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Wilhelm Dieterle

Picture Wilhelm Dieterle
Foto: Alexander Binder (1888-1929)

1893 - 1972

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Wilhelm Dieterle made a name for his ability for acting and direction. After a play education he worked for the first time at a theater in 1911. 
With his engagement at the Max-Reinhardt-Theater in Berlin he became established as a serious actor at the stages in Germany.

In 1920 Wilhelm Dieterle also became a regular actor in movies like "Die Geier-Wally" (21), "Hintertreppe" (21), "Frauenopfer" (22), "Lucrezia Borgia" (22), "Das Wachsfigurenkabinett" (23) and "Die Mühle von Sanssouci" (26). 
In 1923 he directed for the first time a movie called "Der Mensch am Wege". 

Wilhelm Dieterle took part in the worldwide successful movie "Faust", after that it followed the commercial successes "Die Weber" (27) and "Die Heilige und ihr Narr" (28). 
Finally he got the attention of the USA und he went to America where he shot German versions of American movies for the time being. 

Afterwards he could realise his first own film in the USA at last and he shot among others the movies "Man Wanted" (32), "Jewel Robbery" (32), "Scarlet Dawn" (32), "The Secret Bride" (34), "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (35) and "The Great O'Malley" (36). 

From 1937 followed some of his most successful pictures including "The Life of Emile Zola - Das Leben des Emile Zola" (37), "Blockade" (38), "Juarez" (39) and of course "The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Der Glöckner von Notre Dame" (39). 

In the 40's he worked for different studios like Warner Bros., M-G-M, Selznick International and Paramount, for which he made the movies "Kismet" (44), "Love Letters - Liebesbriefe" (45), "Duel in the Sun - Duell in der Sonne" (46), "Portrait of Jennie - Jenny" (48), "Dark City - Stadt im Dunkel" (50) and "Elephant Walk - Elefantenpfad" (53). 

After his return to Germany he directed the movie "Herrin der Welt" (60), beside it he worked for several productions for the Bad Hersferlder festivel performances. 

One of Wilhelm Dieterle's most important merits was his engagement for the emigrants during the time of the National Socialists in Germany.
He got work for many escaped film workers in the USA and with it the possibility to survive. Countless actors were employed by Wilhelm Dieterle, most in smaller parts. Others were able to find further occupation on the basis of his recommendation.

Wilhelm Dieterle was married with the actress Charlotte Hagenbruch who also wrote some screenplay for some of his movies.
 

Other movies with  Wilhelm Dieterle (Actor, Director, Writer):
Fiesko (13) Die Vermummten (20) Fräulein Julie (21) Die Silbermöve (21) Es leuchtet meine Liebe (22) Der Graf von Charolais (22) Marie Antoinette (22) Bohème (23) Die Pagode (23) Die grüne Manuela (23) Der zweite Schuss (23) Der Mensch am Wege (23) Die Austreibung (23) Carlos und Elisabeth (24) Moderne Ehen (24) Mutter und Kind (24) Wetterleuchten (25) Die Blumenfrau vom Potsdamer Platz (25) Lena Warnstetten (25) Sumpf und Moral (25) Die vom Niederrhein (25) Der Hahn im Korb (25) Der rosa Diamant (25) Die Dame aus Berlin (25) Die Gesunkenen (25) Die Försterchristel (26) Qualen der Nacht (26) Familie Schimeck (26) Die Flucht in den Zirkus (26) Zopf und Schwert (26) Hölle der Liebe (26) Wie bleibe ich jung und schön (26) Der Jäger von Fall (26) Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (26) Unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit (26) Violantha/Die Königin der Berge (26) Die vom Schicksal Verfolgten (26) Der Zigeunerbaron (27) Am Rande der Welt (27) König für einen Tag (27) Ich habe im Mai von der Liebe geträumt (27) Liebesreigen (27) Petronella (27) Heimweh (27) Das Geheimnis des Abbé X (27) Frau Sorge (28) Diebe - 10'000 Mark Belohnung (28) Ritter der Nacht (28) Geschlecht in Fesseln (28) Durchs Brandenburger Tor/So lang' noch Untern Linden/Der Sieg des Herzens (29) Frühlingsrauschen (29) Ich lebe für Dich (29) Das Schweigen im Walde (29) Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (30) Eine Stunde Glück (30) Der Tanz geht weiter (30) Die Maske fällt (30) Dämon des Meeres (30) Kismet (31) Die heilige Flamme (31) The Last Flight (31) Her Majesty Love (31) The Crash (32) Six Hours to Live! (32) Lawyer Man (32) Grand Slam (33) Adorable (33) The Devil's in Love (33) Female (33) From Headquarters (33) Fashions of 1934 (33) Fog Over Frisco (34) Doctor Monica (34) Madame Dubarry (34) The Firebird (34) A Midsummer Night's Dream - Ein Sommernachtstraum (35) Dr. Socrates (35) Satan Met a Lady (36) The White Angel (36) Another Dawn (37) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet - Paul Ehrlich-Ein Leben für die Forschung (40) A Dispatch from Reuters - Ein Mann mit Phantasie (40) All That Money Can Buy/The Devil and Daniel Webster - Der Teufelsbauer (41) Syncopation/The Story of a Nation from Ragtime to Boogie-Woogie (42) Tennessee Johnson (42) I'll Be Seeing You - Ich werde dich wiedersehen (44) This Love of Ours - Die Liebe unseres Lebens (45) The Searching Wind (46) The Accused - Frau in Notwehr/Vergewaltigt (48) Paid in Full (49) Rope of Sand - Blutige Diamanten (49) Vulcano (4) September Affair - Liebesrausch auf Capri (50) Red Mountain - Die Hölle der Roten Berge (51) Peking Express (51) Boots Malone - Tommy macht das Rennen (51) The Turning Point (52) Salome (52) Joseph and His Brethren (54) Magic Fire - Frauen um Richard Wagner (55) Omar Khayyam - Sturm über Persion - Die Abenteuer des Omar Khayyam (56) One Aganst Many (56) Il Vendicatore/Dubrowsky - Der Rebell von Samara (59) Ich fand Julia Harrington (60) Die Fastnachtsbeichte (60) Die grosse Reise (61) Spiel um Job (61) Die Kartothek (62) Gabriel Schillings Flucht (62) Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein (62) Antigone (62) Das grosse Vorbild (62) Macbeth (64) Ein Engel kommt nach Babylon (64) The Confession (64) Ein Sommernachtstraum (65) Samba (66) Die Mongolenschlacht (66) 


 
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