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Curtis Bernhardt

Born 1899-04-15

Curtis Bernhardt (Kurt Bernhardt) (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947). Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1926. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) starring Bette Davis and Sirocco (1951) starringHumphrey Bogart. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. Bernhardt produced and directed his last Hollywood picture Kisses for My President (1964) about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray. Description above from the Wikipedia article Curtis Bernhardt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Possessed 1947 · 7.1 Conflict 1945 · 7.1 A Stolen Life 1946 · 7.2 Sirocco 1951 · 6.2 My Reputation 1946 · 7.0 Beau Brummell 1954 · 6.4 Der Mann, der den Mord beging 1931 · 6.7