Wilhelm Utermann

German writer and film producer

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.^[1]

As Wilhelm Roggersdorf, he edited Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods? and extensively rewrote the book.^[2]^[3]

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