Douglas Sirk

Known for: Directing
Born: April 26, 1897, Hamburg, Germany
Died: January 14, 1987
Movies: 58

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

All That Heaven Allows

1955

7.4

Imitation of Life

1959

7.0

Written on the Wind

1956

6.8

Magnificent Obsession

1954

7.2

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958

6.8

The Tarnished Angels

1957

6.3

Lured

1947

7.2

There's Always Tomorrow

1956

6.3

Sleep, My Love

1948

7.0

All I Desire

1953

Filmography

2023	Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed	Self (archive footage)
2022	Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair	Self (archive footage)
2010	Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense	Self (archive footage)
2009	Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'	Self (archive footage)
2008	Acting for Douglas Sirk	Self (archive footage)
2008	Days with Sirk	Self
1991	From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers	Self (archive footage)
1987	Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk	Self
1983	Imitation of Life	Self
1980	Douglas Sirk: Über Stars	Self
1979	Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk	Self - Interviewee

Directing, Writing & Producing

1979	Bourbon Street Blues	Writer, Director
1978	New Year's Eve	Screenplay, Director
1976	Talk to Me Like the Rain	Director
1959	Imitation of Life	Director
1958	A Time to Love and a Time to Die	Director
1957	The Tarnished Angels	Director
1957	Interlude	Director
1957	Battle Hymn	Director
1956	Written on the Wind	Director
1956	There's Always Tomorrow	Director
1955	All That Heaven Allows	Director
1955	Captain Lightfoot	Director
1954	Sign of the Pagan	Director
1954	Magnificent Obsession	Director
1954	Taza, Son of Cochise	Director
1953	All I Desire	Director
1953	Take Me to Town	Director
1953	Meet Me at the Fair	Director
1952	Has Anybody Seen My Gal?	Director
1952	No Room for the Groom	Director
1951	Week-End with Father	Director
1951	Thunder on the Hill	Director
1951	The Lady Pays Off	Director
1951	The First Legion	Director, Producer
1950	Mystery Submarine	Director
1949	Slightly French	Director
1949	Shockproof	Director
1948	Sleep, My Love	Director
1947	Lured	Director
1946	A Scandal in Paris	Director
1944	Summer Storm	Director, Writer
1943	Hitler's Madman	Director
1939	Boefje	Director
1938	Final Accord	Director
1938	Triad	Writer
1937	La Habanera	Director
1937	To New Shores	Director, Writer
1937	La Chanson du Souvenir	Screenplay, Director
1936	The Court Concert	Director, Writer
1936	The Final Chord	Writer, Director
1936	't Was één april	Director
1935	Pillars of Society	Director
1935	The Girl from the Marsh Croft	Director
1935	April, April!	Director
1935	The Imaginary Invalid	Director
1934	Two Greyhounds	Director
1934	Three Times Before	Director

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