Wilhelm Utermann Explained

Wilhelm Utermann
Birth Date:	3 December 1912
Birth Place:	Annen, German Empire
Death Date:	11 August 1991
Death Place:	Roggersdorf, Gemeinde Holzkirchen, Germany

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 German: [[Völkischer Beobachter]] and had been a Nazi bestselling author.^[1]

As Wilhelm Roggersdorf, he edited Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods? and extensively rewrote the book.^[2]

He was married to Clementine zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

Selected filmography

• 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)
• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.lwl.org/literaturkommission/alex/index.php?id=00000003&letter=U&layout=2&author_id=00001703 "Wilhelm Utermann"
2. Book: Story, Ronald . The space-gods revealed : a close look at the theories of Erich von Däniken . registration . Harper & Row . New York . 1976 . 2. 0-06-014141-7 . Citing Der Spiegel, in issue 12/1969 (March 17, 1969), p. 184 and issue 12/1973 (March 19, 1973), p. 145.