
Person
Douglas Sirk
Directing · 1897–1987 · Hamburg, Germany
Biography
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.
Known for

Spécial cinéma
Self
German Film Award
Self
Bavarian Film Awards
Self

Imitation of Life
Director

Written on the Wind
Director

Sleep, My Love
Director

All That Heaven Allows
Director

Hitler's Madman
Director

Magnificent Obsession
Director

Two Greyhounds
Director
Filmography
- 2023Rock Hudson: All That Heaven AllowedSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Douglas Sirk – Hope as in DespairSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui PenseSelf (archive footage)
- 2009Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'Self (archive footage)
- 2008Acting for Douglas SirkSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Days with SirkSelf
- 2006Filmlegenden. DeutschSelf (archive footage)
- 1991From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk RemembersSelf (archive footage)
- 1987Filmarbeit mit Douglas SirkSelf
- 1983Imitation of LifeSelf
- 1980Douglas Sirk: Über StarsSelf
- 1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf
- 1979Bourbon Street BluesWriter
- 1979Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas SirkSelf - Interviewee
- 1978New Year's EveScreenplay
- 1976Talk to Me Like the RainDirector
- 1974Spécial cinémaSelf
- 1959Imitation of LifeDirector
- 1958A Time to Love and a Time to DieDirector
- 1957The Tarnished AngelsDirector
- 1957InterludeDirector
- 1957Battle HymnDirector
- 1956Written on the WindDirector
- 1956Never Say GoodbyeCo-Director
- 1956There's Always TomorrowDirector
- 1955All That Heaven AllowsDirector
- 1955Captain LightfootDirector
- 1954Sign of the PaganDirector
- 1954Magnificent ObsessionDirector
- 1954Taza, Son of CochiseDirector
- 1953All I DesireDirector
- 1953Take Me to TownDirector
- 1953Meet Me at the FairDirector
- 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Director
- 1952No Room for the GroomDirector
- 1951Week-End with FatherDirector
- 1951Thunder on the HillDirector
- 1951The Lady Pays OffDirector
- 1951German Film AwardSelf
- 1951The First LegionDirector
- 1950Mystery SubmarineDirector
- 1949Slightly FrenchDirector
- 1949ShockproofDirector
- 1948Sleep, My LoveDirector
- 1947LuredDirector
- 1946A Scandal in ParisDirector
- 1944Summer StormDirector
- 1943Hitler's MadmanDirector
- 1939BoefjeDirector
- 1938Final AccordDirector
- 1938TriadWriter
- 1937La HabaneraDirector
- 1937To New ShoresDirector
- 1937La Chanson du SouvenirScreenplay
- 1936The Court ConcertDirector
- 1936The Final ChordWriter
- 1936't Was één aprilDirector
- 1935Pillars of SocietyDirector
- 1935The Girl from the Marsh CroftDirector
- 1935April, April!Director
- 1935The Imaginary InvalidDirector
- 1934Two GreyhoundsDirector
- 1934Three Times BeforeDirector
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