
Franz Antel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franz Antel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
85 directing credits · 8 acting credits
Directing · 85

Casanova & Co.
1977

The Hostess Exceeds All Bounds
1970

Sexy Susan Sins Again
1968

The Countess Died of Laughter
1973

Almenrausch und Pulverschnee
1993

Naughty Nymphs
1972

Tower of Screaming Virgins
1968

House of Pleasure
1969

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist
1969

Sexy Susan Knows How...!
1970

Otto ist auf Frauen scharf
1968

Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
2000

Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown
1987

Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar
1975

Musik, Musik - da wackelt die Penne
1970

Die liebestollen Dirndl von Tirol
1969

When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres
1975

Lumpazivagabundus
1956

Roter Mohn
1956

Die Zwillingsschwestern aus Tirol
1992

The Butcher
1981

Blackmail Chase
1976

Blau blüht der Enzian
1973

Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett
1962

Im schwarzen Rössl
1961

Austern mit Senf
1979

Das Wandern ist Herrn Müllers Lust
1973

Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee
1959

Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen
1962
Love-Hotel in Tirol
1978

The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan
1967

Happy-End am Wolfgangsee
1966

Sie nannten ihn Krambambuli
1972
Ohne Ball und ohne Netz
1982

The Sweetest Fruits
1954

Imperial Manoeuvres
1954

Rosen aus dem Süden
1954

Frühstück mit dem Tod
1964

Mein Vater, der Affe und ich
1971

Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
2003

Espionage
1955

Und ewig knallen die Räuber
1962

Im singenden Rössel am Königssee
1963

Mein Freund, der Lipizzaner
1994

Einer spinnt immer
1971

Ruf der Wälder
1965

Ideale Frau gesucht
1952
Die gelbe Nachtigall
1975

Heimatland
1955
Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten
1958

Der Obersteiger
1952

Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
1972

Das Glück liegt auf der Straße
1957

Vier Mädels aus der Wachau
1957

Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee
1972

… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
1961
Heimweh... dort, wo die Blumen blüh'n
1957

Verliebte Leute
1954

Kaiserball
1956

Liebesgrüße aus Tirol
1964

Das große Glück
1967

Solang' die Sterne glüh'n
1958

The Congress Dances
1955

Hello Dienstmann
1952

Glocken läuten überall
1960
On the Alm, there's no sin
1950

Eva erbt das Paradies
1951

Die große Kür
1964

Rote Lippen soll man küssen
1964

Heute nacht passiert’s
1953

Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
1996

Symphonie in Gold
1956

Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe
1955

Ooh... diese Ferien
1958

Ein tolles Früchtchen
1953

Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee
1949

Die Alm an der Grenze
1951

Das singende Haus
1948

Kaiserwalzer
1953

Der alte Sünder
1951
Die Kaffeehaus-Clique
1990

Der Mann in der Wanne
1952
Forellen-Quintett von Franz Schubert
1949
Sie war keine Lady
1985
Die Lacher Macher
1988
