Director

Curtis Bernhardt

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Directed movies: 35Directed series: 0All crew credits: 37

TMDB ID: 33062

IMDb ID: nm0076779

Known for: Directing

Born: April 15, 1899

Died: February 22, 1981

Age: 81

Place of birth: Worms, Germany

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1926 - 1964

Years active: 39

Average TMDB rating: 6.34

Wikidata: Q51499

Also known as

Kurt Bernhardt

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Director (35)Producer (2)

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Biography

Curtis Bernhardt (Kurt Bernhardt) (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947). Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1926. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) starring Bette Davis and Sirocco (1951) starringHumphrey Bogart. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. Bernhardt produced and directed his last Hollywood picture Kisses for My President (1964) about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curtis Bernhardt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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