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The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) -- A crazed scientist invents an invisibility formula. He plans to use the formula to create an army of invisible zombies.
Detour (1945) -- Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.
Detour (1945) -- Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.
Corregidor (1943) -- A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
The Strange Woman (1946) -- Beautiful Jenny Hager finds she can always get what she wants from the men in the 1820's port of Bangor...

Overview

Date of Birth:

17 September 1904, Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic] more

Date of Death:

30 September 1972, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more

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Historian/critic/director Peter Bogdanovich praises Ulmer's directorial work... more

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(2 articles)

Vacillating Voiceovers: A History of Unreliable Narrators
 (From IFC. 16 July 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
UCLA’s Festival of Preservation: Fredric March, Edgar G. Ulmer
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 14 April 2009, 3:05 PM, PDT)

Alternate Names:

Ove H. Sehested | Edgar George Ulmer | Edgar Georg Ulmer | Edgar Ulmer | John Warner

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Director, Writer, Production Designer, Art Department, Producer, Art Director, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Cinematographer, Costume Designer, Production Manager, Editorial Department, Set Decorator, Thanks, Self
Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle (2000) (TV) (unconfirmed) 2000 - -
- 2. Sette contro la morte (1964)   1964 - 7.0 (52)
AKAs:
  • Helden - Himmel und Hölle (West Germany)
  • Neunzig Nächte und ein Tag (West Germany)
  • The Cavern (USA)
- 3. L'Atlantide (1961)   1961 - 5.7 (37)
AKAs:
  • Antinea
  • Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta (Italy)
  • Atlantis, City Beneath the Desert
  • Journey Beneath the Desert (USA)
  • Lost Kingdom
  • Queen of Atlantis
  • Siren of Atlantis (USA)
- 4. Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)   1960 - 4.6 (172)
AKAs:
  • The War of 1995
- 5. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) 1960 - 3.1 (922)
- 6. Annibale (1959)   1959 - 5.2 (186)
AKAs:
  • Hannibal (USA)
- 7. The Naked Venus (1959) (as Ove H. Sehested) 1959 - 5.3 (45)
- 8. The Perjurer (1959) 1959 - -
- 9. Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) 1957 - 4.9 (137)
- 10. The Naked Dawn (1955)   1955 - 6.8 (103)
AKAs:
  • The Naked Dawn (UK)
- 11. Murder Is My Beat (1955) 1955 - 5.6 (46)
- 12. L'amante di Paride (1954)   1954 - 4.4 (20)
AKAs:
  • Loves of Three Queens (USA)
  • The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships (UK)
- 13. Babes in Bagdad (1952)   (US version) 1952 - 5.6 (23)
AKAs:
  • Muchachas de Bagdad (Spain)
- 14. St. Benny the Dip (1951)   1951 - 5.6 (78)
AKAs:
  • Escape If You Can (UK)
- 15. The Man from Planet X (1951) 1951 - 5.7 (581)
- 16. I pirati di Capri (1949)   1949 - 6.6 (40)
AKAs:
  • Captain Sirocco (USA: reissue title)
  • Pirates of Capri (USA)
  • The Masked Pirate (UK)
- 17. Ruthless (1948) 1948 - 7.1 (185)
- 18. Carnegie Hall (1947) 1947 - 5.7 (102)
- 19. The Strange Woman (1946) (as Edgar Ulmer) 1946 - 6.4 (339)
- 20. Her Sister's Secret (1946) 1946 - 7.6 (16)
- 21. The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) 1946 - 6.5 (15)
- 22. Detour (1945) 1945 - 7.4 (3,629)
- 23. Club Havana (1945) 1945 - 6.2 (20)
- 24. Strange Illusion (1945) 1945 - 6.2 (231)
- 25. Bluebeard (1944) 1944 - 6.1 (583)
- 26. Jive Junction (1943)   1943 - 4.5 (45)
AKAs:
  • Swing High (UK)
- 27. Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)   1943 - 4.1 (122)
AKAs:
  • Monsoon (USA: reissue title)
- 28. Girls in Chains (1943) 1943 - 4.3 (68)
- 29. My Son, the Hero (1943) 1943 - 6.1 (5)
- 30. Tomorrow We Live (1942)   1942 - 4.5 (64)
AKAs:
  • The Man with a Conscience (UK)
- 31. Prisoner of Japan (1942)   (uncredited) (unconfirmed) 1942 - 4.6 (5)
AKAs:
  • The Last Command (UK)
- 32. Another to Conquer (1941) 1941 - -
- 33. Americaner Shadchen (1940)   1940 - 5.6 (39)
AKAs:
  • American Matchmaker
  • Amerikaner Schadchen (USA: Yiddish title)
  • The Marriage Broker
- 34. Goodbye, Mr. Germ (1940) 1940 - 4.8 (22)
- 35. Cloud in the Sky (1940) 1940 - -
- 36. Moon Over Harlem (1939) 1939 - 4.5 (69)
- 37. The Light Ahead (1939)   1939 - 6.4 (36)
AKAs:
  • Di klyatshe (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title)
  • Die Klatsche
  • Fishka der Krimmer (USA: reissue title)
  • Fishke der Krumer
  • Fishke the Crippple
  • The Dobbin
- 38. Cossacks in Exile (1939)   1939 - 5.0 (8)
AKAs:
  • Cossacks Across the Danube
- 39. Let My People Live (1939) 1939 - -
- 40. The Singing Blacksmith (1938) 1938 - 6.4 (24)
- 41. Green Fields (1937)   1937 - 6.1 (42)
AKAs:
  • Grine Felder (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title (YIVO translation))
  • Grune Felder (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title)
- 42. Natalka Poltavka (1937)   1937 - -
AKAs:
  • The Girl from Poltavia
- 43. La vida bohemia (1937) 1937 - -
- 44. From Nine to Nine (1935)   1935 - 4.8 (8)
AKAs:
  • Nine to Nine (USA: new title)
- 45. Thunder Over Texas (1934) (as John Warner) 1934 - 4.1 (5)
- 46. The Black Cat (1934)   1934 - 7.3 (2,247)
AKAs:
  • The House of Doom (UK)
  • The Vanishing Body (USA: reissue title)
- 47. Mr. Broadway (1933) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) 1933 - -
- 48. Damaged Lives (1933)   1933 - 4.5 (39)
AKAs:
  • The Shocking Truth (USA: reissue title)
- 49. Menschen am Sonntag (1930)   1930 - 8.0 (408)
AKAs:
  • People on Sunday
- 50. The Border Sheriff (1926) (uncredited) 1926 - -
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle (2000) (TV) (adaptation) 2000 - -
- 2. Blonde Ice (1948) (unconfirmed) 1948 - 6.1 (139)
- 3. The Strange Woman (1946) (writer) 1946 - 6.4 (339)
- 4. The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) (adaptation) 1946 - 6.5 (15)
- 5. Song of Russia (1944) (uncredited) 1944 - 5.0 (79)
- 6. Danger! Women at Work (1943) (story) 1943 - -
- 7. Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)   (story and screenplay) 1943 - 4.1 (122)
AKAs:
  • Monsoon (USA: reissue title)
- 8. Hitler's Madman (1943)   (uncredited) 1943 - 6.8 (183)
AKAs:
  • Hitler's Hangman
- 9. Girls in Chains (1943) (story) 1943 - 4.3 (68)
- 10. I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)   (story) 1943 - 6.6 (15)
AKAs:
  • No Escape (UK)
- 11. My Son, the Hero (1943) (writer) 1943 - 6.1 (5)
- 12. Corregidor (1943) (writer) 1943 - 5.1 (68)
- 13. Prisoner of Japan (1942)   (story) 1942 - 4.6 (5)
AKAs:
  • The Last Command (UK)
- 14. The Light Ahead (1939)   (writer) 1939 - 6.4 (36)
AKAs:
  • Di klyatshe (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title)
  • Die Klatsche
  • Fishka der Krimmer (USA: reissue title)
  • Fishke der Krumer
  • Fishke the Crippple
  • The Dobbin
- 15. From Nine to Nine (1935)   (story) 1935 - 4.8 (8)
AKAs:
  • Nine to Nine (USA: new title)
- 16. The Black Cat (1934)   (screen story) 1934 - 7.3 (2,247)
AKAs:
  • The House of Doom (UK)
  • The Vanishing Body (USA: reissue title)
- 17. Damaged Lives (1933)   (writer) 1933 - 4.5 (39)
AKAs:
  • The Shocking Truth (USA: reissue title)
- 18. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)   (uncredited) 1931 - 7.8 (1,133)
AKAs:
  • Tabu (USA: poster title)
Production Designer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. L'Atlantide (1961)   1961 - 5.7 (37)
AKAs:
  • Antinea
  • Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta (Italy)
  • Atlantis, City Beneath the Desert
  • Journey Beneath the Desert (USA)
  • Lost Kingdom
  • Queen of Atlantis
  • Siren of Atlantis (USA)
- 2. Babes in Bagdad (1952)   1952 - 5.6 (23)
AKAs:
  • Muchachas de Bagdad (Spain)
- 3. Bluebeard (1944) (uncredited) 1944 - 6.1 (583)
- 4. Minstrel Man (1944) 1944 - 5.9 (33)
- 5. Hitler's Madman (1943)   (uncredited) 1943 - 6.8 (183)
AKAs:
  • Hitler's Hangman
- 6. The Light Ahead (1939)   1939 - 6.4 (36)
AKAs:
  • Di klyatshe (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title)
  • Die Klatsche
  • Fishka der Krimmer (USA: reissue title)
  • Fishke der Krumer
  • Fishke the Crippple
  • The Dobbin
- 7. Queen Christina (1933) (uncredited) 1933 - 7.9 (2,742)
- 8. The Secret Six (1931) (uncredited) 1931 - 6.2 (228)
- 9. City Girl (1930) 1930 - 7.9 (452)
- 10. 4 Devils (1928) 1928 - 6.9 (56)
- 11. Der letzte Mann (1924)   1924 - 8.1 (3,330)
AKAs:
  • The Last Laugh (USA)
- 12. Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (1924)   (uncredited) 1924 - 6.9 (145)
AKAs:
  • Finances of the Grand Duke (USA)
  • The Grand Duke's Finances
- 13. Sodom und Gomorrha (1922)   1922 - 6.7 (37)
AKAs:
  • Legende von Sünde und Strafe
  • Queen of Sin and the Spectacle of Sodom and Gomorrah
Art Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Black Cat (1934)   (set designer) (uncredited) 1934 - 7.3 (2,247)
AKAs:
  • The House of Doom (UK)
  • The Vanishing Body (USA: reissue title)
- 2. Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1933)   (set designer) 1933 - -
AKAs:
  • Little Man What Now (International: English title)
- 3. M (1931)   (set designer) (uncredited) 1931 - 8.6 (35,542)
AKAs:
  • Fritz Lang's M (Australia)
  • M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (Germany: alternative title)
  • Murderers Among Us
- 4. 4 Devils (1928) (assistant art director) 1928 - 6.9 (56)
- 5. Street of Sin (1928) (set designer) 1928 - -
- 6. Spione (1928)   (set designer) (uncredited) 1928 - 7.8 (724)
AKAs:
  • Spies (USA)
  • The Spy (USA)
- 7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)   (assistant art director) (uncredited) 1927 - 8.3 (9,835)
AKAs:
  • Sunrise (USA: short title)
- 8. The King of Kings (1927) (assistant art director) 1927 - 7.8 (591)
- 9. Metropolis (1927) (set designer) (uncredited) 1927 - 8.4 (34,810)
- 10. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924)   (set designer) (uncredited) 1924 - 8.0 (1,052)
AKAs:
  • Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
  • Kriemhild's Revenge
  • Kriemhilds Rache
- 11. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)   (set designer) (uncredited) 1924 - 8.0 (1,428)
AKAs:
  • Die Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod (Germany)
  • Siegfried
  • Siegfried's Death
  • Siegfrieds Tod (Germany)
- 12. Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)   (set designer) (uncredited) 1920 - 7.4 (1,539)
AKAs:
  • The Golem (USA)
  • The Golem: How He Came Into the World (USA)
Producer
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- 1. Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle (2000) (TV) (producer) 2000 - -
- 2. Sette contro la morte (1964)   (producer) 1964 - 7.0 (52)
AKAs:
  • Helden - Himmel und Hölle (West Germany)
  • Neunzig Nächte und ein Tag (West Germany)
  • The Cavern (USA)
- 3. Der Meineidbauer (1956)   (producer) 1956 - 5.8 (21)
AKAs:
  • Die Sünderin vom Fernerhof (West Germany)
  • The Perjured Farmer (International: English title)
- 4. Prisoner of Japan (1942)   (producer) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) 1942 - 4.6 (5)
AKAs:
  • The Last Command (UK)
- 5. Americaner Shadchen (1940)   (producer) 1940 - 5.6 (39)
AKAs:
  • American Matchmaker
  • Amerikaner Schadchen (USA: Yiddish title)
  • The Marriage Broker
- 6. Goodbye, Mr. Germ (1940) (producer) (uncredited) 1940 - 4.8 (22)
- 7. Moon Over Harlem (1939) (producer) 1939 - 4.5 (69)
- 8. Green Fields (1937)   (producer) 1937 - 6.1 (42)
AKAs:
  • Grine Felder (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title (YIVO translation))
  • Grune Felder (USA: Yiddish title: alternative title)
- 9. Menschen am Sonntag (1930)   (producer) 1930 - 8.0 (408)
AKAs:
  • People on Sunday
- 10. Flucht in die Fremdenlegion (1929) (line producer) 1929 - -
Art Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Afraid to Talk (1932)   (uncredited) 1932 - 7.0 (11)
AKAs:
  • Merry-Go-Round (USA: new title)
- 2. Spiel um den Mann (1929) 1929 - -
- 3. Flucht in die Fremdenlegion (1929) 1929 - -
- 4. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) (uncredited) 1925 - 7.7 (270)
- 5. Merry-Go-Round (1923) (uncredited) 1923 - 7.0 (83)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Aloha (1931)   (assistant director) (uncredited) 1931 - -
AKAs:
  • No Greater Love (UK)
- 2. Der letzte Mann (1924)   (assistant director) 1924 - 8.1 (3,330)
AKAs:
  • The Last Laugh (USA)
- 3. Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (1924)   (assistant director) 1924 - 6.9 (145)
AKAs:
  • Finances of the Grand Duke (USA)
  • The Grand Duke's Finances
Cinematographer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The World's Greatest Sinner (1962) (as Ove H. Sehested) 1962 - 6.8 (334)
Costume Designer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Black Cat (1934)   (uncredited) 1934 - 7.3 (2,247)
AKAs:
  • The House of Doom (UK)
  • The Vanishing Body (USA: reissue title)
Production Manager
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- 1. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)   (production manager) 1931 - 7.8 (1,133)
AKAs:
  • Tabu (USA: poster title)
Editorial Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)   (supervising editor) (uncredited) 1931 - 7.8 (1,133)
AKAs:
  • Tabu (USA: poster title)
Set Decorator
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)   (settings) (uncredited) 1927 - 7.8 (458)
AKAs:
  • Old Heidelberg
  • The Student Prince (UK)
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Détective (1985) (dedicatee) 1985 - 6.1 (537)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen (2004) (voice) Himself 2004 - 7.4 (51)

Additional Details

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Genres:

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