Douglas Sirk

Directing

Born April 26, 1897 · Hamburg, Germany

Died January 14, 1987

Also known as Hans Detlef Sierck · Detlef Sierck · Michael O'Hara

Biography

Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for the film melodramas he directed in Hollywood during the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany during the Weimar period as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 after his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis.

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