Horst Wendlandt
Horst Wendlandt ( born March 15, 1922 in Criewen at Schwedt; † August 30, 2002 in Berlin; actually Horst Otto Grigori Gubanov ) was a German film producer.
Life
Wendlandt was the son of a Russian peasant and a German mother. He was adopted by the sister of his mother, and took her name. After attending a higher commercial school in 1939, he completed an apprenticeship with Tobis - tone image Syndicate, which took it over in 1941 as treasurer. Because to him as a Russian citizen threatened internment, he enlisted in 1944 volunteered for the German Air Force. After his capture by the Americans he worked until 1947 as a forced laborer in a French mine.
Back in Berlin had Wendlandt again for various film companies, first as treasurer and then as production manager. In 1956 he was hired by Artur Brauner for its CCC film company. 1961 moved to Rialto Wendlandt film, in which he owned from 1972 a majority share.
Wendlandt was on the German market for the fiercest competitors of his former employer Artur Brauner. With the production of the lucrative Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies in the 1960s, he achieved greatest success and popularity. Through the realization of the shooting to death of the Winnetou character in the last part of the Winnetou trilogy 1965 pattered to the producer a hitherto unique in the German cinema history protest wave down, which prompted him to immediately shooting to the next Karl May adventure Old to begin Surehand first part, in which he had resurrected the hero on film.
Wendlandt has worked with many stars of the European cinema. He devoted special attention on comedies " Pappa ante Portas " with Heinz Erhardt, Otto, Loriot " Ödipussi " (1988 ) and ( 1991) are on his long list of successes. Wendlandt was also active in film distribution and brought, among other things, the duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in the cinemas. In 1998, Wendlandt the Scharlih Prize, the most prestigious award, which is connected with the name Karl May.
Horst Wendlandt was married to Ilsegard winter. Son Matthias ( b. 1952 ) and daughter Susan (* 1956) also took over production duties at Rialto. Wendlandt died on 30 August 2002 in Berlin from cancer.
Accusations of plagiarism
Wendlandt former employer Artur Brauner claims to this day, Wendlandt got the idea for the successful film adaptations of the Karl May novels from his drawer " stolen". This assertion is the existing to this day " legend" countered that allegedly made him his son Matthias attention to the adventure substances after reading Karl May book.