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Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. [2]
Douglas Sirk. Director: The Final Chord. Film director Douglas Sirk, whose reputation blossomed in the generation after his 1959 retirement from Hollywood filmmaking, was born Hans Detlef Sierck on April 26, 1897, in Hamburg, Germany, to a journalist.
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Douglas Sirk, German-born American film director whose extremely popular melodramas offered cynical visions of American values. His best-known films included Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), and Imitation of Life (1959).
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Douglas Sirk (Geburtsname: Hans Detlef Sierck; * 26. April 1897 in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel; † 14. Januar 1987 in Lugano, Schweiz) war ein deutscher Film- und Bühnen regisseur. Sierk arbeitete zunächst in Deutschland als Theater- und Filmregisseur.
Mar 16, 2024 · Douglas Sirk was a German-born director active in the 1930s and '50s. Although he dabbled in Westerns, war movies, and comedies, he is most famous for his melodramas, including All That...
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Apr 26, 2016 · Douglas Sirk is so synonymous with 1950s melodrama that it is easy to forget that he made dozens of films across Germany, the Netherlands and the US before his brilliant run of so-called ‘women’s pictures’, from All I Desire (1953) to Imitation of Life (1959).
Apr 5, 2017 · The European filmmaker Douglas Sirk directed a series of deceptively complex melodramas in the 1950s, such as 'All That Heaven Allows.'.
