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William Dieterle

William Dieterle

German/American actor and film director (1893-1972)
July 15, 1893 (December 8, 1972)
U.S. 1965. Comedy by William Dieterle with Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Barbara Eden. A crook and a brothel owner hatch a plan to get their hands on a treasure buried under a religious statue.
Runtime: 96 min.

Mistress of the World

V.O.: Die Herrin der Welt - Teil I
All. 1960. Spy drama by William Dieterle with Carlos Thompson, Micheline Presle, Lino Ventura. The secret service is looking for a scientist kidnapped after a discovery.
Runtime: 125 min.

L'Aigle noir

V.O.: Il Vendicatore
It. 1959. Adventures by William Dieterle with John Forsythe, Rosanna Schiaffino, Nerio Bernardi. A young lieutenant tries to bring justice to oppressed peasants.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1956. Adventures by William Dieterle with Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget. A young poet and mathematician rids Persia of dangerous bandits.
Runtime: 100 min.
Autr. 1955. Biography by William Dieterle with Alan Badel, Rita Gam, Carlos Thompson. The eventful life and loves of composer Richard Wagner.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1953. Biblical drama by William Dieterle with Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton. Salome is used as an instrument by her mother to obtain, from Herod, the death of the Precursor.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by William Dieterle with Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Finch, Dana Andrews. A tea planter from Ceylon marries a young English who is struggling to adapt to her new reality.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1952. Crime drama by William Dieterle with Edmond O'Brien, William Holden, Alexis Smith. A special commission is charged with putting an end to gangster activities.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1952. Sports drama by William Dieterle with William Holden, Johnny Stewart, Stanley Clements. A young runaway becomes a jockey, under the guidance of a demanding trainer.
U.S. 1951. Western by William Dieterle with Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy. A young Southerner, wrongly accused of murder, is delivered by an officer as he is about to be hanged.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1951. Drama by William Dieterle with Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Marvin Miller. A Chinese leader holds nationalists hostage, hoping to exchange them for his captive son.
Runtime: 95 min.

Volcano

V.O.: Vulcano
It. 1950. Sentimental drama by William Dieterle with Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi, Geraldine Brooks. Sent back to her native island by the police, a repentant prostitute is greeted with hostility by the population.
U.S. 1950. Sentimental drama by William Dieterle with Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Françoise Rosay. Unhappy in his marriage, a man takes advantage of the fact that he's believed to be dead to redo his life.
U.S. 1950. Crime drama by William Dieterle with Viveca Lindfors, Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott. A mentally ill man decides to eliminate those who provoked his brother's suicide.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1950. Melodrama by William Dieterle with Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn. A man marries a frivolous young woman, while being in love with her sister.
U.S. 1949. Adventures by William Dieterle with Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Corinne Calvet. A woman is tasked with extracting the secret location of some diamonds from a man.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1948. Poetic drama by William Dieterle with Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Ethel Barrymore. A disillusioned painter is comforted by his encounters with a mysterious young girl.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1948. Psychological drama by William Dieterle with Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey. A woman accused of murder is saved by the man she loves.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1947. Sentimental drama by William Dieterle with Merle Oberon, Charles Korvin, Claude Rains. Reconciled with her ex-husband, a woman must win over her young daughter who thought she was dead.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1947. Melodrama by William Dieterle with Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple. During a temporary leave, a young prisoner meets a soldier who falls in love with her.
U.S. 1946. Drama by William Dieterle with Robert Young, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards. The tribulations of an American diplomat stationed in Europe between World War I and World War II.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1945. Psychological drama by William Dieterle with Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards. A woman with amnesia is torn between two loves.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1944. Dramatic comedy by William Dieterle with Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Edward Arnold. A Baghdad beggar wins the favour of a dancer who is coveted by the grand vizier.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1942. Musical by William Dieterle with Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville. A young trumpet player participates in the feverish era of early success for jazz.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1942. History by William Dieterle with Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore. The difficulties of the politician who followed Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States.
U.S. 1942. Fantasy by William Dieterle with Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig. A farmer sells his soul to the devil and then entrusts his case to a devious lawyer.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1940. Biography by William Dieterle with Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1939. History by William Dieterle with Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne.
Runtime: 121 min.
U.S. 1938. War drama by William Dieterle with Henry Fonda, Madeleine Carroll, Leo Carillo.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1937. Dramatic comedy by William Dieterle with Errol Flynn, Kay Francis, Ian Hunter.
Runtime: 73 min.
U.S. 1937. History by William Dieterle with Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Donald Crisp.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1936. Dramatic comedy by William Dieterle with Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan.
Runtime: 71 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 133 min.
U.S. 1933. Sentimental drama by William Dieterle with Victor Jory, Loretta Young, Vivienne Osborne.
Runtime: 70 min.
Runtime: 72 min.
U.S. 1932. Comedy by William Dieterle with Paul Lukas, Loretta Young, Frank McHugh.
Runtime: 67 min.

Faust

V.O.: Faust - Eine Deutsche Volkssage
Runtime: 116 min.

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