Curtis Bernhardt

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1899-04-15
BirthplaceWorms, Germany

Curtis Bernhardt

Directing

Biography

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.

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Notable Works

Prominent titles featuring Curtis Bernhardt

Filmography

Production & Directing (53)

1962
4.7
1960
10.0
1956
GabyDirector
7.3
1955
5.8
1954
6.5
5.4
1952
6.3
1951
6.8
1951
SiroccoDirector
6.0
1951
6.2
6.2
1947
High WallDirector
6.4
1947
PossessedDirector
6.9
1946
6.4
1946
DevotionDirector
5.9
1946
7.3
1945
ConflictDirector
6.7
1943
5.5
1942
Juke GirlDirector
7.2
6.3
1941
7.5
1940
6.9
1940
4.9
1938
CrossroadsDirector
5.8
1938
5.8
6.8
6.0
5.6
1935
The DictatorProducer
6.5
1934
8.0
1933
Le TunnelDirector
6.3
1933
Le TunnelScreenplay
6.3
1933
Der TunnelDirector
6.1
1933
Der TunnelScreenplay
6.1
1932
The RebelDirector
6.0
1931
8.0
1930
6.8
1929
9.0
1928
8.0
1928
8.0
1926
7.0
1926
10.0
10.0
9.0
1925
9.0