Franz Antel
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Franz Antel (June 28, 1913 – August 11, 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker.
Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies (romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and K.u.k. films all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I.
From the late 1960s, encouraged by the new opportunities in the film industry brought about by the sexual revolution, Antel gradually switched his main interest to soft porn and ribaldry. It was in particular his series of Wirtin ("hostess") films, directed under the pseudonym François Legrand, with which he tried to win international recognition. Titles included The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan (1967), Sexy Susan Sins Again (1969), Wild, Willing & Sexy (1969) and Don't Tell Daddy (aka Naughty Nymphs in the U.S.A.) (1972).
Among the actors Antel worked with were Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger, Oskar Werner, Curd Jürgens, Tony Curtis, Herbert Fux, Heinrich Schweiger, Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Marisa Berenson, Britt Ekland, Andréa Ferréol.
1981 was a turning point in Antel's career when he adapted for the big screen a stage play by Ulrich Becher and Peter Preses. Set from the days of the Anschluss of 1938 until after the end of the war, Der Bockerer is about a Viennese butcher named Karl Bockerer (Karl Merkatz) whose common sense rather than intellect tells him to oppose the Nazis and who dares to show resistance just because he is never fully aware of the possible fateful consequences of his actions. While Bockerer and his wife survive the war unscathed, their son joins the SA but, after some internal intrigue, is sent to the front and killed.
Der Bockerer IV
The film's strong anti-fascist message, the moving dialogue, and performances by the crème de la crème of Austrian actors and actresses (Ida Krottendorf, Alfred Böhm, Heinz Marecek, Hans Holt, Dolores Schmidinger and many more) made Der Bockerer an unusually successful film and gave new impetus to Antel's career. He made three sequels, which follow the lives of the Bockerers well into the 1960s, each depicting a crucial historical event in Austria or one of its neighbouring countries:
Der Bockerer II (1996) is about the ten-year occupation (1945-1955) of Austria by the allied powers;
Der Bockerer III — Die Brücke von Andau (2000) is set at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; and, finally,
Der Bockerer IV — Der Prager Frühling (2003) deals with Dubček's Prague Spring of 1968.
Antel would recount an anecdote about himself describing how, in order to live up to his reputation as a womanizer, he used to carry a pair of high heels in his luggage which he then would occasionally place in the corridor in front of his hotel room – especially when he was travelling alone.
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Fotos
Filme (94)
Der Mann, der Peter Alexander war
2006 · Himself
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
2003 · Director, Writer
Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
2000 · Writer, Director
Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
1996 · Director, Writer
Mein Freund, der Lipizzaner
1994 · Director, Writer
Die verlorenen Jahre – Sex & Crime im österreichischen Film
1992 · Self
Die Zwillingsschwestern aus Tirol
1992 · Director
Die Kaffeehaus-Clique
1990 · Director
Die Lacher Macher
1988 · Director
Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown
1987 · Producer, Writer, Director
Private Passions
1985 · Executive Producer
Sie war keine Lady
1985 · Director
Popcorn und Paprika
1984 · Producer
Ohne Ball und ohne Netz
1982 · Director
The Butcher
1981 · Director, Producer
Austern mit Senf
1979 · Writer, Director
Love-Hotel in Tirol
1978 · Director, Co-Producer
Magnum Cop
1978 · Producer, Screenplay
Casanova & Company
1977 · Director, Producer
Blackmail Chase
1976 · Producer, Director
Auch Mimosen wollen blühen
1976 · Producer
When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres
1975 · Director
Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar
1975 · Director
Die gelbe Nachtigall
1975 · Director
Das Wandern ist Herrn Müllers Lust
1973 · Director, Co-Producer
Blau blüht der Enzian
1973 · Director
The Countess Died of Laughter
1973 · Director
Naughty Nymphs
1972 · Director
Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
1972 · Director
Sie nannten ihn Krambambuli
1972 · Director
Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee
1972 · Director
Einer spinnt immer
1971 · Director
Mein Vater, der Affe und ich
1971 · Director, Story, Producer
Musik, Musik - da wackelt die Penne
1970 · Director
The Hostess Exceeds All Bounds
1970 · Director
Sexy Susan Knows How...!
1970 · Producer, Director
Die liebestollen Dirndl von Tirol
1969 · Director, Executive Producer
The Viking Who Became a Bigamist
1969 · Director
House of Pleasure
1969 · Director
Sexy Susan Sins Again
1968 · Director
Tower of Screaming Virgins
1968 · Director
Otto ist auf Frauen scharf
1968 · Producer, Director
Das große Glück
1967 · Director
The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan
1967 · Producer, Director
Happy-End am Wolfgangsee
1966 · Director, Producer
Ruf der Wälder
1965 · Director
Liebesgrüße aus Tirol
1964 · Director
Die große Kür
1964 · Director
Frühstück mit dem Tod
1964 · Director
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
1964 · Producer, Writer
Rote Lippen soll man küssen
1964 · Director
Im singenden Rössel am Königssee
1963 · Director, Screenplay
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard
1963 · Producer
Und ewig knallen die Räuber
1962 · Director
Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett
1962 · Director, Producer
Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen
1962 · Director
Im schwarzen Rössl
1961 · Director
… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
1961 · Director
Glocken läuten überall
1960 · Director
Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee
1959 · Director, Producer
Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten
1958 · Director
Ooh... diese Ferien
1958 · Director
Solang' die Sterne glüh'n
1958 · Director
Heimweh... dort, wo die Blumen blüh'n
1957 · Director, Writer
Vier Mädels aus der Wachau
1957 · Director
Das Glück liegt auf der Straße
1957 · Director
Roter Mohn
1956 · Director
Kaiserball
1956 · Director
Lumpazivagabundus
1956 · Director
Symphonie in Gold
1956 · Director
The Congress Dances
1955 · Director
Heimatland
1955 · Director
Espionage
1955 · Director
Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe
1955 · Director
Verliebte Leute
1954 · Director
Imperial Manoeuvres
1954 · Director
The Sweetest Fruits
1954 · Director
Rosen aus dem Süden
1954 · Director
Ein tolles Früchtchen
1953 · Director
Kaiserwalzer
1953 · Screenplay, Director
Heute nacht passiert’s
1953 · Director
Der Obersteiger
1952 · Screenplay, Director
Der Mann in der Wanne
1952 · Director
Ideale Frau gesucht
1952 · Director
Hello Dienstmann
1952 · Director
Die Alm an der Grenze
1951 · Director
Eva erbt das Paradies
1951 · Screenplay, Director
Der alte Sünder
1951 · Director, Writer
On the Alm, there's no sin
1950 · Director
Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee
1949 · Screenplay, Director
Forellen-Quintett von Franz Schubert
1949 · Director
Das singende Haus
1948 · Director, Screenplay
Millionenerbschaft
1937 · Producer
Immortal Melodies
1935 · Producer
Serien (7)
Österreichische Fernsehjuwele
2022 · self
Phettbergs nette Leit Show
1994 · Self
Almenrausch und Pulverschnee
1993 · Director, Creator
Romy Award
1990 · Self
Dalli Dalli
1971 · Self, Self - Contestant
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
1970 · Self