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Willi Forst was an Austrian actor, director, producer and singer who made many Viennese musicals and comedies in the 1930s and 1940s. He also recorded sentimental songs and avoided political statements during the Nazi rule in Austria.
Willi Forst war ein Publikumsliebling der Wiener Filme der 1930er-Jahre, die er auch als Regisseur und Produzent prägte. Er spielte in zahlreichen musikalischen Komödien, die oft die Stadt Wien als Hintergrund hatten, und lehnte politische Themen in den NS-Jahren ab.
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.
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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.
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.
May 5, 2006 · A foremost figure in German language motion pictures and theatre for five decades and the wife of Attila Hörbiger, Laurence Olivier considered her to be the greatest film actress of the twentieth century, and Bette Davis was known to have studied her performances.
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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.
