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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937.
Learn about the life and career of William Dieterle, a versatile and influential filmmaker who worked in Germany, Hollywood and Europe. He directed classics such as The Last Flight, The Story of Louis Pasteur, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Portrait of Jennie.
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- Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany
Jul 11, 2024 · William Dieterle (born July 15, 1893, Ludwigshafen, Germany—died December 8, 1972, Ottobrunn) was a German-born filmmaker who directed a diverse range of movies but was perhaps best known for a series of acclaimed biopics, one of which won the Warner Brothers studio its first-ever Academy Award for best picture.
- Michael Barson
"Despite earlier commercial success, William Dieterle may be one of Hollywood's greatest lost romantics… Under the influence of David O. Selznick for the Paramount Jennifer Jones projects Love Letters (1945) and Portrait of Jennie (1948), Dieterle's romantic sensibility flourished, prompting the notion that he could have excelled with the lush spectacles favoured by 1950s Hollywood as an ...
May 19, 2024 · Whereas William Wellman and Michael Curtiz responded very well to the Warners programmer grind, Dieterle reacted in a way that was only superficially energetic, so that promising films like Man Wanted (1932) and The Crash (1932) come out feeling pedestrian, or as a biding of time.
Jul 11, 2024 · Lee Pfeiffer. William Dieterle - German Director, Hollywood Career: Dieterle subsequently signed with RKO and established his own production company, the first release from which was All That Money Can Buy (1941). This dramatization of Stephen Vincent Benet’s classic story The Devil and Daniel Webster featured Edward Arnold as the orator ...
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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
