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Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk
Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)

Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 after his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis.

26 April 1897

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