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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated 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.
Learn about the life and career of William Dieterle, a versatile and influential filmmaker who worked in Germany, Hollywood and Europe. He directed classics such as The Last Flight, The Story of Louis Pasteur, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Portrait of Jennie.
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- Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany
Jul 11, 2024 · William Dieterle was a German-born filmmaker who directed a diverse range of movies but was perhaps best known for a series of acclaimed biopics, one of which won the Warner Brothers studio its first-ever Academy Award for best picture.
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Feb 27, 2015 · Take “Syncopation” (1942), a snappily titled, wildly ambitious jazz chronicle that might be the last thing you’d expect from Warner Bros.’ German-born workhorse, William Dieterle (1893-1972).
May 19, 2024 · Though his career as a film director spanned three decades of near-constant work, William Dieterle (his last name is pronounced “Dee-ter-lee”) has never garnered much of a reputation of any kind.
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Mar 18, 2003 · Director William Dieterle’s 1941 film adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster” is a melodramatic fever dream, a hallucinatory tour de force.