Michael Kehlmann

Michael Kehlmann (21 September 1927 – 1 December 2005) was an Austrian television film director and theatre director, screenwriter and actor.

During 1951–1953, Kehlmann was the manager of the "Kleines Theater im Konzerthaus", Vienna. He was awarded the J.-Kainz Medal in 1966, the Ehrenmedaille der Stadt Wien in 1966 and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art in 2002.

Kehlmann's television directing credits included Jack Mortimer, Einen Jux will er sich machen, Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Radetzkymarsch (1965 film), Hiob, and Tatort.

He was the father of writer Daniel Kehlmann.

Director (Film)

 * 1960: 
 * 1962: Life Begins at Eight
 * 1967: Kurzer Prozess

Director (Television)

 * 1954: Die Wäscherin des Herrn Bonaparte — (based on Madame Sans-Gêne)
 * 1954: Künstlerpech
 * 1954: Jedem die Seine
 * 1954: Klavier zu verkaufen
 * 1955: La Brige und das Gesetz — (based on a play by Georges Courteline)
 * 1955: Die Dynastie hat Ausgang
 * 1955: Falsch verbunden
 * 1955: Unternehmen Hosentasche
 * 1955: Frühere Verhältnisse — (based on Frühere Verhältnisse by Johann Nestroy)
 * 1956: Der Verrat von Ottawa — (based on the Gouzenko Affair)
 * 1956: Juno und der Pfau — (based on Juno and the Paycock)
 * 1956: Das gnadenbringende Strafgericht
 * 1957: Die Dreigroschenoper — (based on The Threepenny Opera)
 * 1957: Monsieur Lamberthier — (based on a play by Louis Verneuil)
 * 1957: Der verschwundene Graf
 * 1957: Der versteinerte Wald — (based on The Petrified Forest by Robert E. Sherwood)
 * 1958: Biologie und Tennis — (based on a radio play by Alfred Andersch)
 * 1958: Das Lächeln der Gioconda — (based on novelette "The Gioconda Smile")
 * 1958: Eine fast mögliche Geschichte — (based on A Likely Tale by Gerald Savory)
 * 1959: Joan of Lorraine (1959 film) — (based on Joan of Lorraine)
 * 1959: Kasimir and Karoline (1959 film) — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth)
 * 1959: Land, das meine Sprache spricht — (based on Der zwanzigste Juli by Alexander Lernet-Holenia)
 * 1959: Es gibt immer drei Möglichkeiten
 * 1960: Der eingebildete Kranke — (based on The Imaginary Invalid)
 * 1960: Shadow of Heroes (1960 film) — (based on Shadow of Heroes)
 * 1960: Fährten — (based on a play by Ferdinand Bruckner)
 * 1961: Judgement Day (1961 film) — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth)
 * 1961: Nora — (based on A Doll's House)
 * 1961: Jack Mortimer (film) — (based on I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia)
 * 1961: Er ging an meiner Seite — (based on Home of the Brave)
 * 1962: Einen Jux will er sich machen (1962 film) — (based on Einen Jux will er sich machen)
 * 1962: Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein — (based on La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein)
 * 1962: Die Besessenen — (based on The Possessed)
 * 1963: Der grüne Kakadu — (based on Der grüne Kakadu by Arthur Schnitzler)
 * 1963: Der Bockerer — (based on Der Bockerer (play) by Ulrich Becher and Peter Preses)
 * 1963: Reporter — (based on The Front Page)
 * 1963: Death of a Salesman (1963 film) — (based on Death of a Salesman)
 * 1963: Die Grotte — (based on La Grotte by Jean Anouilh)
 * 1964: Der Talisman — (based on Der Talisman (play) by Johann Nestroy)
 * 1964: Criminals (1964 film) — (based on a play by Ferdinand Bruckner)
 * 1964: Sergeant Dower muß sterben — (based on Shout for Life by Terence Feely)
 * 1964: Tales from the Vienna Woods (1964 film) — (based on Tales from the Vienna Woods)
 * 1965:  — (based on Radetzky March)
 * 1965: Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie (film) — (based on Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie by Max Frisch)
 * 1965: Plädoyer für einen Rebellen — (based on the play Plaidoyer pour un rebelle by Emmanuel Roblès)
 * 1966: Italienische Nacht (film) — (based on Italienische Nacht by Ödön von Horváth)
 * 1966: Face of a Hero (1966 film) — (based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, adapted by Robert L. Joseph)
 * 1966: Flieger Ross — (based on Ross)
 * 1966: Rette sich, wer kann oder Dummheit siegt überall
 * 1967: Bericht eines Feiglings
 * 1967: Nur kein Cello — (based on The Absence of a Cello by Ira Wallach)
 * 1967: Umsonst (film) — (based on Umsonst! by Johann Nestroy)
 * 1968: Die Unbekannte aus der Seine — (based on a play by Ödön von Horváth)
 * 1968: Madame Legros (film) — (based on a play by Heinrich Mann)
 * 1968: Sich selbst der Nächste — (based on Are You by Yourself? by Leo Lehman)
 * 1968: Schloß in den Wolken — (based on a play by Sam Locke)
 * 1969: Ende eines Leichtgewichts
 * 1969: Das Trauerspiel von Julius Caesar — (based on Julius Caesar)
 * 1969: A Village Without Men — (based on Ein Dorf ohne Männer by Ödön von Horváth)
 * 1969: Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin (TV series)
 * 1970: Mit sich allein — (based on End of Story by Leo Lehman)
 * 1970: Der Kommissar (TV series): Tod eines Klavierspielers
 * 1971: Augenzeugen müssen blind sein — (based on Forget What You Saw by Roderic Jeffries)
 * 1971: Chopin-Express — (screenplay by Leo Lehman)
 * 1972: Tatort (TV series): 
 * 1972: Galgentoni — (based on a play by Egon Kisch)
 * 1972: Der Andersonville-Prozess — (based on The Andersonville Trial by Saul Levitt)
 * 1974: Nichts als Erinnerung — (based on a novel by Milo Dor)
 * 1974: Tatort (TV series): 
 * 1974: Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten (TV series)
 * 1975: Zahnschmerzen — (screenplay by Leo Lehman)
 * 1975: Die weiße Stadt — (based on a novel by Milo Dor)
 * 1977: In freier Landschaft — (screenplay by Leo Lehman)
 * 1977: The Winslow Boy (1977 film) — (based on The Winslow Boy)
 * 1978: Tatort (TV series): 
 * 1978: Job (miniseries) (TV miniseries) — (based on Job)
 * 1980: Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung — (based on Glaube Liebe Hoffnung by Ödön von Horváth)
 * 1980: Felix und Oskar (TV series) — (based on The Odd Couple)
 * 1980: Land, das meine Sprache spricht (1980 film) — (based on Der zwanzigste Juli by Alexander Lernet-Holenia)
 * 1981: Quartett bei Claudia — (based on a play by Leo Lehman)
 * 1982: Das heiße Herz — (based on the play The Hasty Heart by John Patrick)
 * 1982: Tarabas — (based on Tarabas by Joseph Roth)
 * 1983: Gegenlicht — (based on a novel by Walter Wippersberg)
 * 1983: Why Am I So Happy? — (based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel)
 * 1985: Die Flucht ohne Ende — (based on Flight without End)
 * 1986: Tatort (TV series): 
 * 1987: Tatort (TV series): 
 * 1988:  — (based on the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair)
 * 1990: The Master of the Day of Judgment (film) — (based on The Master of the Day of Judgment by Leo Perutz)
 * 1991: Heldenfrühling
 * 1992: Die Ringe des Saturn — (based on a novel by Peter Zeindler)
 * 1992: Bartolomé de Las Casas (film) — (based on Las Casas vor Karl V. by Reinhold Schneider)

Screenwriter

 * 1952: Adventure in Vienna (dir. Emil-Edwin Reinert)

Actor

 * 1952: Adventure in Vienna (dir. Emil-Edwin Reinert), as Passport forger
 * 1953: To Be Without Worries (dir. Georg Marischka)
 * 1975: Die weiße Stadt (dir. Michael Kehlmann)
 * 1982: Tarabas (dir. Michael Kehlmann), as Narrator (voice)
 * 1985: Flucht ohne Ende (dir. Michael Kehlmann), as Narrator (voice)
 * 1987: '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (dir. Wolfgang Glück)