Leo Mittler

Personal Info

Known For Director

Leo Mittler

Biography

Leo Mittler (18 December 1893 – 16 May 1958) was an Austrian playwright, screenwriter and film director. Mittler was born in Vienna to a Jewish family. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Mittler spent many years in exile in several countries, including Britain and France, before settling in the United States during the Second World War. Mittler's career as a director had all but ended in the mid-1930s, after making the Stanley Lupino musical comedy Cheer Up (1936), but he worked occasionally as a screenwriter. Mittler wrote the original story of the MGM pro-Soviet film Song of Russia (1944) which was later investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for its alleged communist sympathies. Mittler returned to Germany post-war, dying there in 1958. Before his death, he worked in German theatre and television.

Known For

Director

1955
1954
Defraudanten

as Director

1936
Cheer Up

as Director

1936
The Last Waltz

as Director

1935
1933
1932
1932
1931
Frivolous youth

as Director

1931
The concert

as Director

1931
Sunday of Life

as Director

1931
Tropical Nights

as Director

1930
The King of Paris

as Director

1929
Harbour Drift

as Director

Writer

1944
1943
1939
The Mayor's Dilemma

as Scenario Writer