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Curtis Bernhardt

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Curtis Bernhardt

Born April 15, 1899 in Worms, GermanyDied February 22, 198142 films

Curtis Bernhardt (Kurt Bernhardt) (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947). Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1926. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) starring Bette Davis and Sirocco (1951) starringHumphrey Bogart. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. Bernhardt produced and directed his last Hollywood picture Kisses for My President (1964) about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray.

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Possessed posterFirst watchPossessed19476.9After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.View film

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Conflict poster6.7Conflict1945A Stolen Life poster6.4A Stolen Life1946Sirocco poster6.0Sirocco1951

Filmography

42 films as director
  1. 1964Kisses for My PresidentDirector
  2. 1962Damon and PythiasDirector
  3. 1960Stefanie in RioDirector
  4. 1956GabyDirector
  5. 1955Interrupted MelodyDirector
  6. 1954Beau BrummellDirector
  7. 1953Miss Sadie ThompsonDirector
  8. 1952The Merry WidowDirector
  9. 1951The Blue VeilDirector
  10. 1951SiroccoDirector
  11. 1951Payment on DemandDirector
  12. 1949The Doctor and the GirlDirector
  13. 1947High WallDirector
  14. 1947PossessedDirector
  15. 1946A Stolen LifeDirector
  16. 1946DevotionDirector
  17. 1946My ReputationDirector
  18. 1945ConflictDirector
  19. 1943Happy Go LuckyDirector
  20. 1942Juke GirlDirector
  21. 1941Million Dollar BabyDirector
  22. 1941Night in DecemberDirector
  23. 1940Lady with Red HairDirector
  24. 1940My Love Came BackDirector
  25. 1938CrossroadsDirector
  26. 1936The Beloved VagabondDirector
  27. 1936The Beloved VagabondDirector
  28. 1934L'Or dans la rueDirector
  29. 1933Le TunnelDirector
  30. 1933Der TunnelDirector
  31. 1932The RebelDirector
  32. 1931The Man Who Committed the MurderDirector
  33. 1931The Man Who KilledDirector
  34. 1930The Last CompanyDirector
  35. 1929Das letzte FortDirector
  36. 1929The Woman One Longs ForDirector
  37. 1928SchinderhannesDirector
  38. 1927Das Mädchen mit den fünf NullenDirector
  39. 1927Children's Souls Accuse YouDirector
  40. 1926Orphan of LowoodDirector
  41. 1926Qualen der NachtDirector
  42. 1925Namenlose HeldenDirector