Ludwig Berger (director)
Ludwig Berger | |
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Born |
Mainz, German Empire | 6 January 1892
Died |
18 May 1969 77) Schlangenbad, West Germany | (aged
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer |
Years active | 1920–1969 |
Ludwig Berger (born Ludwig Bamberger; 6 January 1892 – 18 May 1969) was a German-Jewish[1] film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.He directed 36 films between 1920 and 1969. Berger began working in the German film industry during the Weimar Republic. At Decla-Bioscop and later UFA he established a reputation as a leading director of silent films. He emigrated to Hollywood, but was unable to establish himself and returned to Europe. He subsequently worked both in France and Germany. He was a member of the jury at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Berger also translated a few plays of Shakespeare, including Cymbeline, Hamlet, and Timon of Athens.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Mayor of Zalamea (1920)
- The Story of Christine von Herre (1921)
- A Glass of Water (1923)
- The Lost Shoe (1923)
- A Waltz Dream (1925)
- The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
- Queen Louise (1927)
- Sins of the Fathers (1928)
- The Woman from Moscow (1928)
- The Burning Heart (1929)
- The Vagabond King (1930)
- Playboy of Paris (1930)
- The Little Cafe (1931)
- I by Day, You by Night (1932)
- Early to Bed (1933)
- Waltz War (1933)
- Court Waltzes (1933)
- Pygmalion (1937)
- Three Waltzes (1938)
- Ergens in Nederland (1940)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Stresemann (1957)
References
- ↑ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211
- ↑ "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ↑ Blinn, Hansjürgen; Schmidt, Wolf Gerhard (2003). Shakespeare-deutsch: Bibliographie der Übersetzungen und Bearbeitungen (in German). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. ISBN 3503061932. OCLC 53376469.
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