Background
He was the son of Austrian film director Luise Fleck from her first marriage.
He was the son of Austrian film director Luise Fleck from her first marriage.
He directed nine films between 1933 and 1959. He became a respected film director, producer and screenwriter. His film on the life of Beethoven, Eroica, released in 1949, with Ewald Balser, Oskar Werner and Judith Holzmeister in the leads, is counted as one of the most successful Austrian films ever.
His 1959 film Panoptikum 59 was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.