death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
unterpfaffenhofen , bavaria 13 november 1991 metz -lrb- belonging to germany at the time -rrb- 15 june 1910 1938 -- 1978 walter ulbrich
 walter ulbrich writer and producer
walter ulbrich

walter ulbrich -lrb- june 15 , 1910 -- november 13 , 1991 -rrb- was a german film producer primarily known for writing and/or producing 10 of 16 four-part adventure mini-series made for west german tv in the 1960s and 1970s .
mostly based on classics of world literature such as `` robinson crusoe '' or `` the sea wolf '' , these west german/french co-productions traditionally premiered on west german public-service television in december and are therefore also known as `` weihnachtsvierteiler '' -lrb- christmas four-parters -rrb- .
the series have been dubbed into a variety of languages and also became popular outside germany , especially in france , the uk , and canada .
