FILM DIRECTOR

Harald Reinl

1908 - 1986

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Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace movies) and also made mountain films, Heimatfilms, German war films and entries in such popular German film series as Dr. Mabuse, Jerry Cotton and Kommissar X. His directing output includes more than 60 titles. With his Edgar Wallace and Karl May adaptations, Reinl advanced to become one of the most successful directors in German cinema in the 1960s: with the four Karl May films he made between 1962 and 1965 alone, Reinl reached 32 million viewers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Reinl is the 850th most popular film director (down from 768th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Austria (down from 726th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Austrian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Harald Reinl ranks 850 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexander Rou, Boris Kaufman, Sergei Loznitsa, Andrea Arnold, Christian Petzold, and Stuart Gordon. After him are William Cameron Menzies, Atom Egoyan, Alexandre Volkoff, Tate Taylor, Kevin Smith, and Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Harald Reinl ranks 223. Before him are Ed Heinemann, Jagjivan Ram, Lew Ayres, Gustavo Marzi, Ludwig Goldbrunner, and Artem Alikhanian. After him are Frol Kozlov, Arturo de Córdova, Vivian Fuchs, Mohammad Natsir, Helen Jacobs, and František Douda. Among people deceased in 1986, Harald Reinl ranks 166. Before him are Gaston Defferre, Jagjivan Ram, Mary Eristavi, Herma Szabo, Heinz Strehl, and Ronald McNair. After him are Murray Hamilton, Francisco Mignone, Jaroslav Burgr, István Pelle, Floyd Gottfredson, and Jacques Plante.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Harald Reinl ranks 777 out of 1,424. Before him are Fritzi Burger (1910), Josef Uridil (1895), Herma Szabo (1902), Valie Export (1940), Helmut Senekowitsch (1933), and Heinrich Lammasch (1853). After him are Monica Bleibtreu (1944), Ernst Grünfeld (1893), Paula Wessely (1907), Walter Nausch (1907), Alfons Dorfner (1911), and Egon Zimmermann (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Harald Reinl ranks 11. Before him are Gustav Ucicky (1899), Alexander Korda (1893), Ernst Marischka (1893), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Hans Hass (1919), and Richard Oswald (1880). After him are Joe May (1880), Francis Lawrence (1971), Leopold Lindtberg (1902), Luise Fleck (1873), Franz Antel (1913), and Stefan Ruzowitzky (1961).

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