Erich Pommer

Erich Pommer

male, deceased (1966)
Erich Pommer was one of the most influential producers of the silent film era, having been one of the most influential creators behind the German...
Veit Harlan

Veit Harlan

male, deceased (1964)
Veit Harlan (September 22 1899, Berlin - April 13 1964, Capri, Italy) was a German film director and actor. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he...
Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk

male, deceased (1987)
Douglas Sirk (April 26, 1900 - January 14, 1987) was a film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s. Sirk was born...

Volker Schlöndorff

male, 70 years old
Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. He won an Oscar as well as the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival for "The Tin Drum" (...
Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Wolfgang Liebeneiner

male, deceased (1987)
Wolfgang Liebeneiner was a German actor and film and theater director. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the director of the Munich...
Oskar Messter

Oskar Messter

male, deceased (1943)
Oskar Messter (November 21, 1866-December 6, 1943) was a German inventor and film tycoon in the early years of cinema. He was born in Berlin, where...
Ilse Werner

Ilse Werner

female, deceased (2005)
Ilse Werner (born Ilse Charlotte Still on July 11, 1921 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia); died August 7, 2005 in Lübeck) was a...
Liane Haid

Liane Haid

female, deceased (2000)
Liane Haid was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and...
Mady Rahl

Mady Rahl

female, 94 years old
Mady Rahl is a German stage and film actress. Born Edith Gertrud Meta Raschke in Neukölln, Berlin, Rahl trained as an actress and dancer. In 1935 s...

Alfred Junge

male, deceased (1964)
German-born production designer Alfred Junge had wanted to be an artist from childhood. Dabbling in theatre in his teenage years he joined the...