Portrait of Helmut Käutner

Directing

Helmut Käutner

Career

Active from 1939 to 1977, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Under the Bridges
Under the Bridges
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Helmut Käutner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Dilemma 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

21 titles · average score 60
Mulligans Rückkehr
Mulligans Rückkehr (1977)

Director

Derrick
Derrick (1974)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Duktus / Paul Seibach

Karl May
Karl May (1974)

as Karl May

Karl May
Karl May (1974)

TV show · as Karl May

Van der Valk and the Rich
Van der Valk and the Rich (1973)

as Canisius

Temptation in the Summer Wind
Temptation in the Summer Wind (1972)

as Professor

Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs Tusmann
Die seltsamen Abenteuer des geheimen Kanzleisekretärs Tusmann (1972)

Director

Die Frau in Weiß
Die Frau in Weiß (1971)

TV show · as Sir Frederic Fairlie

Hauser's Memory
Hauser's Memory (1970)

as Dr. Kramer

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Robert Kemm

The Fire Tongs Bowl
The Fire Tongs Bowl (1970)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Writer

Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas
Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas (1970)

Director

1960s

25 titles · average score 67
Stella
Stella (1967)

Director

Romulus der Große
Romulus der Große (1965)

Director

Lausbubengeschichten
Lausbubengeschichten (1964)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost (1964)

Director, Writer

The House in Montevideo
The House in Montevideo (1963)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Redhead
Redhead (1962)

Director, Writer

The Dream of Lieschen Müller
The Dream of Lieschen Müller (1961)

Director

Black Gravel
Black Gravel (1961)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Writer

Operation Caviar
Operation Caviar (1961)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

This Time it Must Be Caviar
This Time it Must Be Caviar (1961)

Director

Zu jung für die Liebe?!
Zu jung für die Liebe?! (1961)

as Dr. Blendheim

A Glass of Water
A Glass of Water (1960)

Director, Screenplay

1950s

21 titles · average score 66
A Stranger in My Arms
A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Without Trumpet or Drum
Without Trumpet or Drum (1959)

as Königliche Hoheit

The Restless Years
The Restless Years (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Monpti
Monpti (1957)
GoodWatch score 63

as Erzähler

The Zurich Engagement
The Zurich Engagement (1957)
GoodWatch score 64

as Reporter

The Captain from Kopenick
The Captain from Kopenick (1956)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay, Director

The Devil's General
The Devil's General (1955)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay, Director

Ludwig II
Ludwig II (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

The Last Bridge
The Last Bridge (1954)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Screenplay

Nights on the Road
Nights on the Road (1952)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay

Königskinder
Königskinder (1950)

Director

Epilogue
Epilogue (1950)

Screenplay, Director

1940s

11 titles · average score 72
The Original Sin
The Original Sin (1948)

as Prof. Petri

Film Without Title
Film Without Title (1948)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Producer

In Those Days
In Those Days (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

as Das Auto (voice)

Under the Bridges
Under the Bridges (1946)
GoodWatch score 82

Writer, Director

Port of Freedom
Port of Freedom (1944)
GoodWatch score 72

as Karl

Romance in a Minor Key
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Poet

We Make Music
We Make Music (1942)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

Anushka
Anushka (1942)

Director, Writer

Goodbye, Franziska
Goodbye, Franziska (1941)

Director, Writer

Clothes Make the Man
Clothes Make the Man (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Frau nach Maß
Frau nach Maß (1940)

Writer, Director

1930s

2 titles
Kitty and the World Conference
Kitty and the World Conference (1939)

Director, Writer

Cruiser Emden
Cruiser Emden (1932)

as Matrose der 'Emden'