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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.
Douglas Sirk war ein deutscher Film- und Bühnenregisseur. Sierk arbeitete zunächst in Deutschland als Theater- und Filmregisseur. Wegen seiner jüdischen Ehefrau und politischen Gegnerschaft zum Nationalsozialismus flüchtete Sirk Ende 1937 aus Deutschland. Nach seinem ersten amerikanischen Film 1943 konnte er sich dort erfolgreich ...
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).
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).
Dec 21, 2015 · A German émigré (he left in 1937 and came to the United States in 1939), Sirk made some great movies about Europe before finding his footing as a distinctive observer of American life. But, once...
Oct 13, 2016 · Douglas Sirk was one of the 20th century’s more drastically displaced émigré artists. Born in 1897 to Danish parents living in Hamburg, Germany, he was a European intellectual who began his ...
