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Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk

Director · 1897–1987 · Hamburg, Germany

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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.

Directed 46

1970s

  1. 1979

    Bourbon Street Blues

    Director

  2. 1978

    New Year's Eve

    Director

  3. 1976

    Talk to Me Like the Rain

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    Director

  3. 1957

    The Tarnished Angels

    Director

  4. Interlude

    Director

  5. Battle Hymn

    Director

  6. 1956
  7. Never Say Goodbye

    Co-Director

  8. There's Always Tomorrow

    Director

  9. 1955

    All That Heaven Allows

    Director

  10. Captain Lightfoot

    Director

  11. 1954

    Sign of the Pagan

    Director

  12. Magnificent Obsession

    Director

  13. Taza, Son of Cochise

    Director

  14. 1953

    All I Desire

    Director

  15. Take Me to Town

    Director

  16. Meet Me at the Fair

    Director

  17. 1952

    Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

    Director

  18. No Room for the Groom

    Director

  19. 1951

    Week-End with Father

    Director

  20. Thunder on the Hill

    Director

  21. The Lady Pays Off

    Director

  22. The First Legion

    Director

  23. 1950

    Mystery Submarine

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    Slightly French

    Director

  2. Shockproof

    Director

  3. 1948
  4. 1947
  5. 1946
  6. 1944
  7. 1943

    Hitler's Madman

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Boefje

    Director

  2. 1938

    Final Accord

    Director

  3. 1937

    La Habanera

    Director

  4. To New Shores

    Director

  5. La Chanson du Souvenir

    Director

  6. 1936

    The Court Concert

    Director

  7. The Final Chord

    Director

  8. 1935

    Pillars of Society

    Director

  9. The Girl from the Marsh Croft

    Director

  10. April, April!

    Director

  11. The Imaginary Invalid

    Director

  12. 1934

    Two Greyhounds

    Director

  13. Three Times Before

    Director

Wrote 7

1970s

  1. 1979

    Bourbon Street Blues

    Writer

  2. 1978

    New Year's Eve

    Screenplay

1930s

  1. 1937

    To New Shores

    Writer

  2. La Chanson du Souvenir

    Screenplay

  3. 1936

    The Court Concert

    Writer

  4. The Final Chord

    Writer

Produced 1

1950s

  1. 1951

    The First Legion

    Producer

Appearances6

2020s

  1. 2023
  2. 2022

    Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1991

    From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1983

    Imitation of Life

    Self