Biography: life and films
William Dieterle was a German actor and film director whose birth name was Wilhelm Dieterle. He was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany on 15th July 1893 and died in Ottobrunn, Germany on 9th December 1972, aged 79.His best films as a film director include The Last Flight (1931), Jewel Robbery (1932), Juarez (1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and Portrait of Jennie (1948), and whose best work as an actor include Fred Sauer's Die Silbermöve (1922), Felix Basch's Fräulein Julie (1922), Franz Seitz's Der Jäger von Fall (1926), Wolfgang Neff's Wie bleibe ich jung und schön - Ehegeheimnisse (1926) and Gennaro Righelli's Heimweh (1927).
William Dieterle directed 79 films, appeared in 64 films and scripted 4 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Rudolf Walther-Fein (5 films), Karl Grune (3), Frederic Zelnik (3), William Keighley (2), Richard Oswald (2), Michael Curtiz (2), Gennaro Righelli (2), Franz Seitz (2), Ewald André Dupont (2) and Carl Froelich (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (106 films), romance (15), history (9), comedy-drama (8), Biography (7), comedy-romance (6), Fantasy (6), comedy (5), Thriller (5), Horror (3), Western (2) and War (2).
Our average rating for William Dieterle over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Die Vermummten (1920) [a]
Die Geierwally (1921) [a]
Die Verschwörung zu Genua (1921) [a]
Der Graf von Charolais (1922) [a]
Die Silbermöve (1922) [a]
Es leuchtet meine Liebe (1922) [a]
Fräulein Julie (1922) [a]
Frauenopfer (1922) [a]
Lucrezia Borgia (1922) [a]
Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922) [a]
Bohème - Künstlerliebe (1923) [a]
Der Mensch am Wege (1923) [a,d,w]
Der zweite Schuß (1923) [a]
Die Pagode (1923) [a]
Die grüne Manuela - Ein Film aus dem Süden (1923) [a]
Carlos und Elisabeth (1924) [a]
Moderne Ehen (1924) [a]
Mutter und Kind (1924) [a]
Waxworks (1924) [a]
Der Hahn im Korb (1925) [a]
Die Blumenfrau vom Potsdamer Platz (1925) [a]
Die Dame aus Berlin (1925) [a]
Die vom Niederrhein (1925) [a]
Lena Warnstetten (1925) [a]
Sumpf und Moral (1925) [a]
Wetterleuchten (1925) [a]
Der Jäger von Fall (1926) [a]
Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (1926) [a]
Der rosa Diamant (1926) [a]
Die Försterchristel (1926) [a]
Die Flucht in den Zirkus (1926) [a]
Die Gesunkenen (1926) [a]
Die Mühle von Sanssouci (1926) [a]
Die vom Schicksal Verfolgten (1926) [a]
Familie Schimeck - Wiener Herzen (1926) [a]
Faust (1926) [a]
Hölle der Liebe - Erlebnisse aus einem Tanzpalast (1926) [a]
Qualen der Nacht (1926) [a]
Wie bleibe ich jung und schön - Ehegeheimnisse (1926) [a]
Zopf und Schwert - Eine tolle Prinzessin (1926) [a]
Am Rande der Welt (1927) [a]
Das Geheimnis des Abbe X (1927) [a,d,w]
Der Zigeunerbaron (1927) [a]
Die Weber (1927) [a]
Heimweh (1927) [a]
Liebesreigen (1927) [a]
Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge (1927) [a]
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1927) [a]
Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1928) [a,d]
Diebe (1928) [a]
Frau Sorge (1928) [a]
Geschlecht in Fesseln (1928) [a,d]
Ritter der Nacht (1928) [a]
Violantha (1928) [a]
Das Schweigen im Walde (1929) [a,d]
Durchs Brandenburger Tor. Solang noch Untern Linden... (1929) [d]
Frühlingsrauschen (1929) [a,d]
Ich lebe für Dich (1929) [a,d]
Der Tanz geht weiter (1930) [a,d]
Die Maske fällt (1930) [d]
Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (1930) [a,d,w]
Dämon des Meeres (1931) [a,d]
Die heilige Flamme (1931) [d]
Eine Stunde Glück (1931) [a,d,w]
Her Majesty, Love (1931) [d]
Kismet (1931) [d]
6 Hours to Live (1932) [d]
Jewel Robbery (1932) [d]
Lawyer Man (1932) [d]
Man Wanted (1932) [d]
The Crash (1932) [d]
Adorable (1933) [d]
Female (1933) [d]
From Headquarters (1933) [d]
Grand Slam (1933) [d]
The Devil's in Love (1933) [d]
Dr. Monica (1934) [d]
Fashions of 1934 (1934) [d]
Fog Over Frisco (1934) [d]
Madame Du Barry (1934) [d]
The Firebird (1934) [d]
The Secret Bride (1934) [d]
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) [d]
Dr. Socrates (1935) [d]
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935) [d]
Satan Met a Lady (1936) [d]
The White Angel (1936) [d]
Another Dawn (1937) [d]
The Great O'Malley (1937) [d]
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) [d]
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) [d]
Blockade (1938) [d]
Juarez (1939) [d]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) [d]
A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940) [d]
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) [d]
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) [d]
Syncopation (1942) [d]
Tennessee Johnson (1942) [d]
I'll Be Seeing You (1944) [d]
Kismet (1944) [d]
Love Letters (1945) [d]
This Love of Ours (1945) [d]
Duel in the Sun (1946) [d]
The Searching Wind (1946) [d]
Portrait of Jennie (1948) [d]
Rope of Sand (1949) [d]
The Accused (1949) [d]
Dark City (1950) [d]
Herrliche Zeiten (1950) [a]
Paid in Full (1950) [d]
September Affair (1950) [d]
Vulcano (1950) [d]
Peking Express (1951) [d]
Red Mountain (1951) [d]
Boots Malone (1952) [d]
The Turning Point (1952) [d]
Salome (1953) [d]
Elephant Walk (1954) [d]
Magic Fire (1955) [d]
Omar Khayyam (1957) [d]
Il vendicatore (1959) [a,d]
Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1960) [d]
Die Herrin der Welt (1960) [d]
The Confession (1964) [d]
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
