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Adlmueller - The King of Fashion

The documentary attempts to explain the Adlmueller phenomenon. Adlmueller was already successful before the World War 2, he was never a soldier, outfitted the wives of the greatest Nazis and began a day after the end of the war as the undisputed king of fashion, which he was until the 1980s. He could neither tailor nor draw. Adlmueller, born 1909 in Germany, stayed in Vienna in 1929 because of two ballet dancers. As a relatively open homosexual, he had no problems, either during the Nazi regime, or during the post-war period. After all, the "homosexual paragraph" was in effect until 1971.
You can see archive material, some of which has never been published before. Contemporary witnesses were interviewed, some of whom revealed completely unknown aspects of the fashion tsar.
In the summer of 2022, German film star Nadja Tiller gave a touching interview to producer Robert Styblo in Hamburg. Tiller, aged 93, remembers the year 1949. Tiller was Adlmueller`s mannequin, he suggested her for the Miss Austria election, which she won, the beginning of her great film career. “House mannequins” from back then remember the difficult work with Adlmueller and scenes of jealousy among the mannequins, up to and including physical violence.
Adlmueller is a protagonist of contemporary Austrian history. Characterized by extreme adaptability, courage, diligence and outstanding self-confidence. A marketing genius in his own right, an artist of life.

  • Robert Styblo
    Director
  • Robert Styblo
    Writer
  • Robert Styblo
    Producer
  • Nadja Tiller
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Adlmüller - Der König der Mode
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    History
  • Runtime:
    43 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, UHD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Robert Styblo


Born in Vienna, Styblo studied law and business administration, moved to Los Angeles, California to be inspired by Hollywood and started writing television shows. Later, he pursued a master’s program at the University of California (UCLA) in Entertainment and Media Management, where he was honored with a Superior Achievement Award. After returning back home to Vienna, Styblo was responsible for Austrian Private Television`s (ATV) show "Talk to me", a daily talk show that shed light on the lives of Austrians, along with various comedy productions that aired from February 2000 to December 2002.

While championing a variety of successful television shows with ATV, like the successful docu-soap "Operation Schoenheit”, ("Operation Beauty”), Styblo also began to tap into his entrepreneurial desires. In 2003, Styblo TV & Video Productions was born, a video production company specializing in capturing the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people through his lens. Styblo TV has produced in Munich, Berlin, London, Paris, New York City, Los Angeles, Venice, Copenhagen and in the Caribbean. Styblo TV has produced underwater shoots and covered red carpet events like the Vanity Fair Oscar Party and even a segment in space. Taking this experience, Styblo then directed, produced and edited "Catch It", a TV show that involved legendary supermodel Drag Queen Ru Paul.

Styblo moved to the public sector and began reporting for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) show "25 - Das Magazin" and was the producer of "A Star Is Born", an ORF docu-soap in collaboration with EMI Music. Being recognized for his great work, Styblo then became the Chef vom Dienst, editor, of the widely popular ORF show "Schoener leben", "Better Living", from December 2004 to December 2009.

January 2010 Styblo began to produce for "Eco", a weekly business magazine show and "Bewusst Gesund", a weekly health programme, both on ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation.

2011, 2012 styblo.tv produced "BioArt – Art from the Laboratory" for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and ARTE (European Cultural Television Channel), a 53 minutes documentary about bioart, "Momentum – Rachel Armstrong" for Red Bull TV on Servus TV and "My Mountains – With Peter Habeler" for ORF3.

2013, 2014 Styblo produced for Red Bull`s science show „Sience TM“ all over the world and won the Media Award of the German School of Journalism – 2014 for his documentary „Copenhagen Suborbitals“.

2014 Styblo hold a director`s workshop, coaching TV directors of ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), Studio Burgenland. Styblo was also a member of the jury at „Bio-Fiction“, International Synthetic Biology Science, Art and Film Festival of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria.
2015 Robert Styblo won the Austrian Television Award for Adult Education for "Science TM" and produced for "Eco".

2016 - 2019 Styblo produced and shot various documentary films, including "The Inventors of Our Future" for Red Bull TV, "Move" a Documentary on Electromobility, "Invetors" and "Musical Güssing" for ORF, as well as trailers for the Austrian Airfest and much more.

2020 - 2022 Styblo produced a documentary about hemp and “Adlmueller – King of Fashion”, both for ORF (Austrian Television).

Styblo reports regularly for “Servus TV Nachrichten” (News) and “Servus am Abend” (TV magazine).

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Director Statement

For many years I wanted to produce a documentary about a gay person in history. With Adlmueller I found somebody who combines history, fashion and gay life style. A protagonist to talk about.