Ludwig Berger
Quick Facts
| Intro | German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer | ||
| A.K.A. | Ludwig Bamberger | ||
| Was | Film director Screenwriter Writer Actor Film actor Film producer Cinematographer | ||
| From | Germany | ||
| Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 6 January 1892, Mainz, Germany | ||
| Death | 18 May 1969, Schlangenbad, Germany (aged 77 years) | ||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||
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Biography
Ludwig Berger (born Ludwig Bamberger; 6 January 1892 – 18 May 1969) was a German-Jewish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He directed 36 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.
Selected filmography
- The Mayor of Zalamea (1920)
- The Story of Christine von Herre (1921)
- A Glass of Water (1923)
- The Lost Shoe (1923)
- A Waltz Dream (1925)
- The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
- Queen Louise (1927)
- Sins of the Fathers (1928)
- The Woman from Moscow (1928)
- The Burning Heart (1929)
- The Vagabond King (1930)
- Playboy of Paris (1930)
- The Little Cafe (1931)
- I by Day, You by Night (1932)
- Early to Bed (1933)
- Waltz War (1933)
- Court Waltzes (1933)
- Pygmalion (1937)
- Three Waltzes (1938)
- Ergens in Nederland (1940)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Stresemann (1957)