach's gut, Florian (1978) — (screenplay by Michael Juncker)
• (1980, TV series, co-directors: Günter Gräwert, Rainer Wolffhardt) — (based on a novel by Christine Brückner)
• Das wiedergefundene Paradies (1980, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Halldór Laxness)
• Bergpredigt (1983) — (screenplay by)
• Backfischliebe (1985) — (based on Calf Love by Vernon Bartlett)
• Friedenspolka (1987) — (screenplay by Matthias Esche)
• Langusten (1989) — (based on a play by Fred Denger)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rolf Hädrich . Film Portal . 20 December 2020.
2. Web site: 13th Berlin International Film Festival . 5 March 2018 . Film Affinity.