Axel Corti

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Axel Corti (May 7, 1933 (Paris) - December 29, 1993 (Oberndorf, Austria)) was an Austrian writer and director.

[edit] Life

Axel Corti worked at the Austrian Television from 1953 onwards. Beginning with the works on "Schalldämpfer", he made Austrian radio history. Later he became a professor at Austrian academy of film (in 1972).

Axel Corti was the father of three sons, one of them Sebastian Corti.

[edit] Work

"Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter", 1963 (with Hans Holt, Hans Moser and Inge Konradi)
"Ein junger Mann aus dem Innviertel", 1973
"Totstellen", 1975
"An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr", 1982
"Herrenjahre", 1983 (with Lore Krainer and Peter Simonischek)
"Eine blaßblaue Frauenschrift", 1984 (with Friedrich von Thun, Gabriel Barylli, Otto Schenk, Konstanze Breitebner und Kurt Sowinetz)
"Radetzkymarsch", 1994 (with Max von Sydow, Charlotte Rampling, Julia Stemberger, Karlheinz Hackl, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, Fritz Muliar, Alexander Strobele, Gert Voss und Friedrich von Thun)