
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Franz Antel (June 28, 1913 – August 11, 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies (romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and K.u.k. films all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I. From the late 1960s, encouraged by the new opportunities in the film industry brought about by the sexual revolution, Antel gradually switched his main interest to soft porn and ribaldry. It was in particular his series of Wirtin ("hostess") films, directed under the pseudonym François Legrand, with which he tried to win international recognition. Titles included The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan (1967), Sexy Susan Sins Again (1969), Wild, Willing & Sexy (1969) and Don't Tell Daddy (aka Naughty Nymphs in the U.S.A.) (1972). Among the actors Antel worked with were Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger, Oskar Werner, Curd Jürgens, Tony Curtis, Herbert Fux, Heinrich Schweiger, Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Marisa Berenson, Britt Ekland, Andréa Ferréol. 1981 was a turning point in Antel's career when he adapted for the big screen a stage play by Ulrich Becher and Peter Preses. Set from the days of the Anschluss of 1938 until after the end of the war, Der Bockerer is about a Viennese butcher named Karl Bockerer (Karl Merkatz) whose common sense rather than intellect tells him to oppose the Nazis and who dares to show resistance just because he is never fully aware of the possible fateful consequences of his actions. While Bockerer and his wife survive the war unscathed, their son joins the SA but, after some internal intrigue, is sent to the front and killed. Der Bockerer IV The film's strong anti-fascist message, the moving dialogue, and performances by the crème de la crème of Austrian actors and actresses (Ida Krottendorf, Alfred Böhm, Heinz Marecek, Hans Holt, Dolores Schmidinger and many more) made Der Bockerer an unusually successful film and gave new impetus to Antel's career. He made three sequels, which follow the lives of the Bockerers well into the 1960s, each depicting a crucial historical event in Austria or one of its neighbouring countries: Der Bockerer II (1996) is about the ten-year occupation (1945-1955) of Austria by the allied powers; Der Bockerer III — Die Brücke von Andau (2000) is set at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; and, finally, Der Bockerer IV — Der Prager Frühling (2003) deals with Dubček's Prague Spring of 1968. Antel would recount an anecdote about himself describing how, in order to live up to his reputation as a womanizer, he used to carry a pair of high heels in his luggage which he then would occasionally place in the corridor in front of his hotel room – especially when he was travelling alone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franz Antel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sie nannten ihn Krambambuli

Ideale Frau gesucht

Der Bockerer

Hallo Dienstmann

Das Glück liegt auf der Straße

Im schwarzen Rössl

Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau

Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei

Kaiserball

Liebesgrüße aus Tirol

Ooh... diese Ferien

Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee

Frühstück mit dem Tod

… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier

Die süßesten Früchte

Der Kongreß tanzt

Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling

Vier Mädels aus der Wachau

Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett

Solang' die Sterne glüh'n

Kaiserwalzer

Spionage

Roter Mohn

Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe

Heimatland

Das Wandern ist Herrn Müllers Lust

Eva erbt das Paradies

Lumpazivagabundus

Die große Kür

Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe

Rote Lippen soll man küssen

Die liebestollen Apothekerstöchter

Im singenden Rössel am Königssee

Prima ti suono e poi ti sparo

Einer spinnt immer

Das große Glück

Verliebte Leute

Mein Vater, der Affe und ich

Ein tolles Früchtchen

Frau Wirtin hat auch eine Nichte

Frau Wirtin bläst auch gern Trompete

Ruf der Wälder

Die liebestollen Dirndl von Tirol

Warum hab ich bloss zwei mal ja gesagt

Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle

Casanova & Co.

Frau Wirtin hat auch einen Grafen

Die Alm an der Grenze

Frau Wirtin's tolle Töchterlein

Symphonie in Gold

Musik, Musik - da wackelt die Penne

Happy-End am Wolfgangsee

Wenn Mädchen zum Manöver blasen

Otto ist auf Frauen scharf

Austern mit Senf

Susanne, die Wirtin von der Lahn

Die Zwillingsschwestern aus Tirol

Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee

Und ewig knallen die Räuber

Der Mann in der Wanne

Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee

Frau Wirtin treibt es jetzt noch toller

Rosen aus dem Süden

Johann Strauß - Der König ohne Krone

Blau blüht der Enzian

Kaisermanöver

Mein Freund, der Lipizzaner

Das singende Haus

Der alte Sünder

Glocken läuten überall

Heute nacht passiert’s

Der Obersteiger

Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen

Ab morgen sind wir reich und ehrlich

In der Trafik: Der Brief nach Brüssel

In der Trafik: Das Feuerzeug

In der Trafik: Geld oder Leben

Almenrausch und Pulverschnee