William Dieterle
Also known as Wilhelm Dieterle
German/American actor, film director and art collector (1893–1972)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1972
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Uber die Oxydationsprodukte reiner Stearinsäure durch Saltpetersäure
- The hunchback of Notre Dame
- The accused
- I'll be seeing you
- Portrait of Jennie
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Directing · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His 1937 film The Life of Emile Zola won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Description above from…
Known for
- Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau — Valentin (archive footage)2002
- Hessenschau — Self1961
- Dubrovsky — Kirila Petrowitsch1959
- German Film Award — Self1951
- One Hour of Happiness — Eddy1931
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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who immigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. He moved back to Germany in the late 1950s.
His best-known films include The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941). His film The Life of Emile Zola (1937) won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the second biographical feature to do so.
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1893 births1972 deaths20th-century American male actors20th-century American male writers20th-century American screenwriters20th-century German male actors20th-century German screenwritersAmerican male film actorsAmerican male screenwritersAmerican male silent film actorsDirectors of Best Picture Academy Award winnersFilm directors from California