Film director, film producer, screenwriter
German producer-director of the 1950s and 60s, best known for El Hakim and the controversial "Skandalfilm" Das Mdchen Rosemarie . With Hans Abich, Thiele set up the Filmaufbau GmbH in 1946, serving as its head of production. Much of their later output consisted of erotic potboilers, interspersed with such occasional literary adaptations as Thomas Manns Tonio Krger .
