Mini-Biography:
Karl Ritter was born on November 7, 1888 in Würzburg. He was a German Director, Author, Producer, known for Unternehmen Michael (1937), Kadetten (1942), Im Kampf gegen den Weltfeind (1939), Karl Ritter's first movie on record is from 1928. Karl Ritter died on April 7, 1977 in Argentinien. His last motion picture on file dates from 1954.
Biographical Notes
UFA Regisseur, lieferte in der NS-Aera fatale, wenn auch begabte Propagandafilme wie "Unternehmen Michael", "Legion Condor" und "GPU" ab. Kehrte 1954 nach argentinischem Exil in die BRD zurück.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1954: Ball der Nationen (Director), with Claudine Dupuis, Gustav Fröhlich, Zsa Zsa Gabor,
1954: Staatsanwältin Corda (Director), with Ingeborg Egholm, Paul Henckels, Christine Kaufmann,
1944: Sommernächte (Director), with Ernst von Klipstein,
1943: Besatzung Dora (Director), with Ernst von Klipstein, Roma Bahn, Wolfgang Preiss,
1942: Kadetten (Director), with Albert Bassermann, Andrews Engelmann, Carsta Löck,
1942: G.P.U. (Director), with Julius Eckhoff, Marina von Ditmar, Lale Andersen,
1941: Stukas (Director), with Marina von Ditmar, , Albert Hehn,
1941: Über alles in der Welt (Director), with Paul Hartmann, Carl Raddatz, Hannes Stelzer,
1940: Bal paré (Director), with Käte Haack, Paul Hartmann, Amanda Lindner,
1939: Im Kampf gegen den Weltfeind (Director),
1939: Legion Condor (Director), with Paul Hartmann, Marina von Ditmar, Willi Rose,
1939: Die Hochzeitsreise (The wedding journey) (Director), with Françoise Rosay, Angela Salloker, ,
1938: Pour le Mérite (Director), with Paul Hartmann, Herbert A.E. Böhme, Albert Hehn,
1938: Capriccio (Director), with Paul Dahlke, Lilian Harvey, Anton Imkamp,
1937: Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (Director), with Beppo Brem, René Deltgen, Berta Drews,
1937: Unternehmen Michael (Director), with Willy Birgel, Heinrich George, Paul Otto,
1937: Patrioten (Director), with Lída Baarová, Paul Dahlke, Bruno Hübner,
1936: Verräter (Director), with Lída Baarová, Willy Birgel, Herbert Bühme,
1936: Weiberregiment (Director), with Fritz Bölke, Hermann Erhardt, Heli Finkenzeller,
1933: Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist deutscher Jugend (Producer), Directed by Hans Steinhoff, with Jürgen Ohlsen, Heinrich George, Berta Drews,
1933: Mademoiselle Docteur (unrealized project) (Madam Doctor) (Producer), Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Frank Wysbar, with Leni Riefenstahl,
1929: Fräulein Lausbub (Scenario), Directed by Erich Schönfelder, with Else Reval, Dina Gralla, Ernst Behmer,
1929: Kehre zurück! Alles vergeben! (Scenario), Directed by Erich Schönfelder, with Dina Gralla, Teddy Bill, Rudolf Biebrach,
1928: Das Spreewaldmädel (Scenario), Directed by Hans Steinhoff, with Claire Rommer, Alfred Solm, Jakob Tiedtke,
Bibliography
Im Scheinwerfer, filmwelt Beilage Nr. 40: Karl Ritter
Felix Bucher / Leonhard Gmür: Germany, London and New York 1970;
The BFI Companion to German Cinema, edited by Thomas Elsaesser with Michael Wedel, British FILM Institute, London 1999