Helmut Weiss
German film director (1907-1969) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 61
Helmut Weiss was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing Tell the Truth, the first film produced after the Second World War in what was to become West Germany. It was made in Hamburg in the British Zone of Occupation.
Helmut Weiss is read about 14 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Donnerwetter! Donnerwetter! Bonifatius KiesewetterFilm, 1969Director1965Alle machen MusikSeries, Director
Unser PaukerSeries, 1965Director1963
Das KriminalmuseumSeries, Baron von Schneidlingen1962Auf Wiedersehn am blauen MeerFilm, Director1961
Drei Mann in einem BootFilm, Director1959
Everyday's not SundayFilm, Director1958Man ist nur zweimal jungFilm, Director1956
Santa LuciaFilm, Writer1955
Das Schweigen im WaldeFilm, Director, Writer1951
Geheimnis einer EheFilm, Director, Writer1950
Gute Nacht, MaryFilm, Director1947
Quax in AfrikaFilm, Director1944
A Beautiful DayFilm1942
RembrandtFilm, Schüler Cornelis1940
Clothes Make the ManFilm, Herr Häberlin jun.1936
BoccaccioFilm, Geronimo, ein Kleiderhändler1907Born25 January 1907People around Helmut
Close ties
Heinz Rühmann Produced The Leghorn Hat (1939)
Michael Heltau Helmut directed Engagement at Wolfgangsee (1956)
Walter Janssen Helmut directed Every Day Isn't Sunday (1959)
Hans Leibelt Helmut directed Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)- Clemens Hasse Also in Rembrandt, Nanon and Boccaccio
- Margit Saad Helmut directed An American in Salzburg (1958)
Angelika Hauff Helmut directed Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (1949)
Hilde Sessak Also in Fanny Hill and Trouble Backstairs- Karin Himboldt Helmut directed Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Hertha Feiler Also in Clothes Make the Man and Rembrandt
Lutz Götz Helmut directed Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)- Rolf Pinegger Helmut directed The Disturbed Wedding Night (1950)
Marianne Koch Helmut directed Hubertus Castle (1954)Gustav Knuth Helmut directed Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (1949)
Grethe Weiser Helmut directed Tromba and Lemke's Widow
Paul Bildt Also in The Leghorn Hat and The Gasman
Wolf Albach-Retty Also in Verlobung am Wolfgangsee (1956)
Erich Ponto Helmut directed Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Paul Henckels Also in Rembrandt and The Leghorn Hat
Paul Richter Helmut directed Hubertus Castle (1954)
Adrian Hoven Helmut directed Tromba and Quax in Africa
Max Gülstorff Also in Kitty and the World Conference (1939)- Hans Holt Helmut directed Rendezvous in Vienna (1959)
Peer Schmidt Also in Santa Lucia and Lemkes sel. Witwe
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
73 credits on file
Television 3
About this person
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.
