Curtis Bernhardt

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1899-04-15

Deathday 1981-02-22 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Worms, Germany

Also Known As Kurt Bernhardt

Curtis Bernhardt

Biography

Curtis Bernhardt (Kurt Bernhardt) (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947). Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1926. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) starring Bette Davis and Sirocco (1951) starringHumphrey Bogart. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. Bernhardt produced and directed his last Hollywood picture Kisses for My President (1964) about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curtis Bernhardt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1964
1962
Damon and Pythias

as Director

1960
Stefanie in Rio

as Director

1956
Gaby

as Director

1955
Interrupted Melody

as Director

1954
Beau Brummell

as Director

1953
1952
The Merry Widow

as Director

1951
Sirocco

as Director

1951
Payment on Demand

as Director

1951
The Blue Veil

as Director

1949
1947
Possessed

as Director

1947
High Wall

as Director

1946
A Stolen Life

as Director

1946
Devotion

as Director

1946
My Reputation

as Director

1945
Conflict

as Director

1943
Happy Go Lucky

as Director

1942
Juke Girl

as Director

1941
1941
Night in December

as Director

1940
Lady with Red Hair

as Director

1940
My Love Came Back

as Director

1938
Crossroads

as Director

1936
1936
1934
L'Or dans la rue

as Director

1933
Der Tunnel

as Director

1933
Le Tunnel

as Director

1932
The Rebel

as Director

1931
The Man Who Killed

as Director

1930
The Last Company

as Director

1929
1929
Das letzte Fort

as Director

1928
Schinderhannes

as Director

1926
Qualen der Nacht

as Director

1926
Orphan of Lowood

as Director

1925
Namenlose Helden

as Director

Writer

1951
1938
Crossroads

as Writer

1933
Der Tunnel

as Screenplay

1933
Le Tunnel

as Screenplay

1928
Schinderhannes

as Writer

1926
1925

Producer

1964
1937
1935
The Dictator

as Producer

Actor