Corti, Axel#
b. Paris (France), May 7, 1933, d. Salzburg, Dec. 29, 1993, director. From 1953 employed at the Austrian broadcasting company ORF (from 1969 radio show "Der Schalldaempfer"; from 1959 opera and theatre productions, from 1963 director of TV and film productions (including "Filmgeschichte(n) aus Oesterreich", 1970-1972); from 1972 teacher at the Vienna Film Academy; several awards, twice awarded the "Goldene Kamera".
Direction: Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwaerterstochter, 1963; Der Fall
Jaegerstaetter, 1972; Totstellen, 1975; Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift,
1984; Wohin und zurueck, parts 1-3, 1982-1985; Radetzkymarsch, 1994
(finished posthumously). - Book edition: Der Schalldaempfer, 2 vols.,
1994/1995.