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Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic .
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885-1967) was a German director, producer and writer who made films such as Pandora's Box, The Threepenny Opera and Don Quixote. He is considered by many to be the greatest director of German cinema in his era.
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May 25, 2024 · G.W. Pabst was a German film director whose films were among the most artistically successful of the 1920s. Pabst’s films are marked by social and political concerns, deep psychological insight, memorable female protagonists, and human conflicts with culture and society.
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Though many of his films became merely historical curiosities, G.W. Pabst (1885-1967) was one of Germany's leading early film directors. A master of silent realist cinema, Pabst explored various genres, and his post- World War I films show a marked concern with the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism.
Oct 13, 2019 · Pabst. Pabst is here because of the distinct visual stamp he put on his work. The filmography is strong but with only six films in the archives and only one top 500 film—it’s the distinct visuals that put him here.
Apr 29, 2019 · A beginner’s path through the work of the Weimar-era pioneer of on-screen realism, G.W. Pabst. 29 April 2019. The Threepenny Opera (1931) By David Parkinson. Where to begin. Why this might not seem so easy. In the first histories of the moving image, Georg Wilhelm Pabst was feted as a master of the medium.
G.W. Pabst - Director. Nationality: Austrian. Born: Georg Wilhelm Pabst in Raudnitz, Bohemia, 27 August 1885. Education: Educated in engineering at technical school, Vienna, and at Academy of Decorative Arts, Vienna, 1904–06. Military Service: Interned as prisoner of war, Brest, 1914–18. Family: Married Gertrude (Pabst), one son.
