Wolf Peter Rilla (16 March 1920 – 19 October 2005) was a film director and writer of German background, who worked mainly in the United Kingdom.
[2] In common with many others in entertainment and the arts, Walter’s family recognised the dangers when Hitler came to power, and moved to London in 1934 when Wolf was 14.
[4] As well as directing the film, Rilla collaborated with producer Ronald Kinnoch (using the pseudonym George Barclay) and Stirling Silliphant on the adaptation.
Rilla married the actress and director Valerie Hanson after they appeared together in a BBC television production of The Portugal Lady; the couple had a daughter, Madeleine, in 1955.
After Rilla had held office in both the film technicians' union ACTT and the Directors Guild of Great Britain, he and Shirley moved to the south of France, to buy and run a hotel at Fayence in Provence.