Douglas Sirk

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film director person screenwriter theatre director

Douglas Sirk was a German-born film director best known for his lush, emotionally charged Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s, such as "All That Heaven Allows" and "Imitation of Life."

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Douglas Sirk canonical 18
Douglas Sirk filmography 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
person ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Detlef Sierck NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Hans Detlef Sierck NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Lugano ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
child Klaus Detlef Sierck NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-04-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-01-14 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1942 ⓘ
emigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
emigrationReason Nazi persecution ⓘ
genre melodrama ⓘ
influenced Aki Kaurismäki ⓘ
Kenneth Anger ⓘ
surface form: John Waters

Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ⓘ
Todd Haynes ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
German ⓘ
laterNationality American ⓘ
movement Hollywood melodrama ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
notableWork A Time to Love and a Time to Die ⓘ
All I Desire ⓘ
All That Heaven Allows ⓘ
Imitation of Life ⓘ
Magnificent Obsession ⓘ
There’s Always Tomorrow ⓘ
Written on the Wind ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lugano ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
spouse Hilde Jary ⓘ
styleCharacteristic lush visual style ⓘ
social critique embedded in melodrama ⓘ
use of Technicolor ⓘ
taughtAt Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München ⓘ
workedFor Universal Pictures ⓘ

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Thelma Ritter → workedWith → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
All That Heaven Allows → director → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Magnificent Obsession → director → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
Magnificent Obsession → partOf → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
subject surface form: Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
this entity surface form: Douglas Sirk filmography
Rock Hudson → workedWith → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Interlude → director → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Interlude → partOfDirectorFilmography → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Sirk filmography
Todd Haynes → influencedBy → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Pedro Almodóvar → influencedBy → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Russell Metty → workedWithDirector → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
John M. Stahl → influenced → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Ross Hunter → workedWith → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Universal-International Pictures → collaboratedWith → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Written on the Wind → director → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Cary Scott → createdBy → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Cary Scott → filmDirector → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Interlude (1957 film) → director → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Ron Kirby → workDirector → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Rainer Werner Fassbinder → influencedBy → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
Frank Gross → director → Douglas Sirk ⓘ
subject surface form: All That Heaven Allows