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Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer.
Willi Forst, eigentlich Wilhelm Anton Frohs, (* 7. April 1903 in Wien; † 11. August 1980 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Produzent und Sänger.
May 5, 2006 · The artist responsible more than any other for this concept was Willi Forst. He began his career at age 16 as an actor on the provincial stages in the Austria–Hungary and the German Empire, and appeared as a featured performer in the post World War I operetta theatres of Vienna and Berlin.
- Robert Von Dassanowsky
Maskerade (also known as Maskerade in Wien, English: Masquerade or Masquerade in Vienna ), is an Austrian operetta film, and a classic of German language cinema. The exceptional script of this, a great example of the genre of the Wiener Film, was by Walter Reisch and Willi Forst, who also directed.
Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss.
Willi Forst, the director of the controversial 1951 film Die Sünderin [ The Sinner ], declared the film an innovation for both his own personal style of filmmaking and within the institution of German cinema.
Bel Ami is a 1939 German film directed by Willi Forst. It is loosely based on Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel Bel Ami, with considerable changes to the original plot.
