Harry R. Sokal

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1898-02-20

Deathday 1979-03-07 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Craiova, Dolj, Romania

Also Known As Henry R. Sokal, Henry Sokal

Harry R. Sokal

Biography

Harry R. Sokal (also Henry R. Sokal), born February 20, 1898 in Craiova and died March 7, 1979 in Munich, was a German film producer of Romanian origin and of the Jewish faith. Harry Sokal produced 22 films between 1926 and 1977. He specialized in the production of films related to the mountain, mainly those of Arnold Fanck and Leni Riefenstahl. After the National Socialists seized power in 1933, he emigrated to England before settling in France in 1937. In 1941, he moved to the United States where he worked for the small production company Monogram before return to Germany in 1949 where he founded the production company Henry Sokal-Film. He produced his first post-war work, Föhn, which was a remake of his greatest success, The White Inferno of Piz Palü. Until his death, he worked with the Munich studios Bavaria Filmstudios located in Grünwald. His most famous post-war film was The Hero and the Soldier in 1958 with Otto Wilhelm Fischer, based on the comedy by George Bernard Shaw. Harry Sokal was married to actress Charlotte Kerr. He died in 1979 and is buried in Grünwald.

Known For

Producer

1978
Rusalka

as Production Manager

1960
Heldinnen

as Producer

1959
1958
Arms and the Man

as Producer

1956
Holidays in Tyrol

as Producer

1940
They Met on Skis

as Producer

1932
The Blue Light

as Producer

1931
White Ecstasy

as Producer

1926
The Holy Mountain

as Producer

1926

Actor

1972
The Red Chapel

as Isisdor Springer

Director

1970
The Delegation

as Assistant Director

1940
They Met on Skis

as Director

Editor

1970
The Delegation

as Editor

1940

Writer

1956
Holidays in Tyrol

as Screenplay