Douglas Sirk
Directing · Acting · Writing
Born April 26, 1897, Hamburg, Germany
Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.
Filmography
- 1979Bourbon Street Blues — Director, Writer
- 1978New Year's Eve — Screenplay, Director
- 1976Talk to Me Like the Rain — Director
- 1959Imitation of Life — Director
- 1958A Time to Love and a Time to Die — Director
- 1957Battle Hymn — Director
- 1957Interlude — Director
- 1957The Tarnished Angels — Director
- 1956Never Say Goodbye — Co-Director
- 1956There's Always Tomorrow — Director
- 1956Written on the Wind — Director
- 1955All That Heaven Allows — Director
- 1955Captain Lightfoot — Director
- 1954Magnificent Obsession — Director
- 1954Sign of the Pagan — Director
- 1954Taza, Son of Cochise — Director
- 1953All I Desire — Director
- 1953Meet Me at the Fair — Director
- 1953Take Me to Town — Director
- 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal? — Director
- 1952No Room for the Groom — Director
- 1951The First Legion — Director, Producer
- 1951The Lady Pays Off — Director
- 1951Thunder on the Hill — Director
- 1951Week-End with Father — Director
- 1950Mystery Submarine — Director
- 1949Shockproof — Director
- 1949Slightly French — Director
- 1948Sleep, My Love — Director
- 1947Lured — Director
- 1946A Scandal in Paris — Director
- 1944Summer Storm — Director, Adaptation, Writer
- 1943Hitler's Madman — Director
- 1939Boefje — Director
- 1938Final Accord — Director
- 1938Triad — Writer
- 1937La Chanson du Souvenir — Screenplay, Director
- 1937La Habanera — Director
- 1937To New Shores — Director, Writer
- 1936't Was één april — Director
- 1936The Court Concert — Director, Writer
- 1936The Final Chord — Director, Writer
- 1935April, April! — Director
- 1935Pillars of Society — Director
- 1935The Girl from the Marsh Croft — Director
- 1935The Imaginary Invalid — Director
- 1934Three Times Before — Director
- 1934Two Greyhounds — Director
Appearances as themselves (15)
- 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed — Self (archive footage)
- 2022Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair — Self (archive footage)
- 2010Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense — Self (archive footage)
- 2009Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' — Self (archive footage)
- 2008Acting for Douglas Sirk — Self (archive footage)
- 2008Days with Sirk — Self
- Filmlegenden. Deutsch — Self (archive footage)
- 1991From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers — Self (archive footage)
- 1987Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk — Self
- 1983Imitation of Life — Self
- 1980Douglas Sirk: Über Stars — Self
- Bavarian Film Awards — Self
- 1979Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk — Self - Interviewee
- Spécial cinéma — Self
- German Film Award — Self