Carl Schenkel

Carl Schenkel ( born May 8, 1948 in Bern, † December 1, 2003 in Los Angeles, California ) was a Swiss film director and screenwriter.

He died in his adopted home of Los Angeles of heart failure.

Known Movies

He was the first major success in 1984 with Down with Götz George, Wolfgang Kieling and Renée Soutendijk made ​​famous by the film in the lead roles, the young Hannes Jaenicke. With the filming of two women he succeeded in 1989, a moderate success with critics. With George Peppard and Rip Torn also Hollywood actors were engaged in supporting roles. His commercially successful film was Knight Moves - A murderous game with Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane and Tom Skerritt. In Germany the film had two million viewers, but he flopped in the United States.

Filmography (selection)

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