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Erwin Piscator(1893-1966)

  • Director
  • Writer
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Erwin Piscator was born on 17 December 1893 in Ulm, Greifenstein, Hesse, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964), Vosstaniye rybakov (1934) and Hoppla, wir leben! (1927). He was married to Maria Ley and Hildegard Jurczyk. He died on 30 March 1966 in Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany.
BornDecember 17, 1893
DiedMarch 30, 1966(72)
BornDecember 17, 1893
DiedMarch 30, 1966(72)
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In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Director
  • 1964
Vosstaniye rybakov (1934)
Vosstaniye rybakov
6.5
  • Director
  • 1934
Hoppla, wir leben!
  • Director
  • 1927
Im Räderwerk
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1956

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Director



  • In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
    • theatre director
    • 1964
  • Im Räderwerk
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Vosstaniye rybakov (1934)
    Vosstaniye rybakov
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Hoppla, wir leben!
    • Director
    • 1927

Writer



  • In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
    • adaption
    • 1964
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.7
    TV Series
    • co-adaption
    • 1963
  • Im Räderwerk
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • Gewitter über Gottland
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1927

Personal details

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  • Born
    • December 17, 1893
    • Ulm, Greifenstein, Hesse, Germany
  • Died
    • March 30, 1966
    • Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany
  • Spouses
      Maria LeyApril 1937 - March 30, 1966 (his death)
  • Other works
    Alfred Neumann, his, and Guntram Prufer adapted Leo Tolstoy's novel, "War and Peace," at the Phoenix Theatre in an Bristol Old Vic Company production with Derek Smith, Paul Eddington, John Franklyn Robbins, Rhoda Lewis, Elizabeth Shepherd, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Ewan Hooper, David Burke, Antony Tuckey, and Milton Johns in the cast. Val May was director.
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    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 4 Articles

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    In the 1940's, he ran a dramatic workshop at the New York School for Social Research. The drama teachers under his auspices included Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler.

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