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Ludwig Berger

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer / Actor / Film Producer / Cinematographer | * 01/06/1892 († 76, 05/18/1968) | Mainz (Germany)
Ludwig Berger (born Ludwig Bamberger; 6 January 1892 – 18 May 1969) was a German-Jewish film director, screenwriter and theatre director. He directed more than 30 films between 1920 and 1969. Berger began working in the German film industry during the Weimar Republic. At Decla-Bioscop and later UFA he established a reputation as a leading director of silent films. He emigrated to Hollywood, but was unable to establish himself and returned to Europe. He subsequently worked both in France and Germany. He was a member of the jury at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival. Berger also translated a few plays of Shakespeare, including Cymbeline, Hamlet, and Timon of Athens. His elder brother was the set designer Rudolf Bamberger who was killed in 1945. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Music

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Awards & Nominations for Ludwig Berger

Knight Commander's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany German Film Award
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Movies with Ludwig Berger as Crew(44)

Directing/Director1968 Odysseus auf Ogygia
Crew/Cinematography1963 Wassa Schelesnowa
Crew/Cinematography1963 Das Glück läuft hinterher
Directing/Director1962 Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind
Directing/Director1961 Hermann und Dorothea
Directing/Director1960 Die Nacht in Zaandam
Directing/Director1958 Ein Sommernachtstraum
Directing/Director1958 Der widerspenstigen Zähmung
Directing/Director1958 Maß für Maß
Writing/Screenplay1957 Stresemann
Directing/Director1955 Undine
Directing/Director1954 Die Spieler
Directing/Director1950 Dream Ballerina
Writing/Writer1950 Dream Ballerina
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Der himmlische Walzer
Crew/Cinematography1948 Rendezvous im Salzkammergut
Directing/Director1940 The Thief of Bagdad
Directing/Director1940 Somewhere in the Netherlands
Writing/Writer1940 Somewhere in the Netherlands
Directing/Director1938 Three Waltzes
Directing/Director1937 Pygmalion
Directing/Director1933 Court Waltzes
Directing/Director1933 Waltz War
Directing/Director1932 I by Day, You by Night
Directing/Director1932 Mine by day, yours by night
Directing/Director1931 The Little Cafe
Production/Producer1931 The Little Cafe
Directing/Director1930 The Vagabond King
Directing/Director1930 Playboy of Paris
Production/Producer1930 Playboy of Paris
Directing/Director1929 The Burning Heart
Directing/Director1928 The Woman from Moscow
Production/Producer1928 The Woman from Moscow
Directing/Director1928 Sins of the Fathers
Directing/Director1927 The Master of Nuremberg
Writing/Writer1927 The Master of Nuremberg
Writing/Writer1927 Queen Louise
Directing/Director1926 The Waltz Dream
Directing/Director1923 The Lost Shoe
Writing/Writer1923 The Lost Shoe
Directing/Director1923 A Glass of Water
Writing/Writer1923 A Glass of Water
Directing/Director1920 The Mayor of Zalamea
Writing/Writer1920 The Mayor of Zalamea

Full Name: Ludwig Berger
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Wednesday, 01/06 1892 (January) in Mainz (Germany)
Died: Saturday, 05/18 1968 (May) in Schlangenbad (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: German (DE)
Siblings: Ernst August Bamberger
Father: Franz Bamberger
Other names for Ludwig Berger (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ludwig Berger (director)"
"Ludwig Berger (Regisseur)"
Ludwig Berger frequently works together with these people:
Robert Liebmann (5x, Crew)
Mady Christians (5x, Actress)
Hans Müller (5x, Crew)
Miklós Rózsa (3x, Crew)
Willy Fritsch (3x, Actor)
Lucie Höflich (3x, Actress)
Max Gülstorff (3x, Actor)
Alexander Kerst (3x, Actor)
Miles Malleson (3x, Actor)
Erich Pommer (3x, Crew)
Alois Melichar (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:890306, Added: 11/17/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024