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Douglas Sirk (1897–1987)

Director | Writer | Producer

Film director Douglas Sirk, whose reputation blossomed in the generation after his 1959 retirement from Hollywood filmmaking, was born Hans Detlef Sierck on April 26, 1900, in Hamburg, Germany, to a journalist. Both of his parents were Danish, and the future director would make movies in German, Danish and English... See full bio »

Born:

Hans Detlef Sierck
in Hamburg, Germany

Died:

(age 89) in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
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1979 Bourbon Street Blues (short)
 
1978 Silvesternacht - Ein Dialog (short)
 
1976 Sprich zu mir wie der Regen (short)
 
1959 Imitation of Life
 
1958 A Time to Love and a Time to Die
 
1957 The Tarnished Angels
 
1957 Interlude
 
1957 Battle Hymn
 
1956 Written on the Wind
 
1956 Never Say Goodbye (uncredited)
 
1956 There's Always Tomorrow
 
1955 All That Heaven Allows
 
1955 Captain Lightfoot
 
1954 Sign of the Pagan
 
1954 Magnificent Obsession
 
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
 
1953 All I Desire
 
1953 Take Me to Town
 
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
 
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal
 
1952 No Room for the Groom
 
1951 Week-End with Father
 
1951 The Lady Pays Off
 
1951 Thunder on the Hill
 
1951 The First Legion
 
1950 Mystery Submarine
 
1949 Slightly French
 
1949 Shockproof
 
1948 Sleep, My Love
 
1947 Lured
 
1946 The Strange Woman (uncredited)
 
1946 A Scandal in Paris
 
1944 Summer Storm
 
1943 Hitler's Madman
 
1939 Wilton's Zoo (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1938 Accord final (uncredited)
 
1937 La Habanera (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1937 To New Shores (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 Das Hofkonzert (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 Final Accord (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 't was een april (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 La chanson du souvenir (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1935 Stützen der Gesellschaft (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1935 April, April! (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1935 The Girl from the Marsh Croft (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1935 Der eingebildete Kranke (short) (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1935 Dreimal Ehe (short) (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1934 Zwei Genies (short) (as Detlef Sierck)
 
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1979 Bourbon Street Blues (short) (writer)
 
1978 Silvesternacht - Ein Dialog (short) (writer)
 
1944 Summer Storm (adaptation / as Douglas Sirk and Michael O'Hara)
 
1938 Triad (story / as Detlef Sierck)
 
1937 Liebling der Matrosen (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1937 To New Shores (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 Das Hofkonzert (as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 Final Accord (screenplay / as Detlef Sierck)
 
1936 La chanson du souvenir (as Detlef Sierck)
 
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1951 The First Legion (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1991 Nach Hollywood - Douglas Sirk erzählt (documentary)
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1987 Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk (TV documentary)
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1986 My Life for Zarah Leander (documentary)
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1983 Imitation of Life (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (TV documentary)
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Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2010 Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense (documentary)
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2008 Acting for Douglas Sirk: 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' Remembered (video documentary short)
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2005 Filmlegenden. Deutsch (TV documentary)
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2002 The Making of 'Far from Heaven' (TV documentary short)
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1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV documentary)
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Personal Details

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14 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Douglas Sirk and Michael O'Hara | Detlef Sierck | Detlev Sierck
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Trivia:

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 1005-1017. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. See more »

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Christmas is a recurring theme in his films See more »

Star Sign:

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