Leopold Lindtberg

Quick Facts

Intro

Austrian director

From

Austria Switzerland

was

Film director

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Male

Star sign

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Birth

1 June 1902 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria

Death

18 April 1984 (aged 81 years) People who died on this day

Place of death

Zurich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Age

81 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland.

His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer.

Awards

1941 Coppa Mussolini for "Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe" (The abused love letters)
1946 Golden Globe for "The Last Chance"
1946 International Film Festival of Cannes 1946: Grand Prix and International Peace Prize for "The Last Chance"
1951 Golden Bear at the Berlinale 1951 for "Four in a Jeep"
1953 Bronze Bear for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village) at the Berlinale 1953
1953 Silver laurel of David O. Selznick Award for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village)
1956 Josef Kainz Medal
1958 Member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts
1958 Price of Zurich for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village)
1959 Film of the City of Zurich for "Vorposten der Menschheit" (Outpost of Humanity)
1959 appointed professor by the President of the Republic of Austria
1961 Golden Needle of the Schauspielhaus Zurich
1969 Hans Reinhart Ring
1974 Honorary Member of the Burgtheater
1976 Nestroy Ring
1982 Raymond Ring