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Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. [1] As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one of the most significant makers of the Viennese period musical melodramas and comedies ...
Willi Forst was born on 7 April 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Bel Ami (1939), Operette (1940) and Vienna Blood (1942). He was married to Melanie. He died on 11 August 1980 in Vienna, Austria.
Willi Forst, eigentlich Wilhelm Anton Frohs, (* 7. April 1903 in Wien; † 11. August 1980 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Produzent und Sänger. Als Schauspieler war er ein Publikumsliebling, als Regisseur einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der musikalisch-komödiantischen Wiener Filme der 1930er-Jahre.
Aug 11, 2021 · Learn about the life and work of Willi Forst, one of the greatest directors in Austrian film history. Discover how he created the Wiener Films genre, set in a romantic and dreamy Vienna, and how he was admired by the Nazis.
Willi Forst, the director of the controversial 1951 film Die Sünderin [The Sinner], declared the film an innovation for both his own personal style of filmmaking and within the institution of German cinema.
Willi Forst is known as an Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay, Original Story, and Executive Producer. Some of his work includes Cafe Electric, Bel Ami, Operette, Dangers of the Engagement, Vienna Girls, I don't know you and I love you, The Prince of Arcadia, and The Convict from Istanbul.
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May 5, 2006 · The artist responsible more than any other for this concept was Willi Forst. He began his career at age 16 as an actor on the provincial stages in the Austria–Hungary and the German Empire, and appeared as a featured performer in the post World War I operetta theatres of Vienna and Berlin.
Willi Forst and Willy Fritsch compete for her favors; contrary to the usual pattern Willi Forst does not get the girl but is consoled with a Hollywood contract. Now an acknowledged film star, Forst returned to his beloved Vienna to make his debut as a director.
Willi Forst. All Pictures (16) Biography. Wilhelm Anton Frohs was born on April 7, 1903, in Vienna. His father was the porcelain painter Wilhelm Frohs, his mother the miller's daughter Maria Perschl.
Willi Forst was bom in Vienna as Wilhelm Anton Frohs on 7 April 1903. His formative years from the age of sixteen were spent acting in provincial theaters, later in the more important theaters of Vienna and Berlin. Forst the film star was discovered by an Austrian legend, the film pioneer.
