Biography: life and films
Douglas Sirk was a German film director and screenwriter whose birth name was Hans Detlef Sierck. He was born in Hamburg, Germany on 26th April 1897 and died in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland on 14th January 1987, aged 89.His best films as a film director include Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1958) and Imitation of Life (1959), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Schlußakkord (1936), Zu neuen Ufern (1937) and Hans Hinrich's Dreiklang (1938).
Douglas Sirk directed 42 films (including 2 shorts) and scripted 6 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (29 films), romance (13), comedy (8), comedy-romance (4), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (3), War (3) and Western (2).
Our average rating for Douglas Sirk over all films is: 3.3
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
April, April! (1935) [d]
Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1935) [d]
Stützen der Gesellschaft (1935) [d]
Das Hofkonzert (1936) [d,w]
La Chanson du souvenir (1936) [d,w]
Schlußakkord (1936) [d,w]
La Habanera (1937) [d]
Liebling der Matrosen (1937) [w]
Zu neuen Ufern (1937) [d,w]
Accord final (1938) [d]
Dreiklang (1938) [w]
Hitler's Madman (1943) [d]
Lured (1947) [d]
Sleep, My Love (1948) [d]
Slightly French (1949) [d]
Mystery Submarine (1950) [d]
The First Legion (1951) [d]
The Lady Pays Off (1951) [d]
Thunder on the Hill (1951) [d]
Week-End with Father (1951) [d]
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) [d]
No Room for the Groom (1952) [d]
Meet Me at the Fair (1953) [d]
Take Me to Town (1953) [d]
Magnificent Obsession (1954) [d]
Sign of the Pagan (1954) [d]
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) [d]
All That Heaven Allows (1955) [d]
Captain Lightfoot (1955) [d]
Never Say Goodbye (1956) [d]
There's Always Tomorrow (1956) [d]
Written on the Wind (1956) [d]
Battle Hymn (1957) [d]
Interlude (1957) [d]
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) [d]
The Tarnished Angels (1958) [d]
My Life for Zarah Leander (1986) [a]
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