The Sinner
1954
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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. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one of the most significant makers of the Viennese period musical melodramas and comedies of the 1930s ...
Willi Forst. Actor: Bel Ami. Willi Forst was born on 7 April 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Bel Ami (1939), Operette (1940) and Vienna Blood (1942). He was married to Melanie. He died on 11 August 1980 in Vienna, Austria.
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Aug 11, 2021 · When we think of one of the greatest directors in Austrian film history, the name Willi Forst cannot fail to come to mind. Willi Forst, more than anyone else, ensured that the Wiener Films could have a good international resonance. Willi Forst, with his unmistakable style and almost perfect stagings, almost gave birth to a new film genre in ...
Willi Forst, eigentlich Wilhelm Anton Frohs, (* 7. April 1903 in Wien; † 11. August 1980 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Produzent und Sänger. Als Schauspieler war er ein Publikumsliebling, als Regisseur einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der musikalisch-komödiantischen Wiener Filme der 1930er-Jahre.
Willi Forst is known as an Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay, Original Story, and Executive Producer. Some of his work includes Cafe Electric, Bel Ami, Operette, Dangers of the Engagement, Vienna Girls, I don't know you and I love you, The Prince of Arcadia, and The Convict from Istanbul.
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. Forst’s portrayal of German realism based on postwar experience was a rejection of the UFA style of escapist filmmaking that had reigned ...
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May 5, 2006 · Willi Forst, arguably the most famous of all Austrian directors at the time, and considered “Aryan” by the National Socialists, could ignore much of this political intrigue. Hollywood’s Universal Pictures offered him and Walter Reisch a team contract in 1934, but Reisch moved towards his own directorial career and their partnership ended.
