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Douglas Sirk

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Douglas Sirk Famous memorial

Original Name
Hans Detlef Sierck
Birth
Hamburg, Germany
Death
14 Jan 1987 (aged 89)
Lugano, Distretto di Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Burial
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Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. He began his career in Germany with films as "April, April" (1935), "Stützen Der Gesellschaft" (1935) and "Zu Neuen Ufern" (1937). He arrived to Hollywood in the 30s fleeing Nazism. He directed an ant-Nazi film in 1943, "Hitler's Madman." But he is best remembered for his classic melodramas made with Universal Pictures (often remakes of John M. Stahl dramas, but with a critical sense): "Magnificent Obsession" (1954), "All That Heaven Allows" (1955), "Written on the Wind" (1956), "The Tarnished Angels" (1958), "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (1958) and "Imitation of Life" (1959). He influenced directors such as John Waters and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. He began his career in Germany with films as "April, April" (1935), "Stützen Der Gesellschaft" (1935) and "Zu Neuen Ufern" (1937). He arrived to Hollywood in the 30s fleeing Nazism. He directed an ant-Nazi film in 1943, "Hitler's Madman." But he is best remembered for his classic melodramas made with Universal Pictures (often remakes of John M. Stahl dramas, but with a critical sense): "Magnificent Obsession" (1954), "All That Heaven Allows" (1955), "Written on the Wind" (1956), "The Tarnished Angels" (1958), "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" (1958) and "Imitation of Life" (1959). He influenced directors such as John Waters and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni



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  • Originally Created by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
  • Added: Oct 20, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9683640/douglas-sirk: accessed ), memorial page for Douglas Sirk (26 Apr 1897–14 Jan 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9683640, citing Cimitero di Castagnola-Cassarate, Lugano, Distretto di Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland; Maintained by Find a Grave.