Manfred Purzer

Manfred Purzer
Born	(1931-04-13) 13 April 1931 Munich, Germany
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1955-1993

Manfred Purzer (born 13 April 1931) is a German screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 20 films between 1955 and 1993. In 1974, he was a member of the jury at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein (dir. Rolf Thiele, 1968) — based on a book by Joachim Fernau
• Seven Days Grace (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1969) — based on a novel by Paul Henricks
• Herzblatt oder Wie sag ich’s meiner Tochter? (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1969)
• The Sex Nest (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1970) — based on a novel by Bengta Bischoff
• Perrak (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1970)
• The Females (dir. Zbyněk Brynych, 1970)
• Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1971) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• Der neue heiße Sex-Report – Was Männer nicht für möglich halten (dir. Ernst Hofbauer, 1971)
• Love Is Only a Word (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1971) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1972) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• Tears of Blood (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1972) — based on The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin
• All People Will Be Brothers (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1973) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• The Sibyl Cipher (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1973) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• Three Men in the Snow (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1974) — based on a novel by Erich Kästner
• One or the Other of Us (dir. Wolfgang Petersen, 1974) — based on a novel by Horst Bosetzky
• Only the Wind Knows the Answer (dir. Alfred Vohrer, 1975) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• To the Bitter End (dir. Gerd Oswald, 1975) — based on a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel
• Lili Marleen (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981)
• Crazy Jungle Adventure (dir. Harald Reinl, 1982)
• How Would You Like to Have It? (dir. Rolf von Sydow, 1983)
• A King for Burning (dir. Tom Toelle, 1993, TV film)
• Die Elefantenbraut (dir. Dietrich Haugk, 1994, TV film)
• Tödliche Diamanten (dir. Celino Bleiweiß, 1998, TV film)

Director

• The Net (1975) — based on a novel by Hans Habe
• The Elixirs of the Devil (1976) — based on The Devil's Elixirs by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• The Man in the Rushes (1978) — based on a novel by George Saiko
• Randale (1983)

External links

• Manfred Purzer at IMDb