Talkies Movie List of Harry Piel 1945…
The filmography lists all films in which Harry Piel was involved as an
author, director, producer or actor.
1944/45. MANN IN SATTEL
Director: Harry Piel, Werner Klingler
Script: Hans Marschall, (Harry Piel); inspired by the book of Werner Scheff
Camera: Eugen Klagemann
Set Construction: Gabriel Pellon
Music: Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Actors: Harry Piel, Gerhild Weber, Clemens Hasse, Otto Graf, Hans Zesch-Ballot,
Ellen Bang, Peter Widmann, Charlott Daudert, Kurt Seifert, Paul Westermeier,
Karl Hellmer, Paul Bildt, Elsa Wagner, Just Scheu, Erich Dunskus, Herbert Gernot,
Walter Gross, Anneliese Würtz, Ute Sielisch, Egon Brosig, Ewald Wenck, Alwin Lippisch,
Aruth Wartan, Karl Platen, Josef Reithofer, Genia von Unruh, Eduard Bornträger,
Valy Arnheim, Edgar Pauly, Kurt Hagen, Irmgard Krohn, Michael von Newlinski, Karl Wagner,
Walter Ruesta.
Production: Tobis Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin.
Herstellungsgruppe: Willy Reiber.
HLTG: Willy Reiber
Filming duration: 15 September 1944 - April 1945
Filming location: Trabrennbahn Berlin-Mariendorf, Berlin area
Studio: Grunewald-Atelier Berlin
Incomplete film project
-- the production was broken up shortly before the end of the war.
The uncut material was confiscated the the Soviets, but returned to the Staatlichen Filmarchiv
(State‘s Film Archives), Berlin/DDR.
1950/51. DER TIGER AKBAR
Director: Harry Piel & Assitant-Director: Charly Huber
Dialogue-Director: Fritz Lafontaine
Script: William Quindt, Harry Piel; inspired by the book of William Quindt
Camera: Klaus von Rautenfeld, Bruno Timm
Set construction: Alfred Bütow, Karl Vollbrecht
Masks: Alfred Arnold, Willi Nixdorf
Editor: Hildegard Grebner
Sound: Bruno Suckau, Benn Locher
Music: Fritz Wenneis
Actors: Harry Piel, Friedel Hardt, Hilde Hildebrand, Nikolai Kolin, Helga Wiedenbrüg,
Fritz Lafontaine, Leopold von Ledebur, Albert Gallin, Conny Heim, Georg Hilbert,
Willy Millowitsch, Franz Schneider, Friedrich Schütze
Production: Ariel-Filmproduktion, Wiesbaden & Producer: Harry Piel
Production management: Harry Piel & Production Management-Assistant: William Zeiske
Filming duration: October.1950 - January 1951
Filming location: Köln (Williamsbau)
Studio: Afifa-Filmstudios Wiesbaden
Length: 3319 m, 120 min; ( 3107 m, 113 min jugendfreie Fassung)
Premiere: 19 April 1952, Frankfurt (Turmpalast).
Title: Menschen u. Bestien.
Distribution title 1958: Panik im Zirkus Williams
1952/53. GESPRENGTE GITTER
Director: Harry Piel.
Camera: (extra film footage) Willy Peter Bloch
Editor: Harry Piel, Horst Wenneis, Hildegard Grebner.
Music: Fritz Wenneis, Ernst Leenen; using the music pieces from „Der Dschungel ruft“,
„Sein bester Freund“, „90 Minuten Aufenthalt“, „Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen“
Actors: Harry Piel, Ruth Eweler, Dorothea Wieck, Hans Zesch-Ballot, Fritz Hoopts,
Herbert A. E. Böhme, Joe Münch-Harris, Wilhelm P. Krüger, Maria Krahn, Beppo Brem,
Carl Heinz Peters, Julius Riedmüller, Karl Hellmer, Maria Hofen, Eva Klein-Donath, Julius Frey,
L. Krüger-Roger, Albert Parsen, Rudolf Vogel
Production: Ariel-Filmproduktion, Wiesbaden
Producer: Harry Piel
Length: 2784 m, 102 min
Premiere: 13 October 1953, Frankfurt (Filmpalast).
Edited version of „Panik“ (1940-43) mixed with refilmed scenes.
1954. EIN LEBEN FÜR DEN FILM: VIERZIG JAHRE HARRY PIEL
1.Kintopp und Sensationen
2. Menschen und Bestien. Contributor: Harry Piel
Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
First broadcast: 6 December 1954, 13 December 1954, ARD
TV-Portraits; 2 parts
1955. AFFENLIEBE
Director: Harry Piel
Camera: Klaus von Rautenfeld
Production: Ariel-Film GmbH, Wiesbaden
Overall management: Harry Piel. Length: 340 m, 12 min
A short documentary film; put together from film material shot in in 1944.
1955. WENN TIERE ERWACHEN
Director: Harry Piel
Camera: Klaus von Rautenfeld
Production: Ariel-Film GmbH, Wiesbaden
Overall management: Harry Piel. Length: 310 m, 11 min
A short documentary film; put together from film material shot in in 1944.
1955. WENN TIERE BETTELN
Director: Harry Piel
Camera: Klaus von Rautenfeld
Production: Ariel-Film GmbH, Wiesbaden
Overall management: Harry Piel. Length: 317 m, 12 min
A short documentary film; put together from film material shot in in 1944.
1963. WIEDERSEHEN IM FERNSEHEN
Director: Curt Linda
Written by: Peter Norden. Contributor: u.a. Harry Piel
Production: Unda-Film Dr. Walter Koch, München; für ZDF, Mainz.
First broadcast: 9. April1963, ZDF.
TV-Interview; unter Verwendung eines Ausschnitts aus „Der Dschungel ruft“ (1935).