Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-04-26

Deathday

1987-01-14 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

Also Known As

Hans Detlef Sierck
Detlef Sierck
Michael O'Hara
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Douglas Sirk

Biography

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.

Known For

6.7%

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Jun 20, 2023

5.8%

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

Sep 2, 2010

5.7%

From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers

Jun 7, 1991

8.0%

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

Aug 3, 2022

DwS

5.5%

Days with Sirk

Jul 16, 2008

6.0%

Deutscher Filmpreis

Jan 1, 1951

8.0%

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

Jan 14, 2006

DSÜ

0.0%

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars

Apr 29, 1980

DSe

0.0%

Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern'

Dec 3, 2009

AfD

0.0%

Acting for Douglas Sirk

Nov 5, 2008

FmD

0.0%

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

Jan 18, 1987

BtM

0.0%

Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk

Jan 1, 1979

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Acting

2023

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed as Self (archive footage)

2022

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair as Self (archive footage)

2010

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense as Self (archive footage)

2009

Douglas Sirk erzählt...Zarah Leander und 'Zu neuen Ufern' as Self (archive footage)

2008		Acting for Douglas Sirk as Self (archive footage)
2008		Days with Sirk as Self

2006

Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self (archive footage)

1991

From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk Remembers as Self (archive footage)

1987

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk as Self

1983

Imitation of Life as Self

1980

Douglas Sirk: Über Stars as Self

1979		Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
1979		Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk as Self - Interviewee

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis as Self

Directing

1979

Bourbon Street Blues as Director

1978

New Year's Eve as Director

1976

Talk to Me Like the Rain as Director

1959

Imitation of Life as Director

1958

A Time to Love and a Time to Die as Director

1957		The Tarnished Angels as Director
1957		Interlude as Director
1957		Battle Hymn as Director

1956		Written on the Wind as Director
1956		Never Say Goodbye as Director
1956		There's Always Tomorrow as Director

1955		All That Heaven Allows as Director
1955		Captain Lightfoot as Director

1954		Sign of the Pagan as Director
1954		Magnificent Obsession as Director
1954		Taza, Son of Cochise as Director

1953		All I Desire as Director
1953		Take Me to Town as Director
1953		Meet Me at the Fair as Director

1952		Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Director
1952		No Room for the Groom as Director

1951		Week-End with Father as Director
1951		Thunder on the Hill as Director
1951		The Lady Pays Off as Director
1951		The First Legion as Director

1950

Mystery Submarine as Director

1949		Slightly French as Director
1949		Shockproof as Director

1948

Sleep, My Love as Director

1947

Lured as Director

1946

A Scandal in Paris as Director

1944

Summer Storm as Director

1943

Hitler's Madman as Director

1939

Boefje as Director

1938

Final Accord as Director

1937		La Habanera as Director
1937		To New Shores as Director
1937		La Chanson du Souvenir as Director

1936		The Court Concert as Director
1936		The Final Chord as Director
1936		't Was één april as Director

1935		Pillars of Society as Director
1935		The Girl from the Marsh Croft as Director
1935		April, April! as Director
1935		The Imaginary Invalid as Director

1934		Two Greyhounds as Director
1934		Three Times Before as Director

Production

1951

The First Legion as Producer

Writing

1979

Bourbon Street Blues as Writer

1978

New Year's Eve as Screenplay

1944		Summer Storm as Adaptation
1944		Summer Storm as Writer

1938

Dreiklang as Writer

1937		To New Shores as Writer
1937		La Chanson du Souvenir as Screenplay

1936		The Court Concert as Writer
1936		The Final Chord as Writer