Person
Leo Mittler
Directing
Biography
Leo Mittler (18 December 1893 – 16 May 1958) was an Austrian playwright, screenwriter and film director. Mittler was born in Vienna to a Jewish family. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Mittler spent many years in exile in several countries, including Britain and France, before settling in the United States during the Second World War. Mittler's career as a director had all but ended in the mid-1930s, after making the Stanley Lupino musical comedy Cheer Up (1936), but he worked occasionally as a screenwriter. Mittler wrote the original story of the MGM pro-Soviet film Song of Russia (1944) which was later investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for its alleged communist sympathies. Mittler returned to Germany post-war, dying there in 1958. Before his death, he worked in German theatre and television.
Known for
The Mayor's Dilemma
Scenario Writer
Defraudanten
Director
Song of Russia
Story
The Ghost Ship
Story
La Voix sans visage
Director
The Last Waltz
Director
Harbour Drift
Director
Tropical Nights
Director
The King of Paris
Director
Every Woman Has Something
Director
Filmography
- 1955Heimkehr des HeldenDirector
- 1954DefraudantenDirector
- 1944Song of RussiaStory
- 1943The Ghost ShipStory
- 1939The Mayor's DilemmaScenario Writer
- 1936The Last WaltzDirector
- 1936Cheer UpDirector
- 1936The Last WaltzDirector
- 1935Honeymoon for ThreeDirector
- 1933La Voix sans visageDirector
- 1933Amour et publicitéDirector
- 1932The Night at the HotelDirector
- 1932Nights in Port SaidDirector
- 1931The concertDirector
- 1931Frivolous youthDirector
- 1931Tropical NightsDirector
- 1931Every Woman Has SomethingDirector
- 1931Sunday of LifeDirector
- 1930The King of ParisDirector
- 1930There is a woman who will never forget youDirector
- 1929Harbour DriftDirector
- 1928Serenissimus und die letzte JungfrauDirector
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