Johannes Kai

Johannes Kai

writer, director, second unit director or assistant director

Johannes Kai was born on Oct 13, 1912 in Egypt. Johannes Kai's big-screen debut came with Sand, Love and Salt directed by Frantisek Cáp in 1957. Johannes Kai is known for Alle Sünden dieser Erde directed by Fritz Umgelter, Barbara Rütting stars as Dr. Regine Lenz and Ivan Desny as Lawyer Stephan Hardeck. The upcoming new movie Johannes Kai plays is Mission to Hell which will be released on Mar 24, 1965.

Johannes Kai was an author, a screenwriter and a film director. He was born on December 13, 1912 in Cairo under the name Hanns Wiedmann. In 1936 he received his doctorate phil. at the University in Munich and then wrote novels and essays with mostly military themes. Later he used the German name of his birthplace - Kairo - as inspiration for his alias Kai. In the 1950s Johannes Kai went into screenwriting. He died in 1999, 10 days before his 87th birthday.

  • Birthday

    Oct 13, 1912
  • Place of Birth

    Cairo, Egypt