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Douglas Sirk

Highest Rated: 100% All I Desire (1953)

Lowest Rated: 43% Sign of the Pagan (1954)

Birthday: Apr 26, 1897

Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany

Best known for his Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, Douglas Sirk first achieved success in post-WWI Germany, as a theater director. Under the name Claus Detlef Sierck, he directed for the stage from 1922 to 1937, emphasizing the work of such classic playwrights as Moliere, Ibsen, Shaw and Shakespeare. In 1934 he was hired by UFA, which released his first feature film, "'T was een April/It Was in April," in 1935. Despite his great success, Sirk left Germany in 1937 because of his opposition to the policies of the Third Reich. After a brief stay in France and Holland, where he worked on several scripts and produced two films, Sirk was invited to America to remake "Zu Neuen Ufern/To New Shores" (1937), one of his most successful German films featuring the great star Zarah Leander.

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100% 75% All I Desire
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100% 72% Lured
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100% Meet Me at the Fair
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100% 70% The Tarnished Angels
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91% 81% All That Heaven Allows
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88% 76% Written on the Wind
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88% 83% There's Always Tomorrow
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88% 72% Magnificent Obsession
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83% 61% Thunder on the Hill
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82% 49% Shockproof
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Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk INTERLUDE, director Douglas Sirk discussing a scene with Marianne Koch, on set, 1957 INTERLUDE, Jane Wyatt discussing a scene with director Douglas Sirk, on location, Nymphenburg Gardens, Munich, Germany, 1957 SIGN OF THE PAGAN, from left, director Douglas Sirk, Jeff Chandler, Ludmilla Tcherina, on-set, 1954 IMITATION OF LIFE, producer Ross Hunter, Lana Turner, director Douglas Sirk on set, 1959 INTERLUDE, director Douglas Sirk (beneath clock), June Allyson (in front of car), filming a scene outside railway station in Munich, Germany, 1957 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW, from left: director Douglas Sirk, dialogue coach Jack Daniels, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett on set, 1956 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW, from left: director Douglas Sirk, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray on set, 1956 INTERLUDE, Cornell Borchers (second right) visiting (l to r): camera technician Phil O'Neill, cinematographer William Daniels, director Douglas Sirk, on location, Munich, Germany, 1957 INTERLUDE, the international cast toasting the film with their native drinks (l to r): Francoise Rosay (French champagne), Marianne Koch (German beer), director Douglas Sirk (Rhine wine), June Allyson (American stinger), Rossanno Brazzi (Italian chianti, o View more photos

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Imitation of Life 82% 91% 1959 Director A Time to Love and a Time to Die 75% 1958 Director Battle Hymn 22% 1957 Director The Tarnished Angels 100% 70% 1957 Director Interlude 80% 1957 Director There's Always Tomorrow 88% 83% 1956 Director Written on the Wind 88% 76% 1956 Director All That Heaven Allows 91% 81% 1955 Director Captain Lightfoot 33% 1955 Director Taza, Son of Cochise 27% 1954 Director Magnificent Obsession 88% 72% 1954 Director Sign of the Pagan 43% 33% 1954 Director All I Desire 100% 75% 1953 Director Meet Me at the Fair 100% 1953 Director Take Me to Town 1953 Director No Room for the Groom 1952 Director Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 86% 1952 Director The Lady Pays Off 1952 Director Thunder on the Hill 83% 61% 1951 Director Weekend With Father 1951 Director The First Legion 1951 Director Mystery Submarine 1950 Director Slightly French 31% 1949 Director Shockproof 82% 49% 1949 Director Sleep, My Love 67% 1948 Director
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