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Douglas Sirk

Director

Douglas Sirk

Born April 26, 1897 in Hamburg, GermanyDied January 14, 198746 films

Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.

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Imitation of Life posterFirst watchImitation of Life19597.4In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.View film

Essential films

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All That Heaven Allows poster7.3All That Heaven Allows1955Written on the Wind poster7.0Written on the Wind1956Magnificent Obsession poster6.9Magnificent Obsession1954A Time to Love and a Time to Die poster7.2A Time to Love and a Time to Die1958The Tarnished Angels poster6.8The Tarnished Angels1957There's Always Tomorrow poster7.2There's Always Tomorrow1956Lured poster6.3Lured1947All I Desire poster7.0All I Desire1953

Filmography

46 films as director
  1. 1979Bourbon Street BluesDirector
  2. 1978New Year's EveDirector
  3. 1976Talk to Me Like the RainDirector
  4. 1959Imitation of LifeDirector
  5. 1958A Time to Love and a Time to DieDirector
  6. 1957The Tarnished AngelsDirector
  7. 1957InterludeDirector
  8. 1957Battle HymnDirector
  9. 1956Written on the WindDirector
  10. 1956There's Always TomorrowDirector
  11. 1955All That Heaven AllowsDirector
  12. 1955Captain LightfootDirector
  13. 1954Sign of the PaganDirector
  14. 1954Magnificent ObsessionDirector
  15. 1954Taza, Son of CochiseDirector
  16. 1953All I DesireDirector
  17. 1953Take Me to TownDirector
  18. 1953Meet Me at the FairDirector
  19. 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Director
  20. 1952No Room for the GroomDirector
  21. 1951Week-End with FatherDirector
  22. 1951Thunder on the HillDirector
  23. 1951The Lady Pays OffDirector
  24. 1951The First LegionDirector
  25. 1950Mystery SubmarineDirector
  26. 1949Slightly FrenchDirector
  27. 1949ShockproofDirector
  28. 1948Sleep, My LoveDirector
  29. 1947LuredDirector
  30. 1946A Scandal in ParisDirector
  31. 1944Summer StormDirector
  32. 1943Hitler's MadmanDirector
  33. 1939BoefjeDirector
  34. 1938Final AccordDirector
  35. 1937La HabaneraDirector
  36. 1937To New ShoresDirector
  37. 1937La Chanson du SouvenirDirector
  38. 1936The Court ConcertDirector
  39. 1936The Final ChordDirector
  40. 1936't Was één aprilDirector
  41. 1935Pillars of SocietyDirector
  42. 1935The Girl from the Marsh CroftDirector
  43. 1935April, April!Director
  44. 1935The Imaginary InvalidDirector
  45. 1934Two GreyhoundsDirector
  46. 1934Three Times BeforeDirector