Directing · b. 1897 · Hamburg, Germany

Douglas Sirk

Biography

Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.

Directed
Bourbon Street Blues 1979 New Year's Eve 1978 Talk to Me Like the Rain 1976 Imitation of Life 1959 A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958 The Tarnished Angels 1957 Battle Hymn 1957 Interlude 1957 There's Always Tomorrow 1956 Written on the Wind 1956 Never Say Goodbye 1956 All That Heaven Allows 1955 Captain Lightfoot 1955 Magnificent Obsession 1954 Taza, Son of Cochise 1954 Sign of the Pagan 1954 All I Desire 1953 Take Me to Town 1953 Meet Me at the Fair 1953 Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952 No Room for the Groom 1952 Thunder on the Hill 1951 Week-End with Father 1951 The First Legion 1951 The Lady Pays Off 1951 Mystery Submarine 1950 Shockproof 1949 Slightly French 1949 Sleep, My Love 1948 Lured 1947 A Scandal in Paris 1946 The Strange Woman 1946 Summer Storm 1944 Hitler's Madman 1943 Boefje 1939 Final Accord 1938 To New Shores 1937 La Habanera 1937 La Chanson du Souvenir 1937 The Final Chord 1936 The Court Concert 1936 't Was één april 1936 The Girl from the Marsh Croft 1935 April, April! 1935 Pillars of Society 1935 The Imaginary Invalid 1935 Three Times Before 1934 Two Greyhounds 1934
Acting
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Self (archive footage) 2023 Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair Self (archive footage) 2022 Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense Self (archive footage) 2010 Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' Self (archive footage) 2009 Acting for Douglas Sirk Self (archive footage) 2008 Days with Sirk Self 2008 From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers Self (archive footage) 1991 Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk Self 1987 Imitation of Life Self 1983 Douglas Sirk: Über Stars Self 1980 Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk Self - Interviewee 1979
Other Credits
Dreiklang Writer 1938
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