Rudolf Zehetgruber Explained

Rudolf Zehetgruber
Birth Date:	16 September 1926
Birth Place:	Vienna, Austria
Occupation:	Film director film producer screenwriter actor
Spouse:	Barbara Kathrin Zehetgruber
Yearsactive:	1953–1985

Rudolf Zehetgruber (16 September 1926 – 2 July 2023) was an Austrian film director and producer, screenwriter and actor who directed 17 films between 1960 and 1985. He was most known for writing and directing the Superbug/Dudu film series that featured his wife Kathrin Oginski (Barbara Kathrin Zehetgruber) and two entries in the Kommissar X film series.

Zehetgruber died on 2 July 2023, at the age of 96.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Congress Dances (directed by Franz Antel, 1955)
• The Bashful Elephant (1961)
• The Black Cobra (1963)
• Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 (1963)
• (1964)
• The Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964)
• Seven Vengeful Women (1966)
• Kommissar X: Three Yellow Cats (Death is Nimble, Death is Quick, 1966)
• Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde (1967)
• The Love Bug Rally (the first Superbug film, 1971)
• Superbug, Super Agent (1972)
• The Superbug on Extratour (1973)
• The Maddest Car in the World (1975)
• Son of Superbug (1979)
• (1985)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rudolf Zehetgruber (96) . Bestattung Hans Teufel . 12 August 2023.