| Wilhelm Utermann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 December 1912 Annen, German Empire |
| Died | 11 August 1991 Roggersdorf, Gemeinde Holzkirchen, Germany |
Wilhelm "Utz" Utermann (3 December 1912 – 11 August 1991) was a German writer, journalist, screenwriter and film producer.
He used the following pseudonyms: William Utermann, William Roggersdorf and Mathias Racker. Utermann was a former editor of the Nazi Party's newspaper Völkischer Beobachter and had been a Nazi bestselling author.
As Wilhelm Roggersdorf, he edited Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods? and extensively rewrote the book.
He was married to Clementine zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.
Selected filmography
- Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1954)
- Roses in Autumn (1955)
- The Golden Bridge (1956)
- Taiga (1958)
- The Ideal Woman (1959)
- You Don't Shoot at Angels (1960)
- Max the Pickpocket (1962)
- Life Begins at Eight (1962)
- He Can't Stop Doing It (1962)
- My Daughter and I (1963)
- A Mission for Mr. Dodd (1964)
References
- Wilhelm Utermann at IMDb
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Utermann in the German National Library catalogue
- Works by and about Wilhelm Utermann in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
- "Wilhelm Utermann" (in German), Lexikon westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren.
- Story, Ronald (1976). The space-gods revealed : a close look at the theories of Erich von Däniken. New York: Harper & Row. p. 2. ISBN 0-06-014141-7. Citing Der Spiegel, in issue 12/1969 (March 17, 1969), p. 184 and issue 12/1973 (March 19, 1973), p. 145.
- Fritze, Ronald H. (2009), Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions, Reaktion Books, pp. 206, 212, footnote 76 in p. 286, ISBN 978-1-86189-817-3
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