Helmut Dietl, who has died aged 70, became the first German film director to have a comedy nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category; even more surprisingly, the film, Schtonk! (1992), ...

The German film and TV industries were mourning on Monday the death of director, writer and producer Helmut Dietl from lung cancer. He was 70. Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, ...

Acclaimed German film director Helmut Dietl has died at the age of 70, less than 18 months after publicly announcing his lung cancer. He won multiple awards in Germany, and was once nominated for an ...

Bavarian-born director, writer and producer Helmut Dietl recently passed away from lung cancer. He was 70. Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, Dietl was known to international ...

BERLIN — German helmer Helmut Dietl’s next project is “Vom suchen und finden der liebe” (About Searching and Finding Love), based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Patrick Suskind. Described as a ...

Helmut Dietl was a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1944. Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen featured Helmut Dietl's work in the past. The artist died in 2015.

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

Was born in 1944 in Bad Wiessee and studied Theater and Art History. He then started working in television as a floor manager before going to Munich's Kammerspiele Theater to become an assistant ...