Harald Reinl (July 8, 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – October 9, 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is especially known for the movies he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace movies) and also made Mountain films, Heimatfilms, German war films and entries in such popular German film series as Dr. Mabuse, Jerry Cotton and Kommissar X.Reinl started his career as an extra in the mountain-films of Arnold Fanck. He worked as screenwriter on the film Tiefland. Reinl's first movie as director was Bergkristall (1949).He was stabbed to death by his alcoholic wife, the former Czech actress Daniela Maria Delis.
German director of unambitious, commercially successful entertainments, often Heimatfilms, war dramas or crime thrillers. Reinl began in films as a stunt skier for Arnold Fanck in 1930 and then doubled for Leni Riefenstahl in Der weiße Rausch - Neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs (1931). A junior ski champion, he managed a French ski school during the 1930s, before taking up full-time directing just prior to World War II. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1950s and '60s, cleverly anticipating genre trends, especially with his series of Karl May westerns and Edgar Wallace potboilers.
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Was stabbed to death by his alcoholic wife, a former actress.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sri Lanka - Leuchtendes Land
1987
Documentary
Wöhlunds Rache
1986
co-director
Im Dschungel ist der Teufel los
1982
The Living Word
1981
co-director
Sieben Weltwunder der Technik
1981
TV Series documentary 7 episodes
...und die Bibel hat doch recht
1977
Documentary
Mysteries of the Gods
1976
Documentary
Der Jäger von Fall
1974
Deadly Jaws
1974
Schloß Hubertus
1973
Die blutigen Geier von Alaska
1973
In Search of Ancient Astronauts
1973
TV Movie documentary
Grün ist die Heide
1972
Der Schrei der schwarzen Wölfe
1972
Sie liebten sich einen Sommer
1972
Verliebte Ferien in Tirol
1971
Kommissar X : Jagt die roten Tiger
1971
Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten
1971
Wir haun die Pauker in die Pfanne - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, V. Teil
1970
Chariots of the Gods
1970
Documentary as Dr. Harald Reinl
Pepe, der Paukerschreck - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, III. Teil
1969
Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin
1969
Todesschüsse am Broadway
1969
The Valley of Death
1968
Der Tod im roten Jaguar
1968
Death and Diamonds
1968
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache
1967
Das Schwert der Nibelungen
1966
Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried
1966
The Sinister Monk
1965
Winnetou: The Last Shot
1965
The Last Tomahawk
1965
Winnetou: The Red Gentleman
1964
Room 13
1964
Winnetou
1963
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
1963
Die weiße Spinne
1963
The Treasure of the Silver Lake
1962
The Carpet of Horror
1962
as Dr. Harald Reinl
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
1962
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
1961
The Forger of London
1961
as Dr. Harald Reinl
Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehen
1960
The Terrible People
1960
as Dr. Harald Reinl
Paradies der Matrosen
1959
Face of the Frog
1959
Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen
1958
U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien
1958
Die grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino
1958
Almenrausch und Edelweiß
1957
Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal
1957
Die Prinzessin von St. Wolfgang
1957
Johannisnacht
1956
Die Fischerin vom Bodensee
1956
Ein Herz schlägt für Erika
1956
As Long as You Live
1955
Der schweigende Engel
1954
Rosen-Resli
1954
Der Klosterjäger
1953
Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau
1952
The Unholy Intruders
1952
Nacht am Mont-Blanc
1951
Gesetz ohne Gnade
1951
Funk und Sport
1950
Short
Bergkristall
1949
Zehn Jahre später
1948
Short
Osterskitour in Tirol
1939
Short
Wilde Wasser
1937
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Verliebte Ferien in Tirol
1971
screenplay
Chariots of the Gods
1970
Documentary
The Valley of Death
1968
screenplay
Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache
1967
Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried
1966
Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal
1957
Die Prinzessin von St. Wolfgang
1957
Die Fischerin vom Bodensee
1956
As Long as You Live
1955
Der schweigende Engel
1954
Rosen-Resli
1954
The Unholy Intruders
1952
Nacht am Mont-Blanc
1951
Funk und Sport
1950
Short
Bergkristall
1949
writer
Zehn Jahre später
1948
Short writer
Osterskitour in Tirol
1939
Short writer
Wilde Wasser
1937
Short
Sieben Weltwunder der Technik
1981
TV Series documentary 7 episodes
Sie liebten sich einen Sommer
1972
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nacht am Mont-Blanc
1951
Gesetz ohne Gnade
1951
Funk und Sport
1950
Short
Bergkristall
1949
Zehn Jahre später
1948
Short
Osterskitour in Tirol
1939
Short
Wilde Wasser
1937
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pepe, der Paukerschreck - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, III. Teil