Douglas Sirk

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Known For

Directing

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Gender

Male

Birthday

26-Apr-1897

Age

(129 years old)

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

Also Known As

Hans Detlef Sierck
Detlef Sierck
Michael O'Hara
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Douglas Sirk

Biography

Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.

Credits

Nach Hollywood - Douglas Sirk erzählt (1991) Character: Self (archive footage)
This 82-minute 1991 documentary by Eckhart Schmidt features a 1980 interview with Douglas Sirk in which he reflects on his career.

Quelques jours avec Sirk (2008) Character: Self
This documentary brings together a collection of remarkable interview footage with Douglas Sirk filmed in 1982 for the French TV show 'Cinéma cinémas', as well as material from the finished programme.

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk (1987) Character: Self
Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk (1979) Character: Self - Interviewee
Television documentary about German-born American director Douglas Sirk.

Mirage de la vie (1983) Character: Self
Portrait of filmmaker Douglas Sirk.

Acting for Douglas Sirk (2008) Character: Self (archive footage)
The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews originally appeared in the documentary "Douglas Sirk: Uber Stars" (Eckhart Schmidt, 1980)

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars (1980) Character: Self
Douglas speaks about some of the stars he has directed, like Asta Nielsen, Lili Dagover, Zarah Leander, George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman, and many others.

Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' (2009) Character: Self (archive footage)
Douglas Sirk talks about his 1937 film 'Zu neuen Ufern'

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023) Character: Self (archive footage)
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense (2010) Character: Self (archive footage)
When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence, he came to Berlin in the early 1960s and became part of the new German wave. Schmid worked with, among others, Wenders and Fassbinder, for example, as an actor in Wender’s The American Friend. He met Ingrid Caven, who was to play a diva in several of his films. This is a documentation of a part of modern European film history and a good analysis of artistry and how it corresponds to the individual behind the camera. A wealth of archival footage brings us close to many directors and actors in Schmid’s circle. If you’ve never seen a Daniel Schmid film, you are sure to want to after watching this portrait of his life.

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair (2022) Character: Self (archive footage)
An investigative portrait of the master of cinematic melodrama, Douglas Sirk. His life was the ultimate melodrama, from which all his films were inspired. Through the testimonies of those closest to him and the unpublished accounts in his wife's diary, we get closer to this man surrounded by mystery.

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