Wilhelm Utermann

Wilhelm "Utz" Utermann (3 December 1912 – 11 August 1991) was a German writer, journalist, screenwriter and film producer.

Wilhelm Utermann
Born	3 December 1912 Annen, German Empire
Died	11 August 1991 Roggersdorf, Gemeinde Holzkirchen, Germany

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][2]

As Wilhelm Roggersdorf, he edited Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods? and extensively rewrote the book.^[3][4]

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)