Hellmut Andics (25 August 192219 August 1998) was an Austrian journalist, publicist and writer.
Life
After military service in World War II Andics became a journalist and worked as an editor, at The New Austria and Die Presse.
From 1 March 1979 to 31 December 1980 Andics was director of the Burgenland Festival. From 11 October 1982 to 27 October 1986, he was director of the ORF Regional Studio Burgenland.
He is best known for its contemporary history reports and documentaries. He also wrote the screenplay for the television series Ringstraßenpalais and for the five-part documentary television film , which the ZDF produced in 1967 under the direction of Wolfgang Schleif. He also had the idea for the television series by Bernd Fischerauer. Andics was the father of two sons (Eric and Maximilian) and had three grandchildren (Daniel, Therese and Sophie).
Hellmut Andics died in his apartment in Vienna in the early morning hours of August 19, 1998, of heart failure. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, where also his ashes are buried.
Literature
1970: Dr.-Karl-Renner-journalism Price
1992: Cultural Prize of Burgenland
Works
1962: The state that nobody wanted
1964: The vices of this time
1965: The case of Otto Habsburg. A Report
1965: The Eternal Jew. Causes and history of anti-Semitism. Published by Fritz Molden 1967: The Great Terror. From the beginning of the Russian Revolution to the death of Stalin 1968: 50 years of our lives. Austria's fate since 1918 1969: The women of the Habsburgs 1974: The Austrian century. The Austro-Hungarian Empire 1804-1918 1976: The sinking of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austria-Hungary from the turn of the century until November 1918 1976: The Isle of the Blessed. Austria of the Moscow Declaration to the present Convention 1977: Meeting on the Danube 1981: Founder time. The black and yellow Vienna until 1867 1983: Ringstrasse world. Vienna 1867-1887 1984: Luegerzeit. The Black Vienna until 1918 1988: The Jews of Vienna
Filmography
Film
Endangered Girls (dir. Wolfgang Glück, 1958) (dir. Géza von Bolváry, 1958) The Street (dir. Hermann Kugelstadt, 1958) The Priest and the Girl (dir. Gustav Ucicky, 1958) Girls for the Mambo-Bar (dir. Wolfgang Glück, 1959) Twelve Girls and One Man (dir. Hans Quest, 1959) Treffpunkt Salon Parisi / Frauen in Teufels Hand (dir. Hermann Leitner, 1960) (dir. Edwin Zbonek, 1962) Wenn beide schuldig werden (dir. Hermann Leitner, 1962) Der rote Rausch (dir. Wolfgang Schleif, 1962)
Television
Wolken über Kaprun (dir. Franz Josef Gottlieb, 1964, TV series) : Der Fall Nebe (dir. Georg Tressler, 1964, TV series episode) An der schönen blauen Donau (dir. , 1965) Der Fall Auer/Ranneth – Unschuldig hinter Gittern (dir. , 1966) (dir. , 1966) Der rasende Reporter – Egon Erwin Kisch (dir. Robert A. Stemmle, 1967) (dir. Wolfgang Schleif, 1967–1968, TV miniseries) Sir Roger Casement (dir. Hermann Kugelstadt, 1968) The Spanish Civil War (dir. Rudolph Cartier, 1969) Der Baum von Kfar Etzyon (dir. Georg Tressler, 1969) (dir. , 1969) Friedrich III – Gestorben als Kaiser (dir. Rudolf Nussgruber, 1970) The Death of Deputy Jean Jaurès (dir. , 1970) The Bavarian Soviet Republic (dir. Helmut Ashley, 1971) (dir. Axel Corti, 1971) Sacro Egoismo oder Der Bruch der Achse – Der Kriegsaustritt Italiens im Jahre 1943 (dir. Rudolf Nussgruber, 1971) Emperor Charles' Last Battle (dir. Rudolf Nussgruber, 1971) (dir. Helmut Ashley, 1971) That's Me – Vienna Fates of the '30s: Austria Between Democracy and Dictatorship (dir. Rudolf Nussgruber, 1972) If You Want, It Is Not a Fairy Tale (dir. , 1973) You Will Not Die Alone – A German Military Chaplain in Paris (dir. Jürgen Goslar, 1973) The Isle of the Blessed (dir. , 1976) Ringstraßenpalais (dir. Rudolf Nussgruber, 1980–1986, TV series) Roda Rodas rote Weste – Ein Leben in Anekdoten (dir. Rolf von Sydow, 1983) Hot Days in July (dir. , 1984) (dir. , 1994–1995, TV miniseries)