William Dieterle
William Dieterle ( 1930 anglicized to William Dieterle; born July 15, 1893 in Ludwigshafen, † December 8, 1972 in Ottobrunn ) was a German film director and actor.
Short Biography
Dieterle started his career as an actor and appeared in 1913 next to the stage on in movies. From 1920 he began to work exclusively for the film and realized in 1923 his first film as a director. His work in Germany were so successful that he went in 1930 with a contract by Warner Bros. to Hollywood. In addition to Michael Curtiz Dieterle was quickly knew one of the house-directors of the studio, the supply in any genre solid work. Especially some movies with Kay Francis were very successful, including the comedies Man Wanted and Jewel Robbery of 1932. During the same year, he also shot with Ruth Chatterton The crash, leaving her husband in the Chatterton as manipulative and money hungry woman after this the eponymous stock market crash lose all their savings.
Together with Max Reinhardt adapted Dieterle 1935, the ambitious film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, but enough for the finished result, according to many critics do not meet the high expectations.
Since 1936, Dieterle was practically subscribed to biopics known that brought close to a wide audience the life and work of such important figures such as Louis Pasteur, Émile Zola, Florence Nightingale, Paul Ehrlich and Paul Julius Reuter. After 1945, Dieterle focused on melodramas like I'll be Seeing You, in which Ginger Rogers as convicted criminals on clearance romantic hours with Joseph Cotten experienced. His greatest commercial success was had in the love letters again starring Joseph Cotten, who sends to Jennifer Jones under a false identity love letters. Only after many complications are both happy. Jennifer Jones was nominated for her performance for an Oscar as Best Actress. He had his last resounding financial success in 1950 with Liebesrausch on Capri, Joseph Cotten presented as a married diplomat and Joan Fontaine as a successful concert pianist, both in a plane crash try after her supposed death a new life with new identities on Capri, but at the end acknowledge their responsibility towards their families.
In the late 1950s he returned to Europe and turned in Italy still several frustrating strips. Dieterle directed several television plays for German television and in the early 1960s to Bavaria withdrew into private life. He was married to actress and screenwriter Charlotte Hagenbruch since 1921.
His tomb is located in the cemetery in Hohenbrunn near Munich. From his birth city of Ludwigshafen is awarded in recognition of the merits of the Dieterle William Dieterle Film Prize since 1993.
Works
As an actor (selection)
Directing
Autobiographies
- Willi Breunig (ed.): The leap to the stage. The youth and memories of the theater actor and director William Dieterle ( = Publications of the city archives Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Vol. 24). City Archives Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1998, ISBN 3-924667-28-4.
- Willi Breunig (ed.): The battle for the story. The Hollywood and memoirs of the actor and director William Dieterle ( = Publications of the city archives Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Vol. 29). City Archives Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2001, ISBN 3-924667-33-0.