Hotmail
William Dieterle
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  6 RatingsRate this person:
Director Born: July 15, 1893 in Ludwigshafen, Germany Death: December 9, 1972 in Ottobrun, Germany Biography:A stage actor in Germany and Switzerland as a teenager, "William (born Wilhelm) Dieterle" began acting in movies by 1913, and appeared in such memorable '20s films as "Paul Leni"'s "Waxworks" (1924) and "F. W. Murnau"'s "Faust" (1926). In 1923 Dieterle also began directing himself in a series of films, including Geschlecht In Fesseln ("Sex in Chains" [1928]). He began his Hollywood career in 1930, directing German-language versions of "Those Who Dance" (1930), "The Way of All Men" (1930), and "Kismet" (1944). At Warner Bros., Dieterle scored with "The Last Flight" (1931), the "W.C. Fields" comedy "Her Majesty" (1931), and the elaborate "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935), which he co-directed with "Max Reinhardt". In the late '30s he helmed Warners' prestigious biopics for actor "Paul Muni": "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936), "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), and "Juarez" (1939). Moving to RKO in... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
