# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helmut-kautner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:00:38.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helmut-kautner"
name: "Helmut Käutner"
slug: "helmut-kautner"
description: "Helmut Käutner was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käutner is relatively unknown outside of Germany, although he is considered one of the best filmmakers in German film history. He was one of the most influential film directors of German post-war cinema and became known for his sophisticated literary adaptations."
tagline: "German film director and actor (1908–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Filmregisseur_Helmut_Kautne_in_Nederland%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-9501.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-03-25"
deathDate: "1980-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump