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Leonard Steckel

Film Director | * 01/18/1901 († 70, 02/09/1971) | Knihinin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]
Leonard Steckel (18 January 1901 – 9 February 1971) was a German-Jewish actor and director of stage and screen. Steckel was born as Leonhard Steckel in Knihinin, a Galician town that is today a district of the city Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He began his career as a stage actor and spent the duration of World War II in exile in Zürich, Switzerland, where he had gone to work at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. It was during this time that he began to direct. Steckel was killed in a major rail accident on 9 February 1971 in Aitrang, West Germany. ()

Leonard Steckel was a German actor and director of stage and screen.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, too ...

The Captain from Kopenick

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1956 | 3.6/5 | 1h 33min
Comedy, Drama
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Unemployed and homeless actors following the dream of finding the future in South America. The manager Osvaldo Curtis tricks the group of colorful and failed artists to apply for a special visa overse ...

The Venus of Tivoli

Certification unknown

1953 | 1h 30min
Drama, Comedy
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The paths of guests and employees cross at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz: A chambermaid experiences financial difficulties. A guest has been robbed. A thief is caught. An assistant cook is promoted t ...

Palace Hotel

Certification unknown

1952 | 1h 44min
Drama
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Movies with Leonard Steckel as Actor(36)

as Wolfgang Schwitter1968 Der Meteor
as Kammerdiener1967 Kabale und Liebe
as Kriminaloberinspektor Dr. Grünberg1967 Anastasia
as Puntila1966 Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti
as Untersuchungsrichter Hazelhoff1965 Plädoyer für einen Rebellen
as Oliver Erwenter1965 Die Silberflöte
as Minister1964 The Visit
as Mr. Lingley1963 Überfahrt
as Dr. Jakob Blum1962 Affäre Blum
as Dr. Daniel Bransby, Arzt1962 The Secret of the Black Trunk
as Th. Th. Th. Meyer1962 Nachts ging das Telefon
as Albert1961 Das Kartenspiel
as Albert Brack1960 Das Haus voller Gäste
as Fürst1960 Sweetheart of the Gods
as Major Dr. Kresin, Distriktarzt1958 The Doctor of Stalingrad
as Aristide Briand1957 Stresemann
as Opernintendant1956 Ballerina
as Außenminister1956 Staatsbegräbnis
as Adolph Wormser1956 The Captain from Kopenick
as Doctor1955 Du mein stilles Tal
as Professor Dürkheim1955 Liebe ohne Illusion
as Kommissar Berki1954 Der letzte Sommer
as Baron Carlo Todesco1954 Ewiger Walzer
as Dr. Falconi1954 Little Friends
as Sucharow1933 Salon Dora Green
as Opern-Regisseur1933 A Song for You
as Fed Harras1933 Hände aus dem Dunkel
as Santos1933 Unsichtbare Gegner
as Der Levantiner1933 Kampf um Blond
as Alvarez Zambesi, brasilianischer Kaffee-König1932 I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are
as Harry Bing - Regisseur1932 The Company's in Love
as Almassy, Antiquitätenhändler1932 Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932 Nights in Port Said
as Der Primas1932 Gitta Discovers Her Heart
as Barini, Inhaber des Hippodrom1931 The daredevil
as Ferrero1931 The adventure in Tunisia

TV Shows/Series with Leonard Steckel as Actor(1)

as himself1965 Studio III - Aus Kunst und Wissenschaft

Movies with Leonard Steckel as Crew(7)

Directing/Director1971 Einer muß der Dumme sein
Directing/Director1961 Die Spur der Leidenschaft
Directing/Director1959 Der eingebildete Kranke
Directing/Director1955 Du mein stilles Tal
Directing/Director1953 The Venus of Tivoli
Writing/Writer1953 The Venus of Tivoli
Directing/Director1952 Palace Hotel

Full Name: Leonard Steckel
Citizenships: Germany, Austria
Born: Friday, 01/18 1901 (January) in Knihinin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]
Died: Tuesday, 02/09 1971 (February) in Aitrang (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: German (DE)
Leonard Steckel frequently works together with these people:
Artur Brauner (4x, Crew)
Ernst Schröder (4x, Actor)
Walter Rilla (3x, Actor)
Gustav Knuth (3x, Actor)
Gustav Fröhlich (3x, Actor)
Bernhard Wicki (3x, Actor)
Julius Falkenstein (3x, Actor)
Siegfried Schürenberg (3x, Actor)
Rolf Zehetbauer (3x, Crew)
Paul Markwitz (3x, Crew)
Paul Kemp (3x, Actor)
Helmut Kindler (1x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:207262, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024