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Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films.
Douglas Sirk (Geburtsname: Hans Detlef Sierck; * 26. April 1897 in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel; † 14. Januar 1987 in Lugano, Schweiz) war ein deutscher Film- und Bühnen regisseur. Sierk arbeitete zunächst in Deutschland als Theater- und Filmregisseur.
Imitation of Life (1959) is an American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender.
Apr 26, 2021 · 26 April 2021. By Sarah Cleary. All That Heaven Allows (1955) Why this might not seem so easy. Depending on who you ask, Douglas Sirk was either a peddler of gaudy sentiment or one of the most stylish and slyly subversive directors to have worked in Hollywood’s golden age.
Written on the Wind is a 1956 American Southern Gothic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone.
Dec 21, 2015 · Douglas Sirk, whose Hollywood career ran from 1943 to 1959, may be the most intellectual filmmaker ever to work in Hollywood (at least, he’d run Terrence Malick, who translated Heidegger, a...
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