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Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt . Career. He trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1924, with Nameless Heroes. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) and Sirocco (1951).
Curtis Bernhardt. Director: Kisses for My President. If Curtis Bernhardt is a relative unknown, it's because he didn't direct his first Hollywood feature until 1940 at the age of 41.
May 6, 2024 · Curtis Bernhardt (born April 15, 1899, Worms, Germany—died February 22, 1981, Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.) was a German-born film director who specialized in movies that were geared toward a female audience.
Curtis Bernhardt. Director: Kisses for My President. If Curtis Bernhardt is a relative unknown, it's because he didn't direct his first Hollywood feature until 1940 at the age of 41.
Curtis Bernhardt – or Kurt Bernhardt, as he was known then – technically speaking, made only two feature films in France in the 1930s: Gold in the Street (L’Or dans le rue, 1934), script by Henry Koster (then Hermann Kosterlitz), music by Paul Dessau; and Carrefour (1938).
Sirocco is a 1951 American thriller film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Humphrey Bogart, Märta Torén and Lee J. Cobb. It was distributed by Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures and was based on the novel by the French author Joseph Kessel.
Curtis Bernhardt (Kurt Bernhardt) (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947).
