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Ludwig Berger(1892-1969)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Ludwig Berger was born on 6 January 1892 in Mainz, Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), Le petit café (1931) and Playboy of Paris (1930). He died on 18 May 1969 in Schlangenbad, Hesse, Germany.
BornJanuary 6, 1892
DiedMay 18, 1969(77)
BornJanuary 6, 1892
DiedMay 18, 1969(77)
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    • 1 win & 2 nominations

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Known for

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad
7.4
  • Director
  • 1940
Le petit café (1931)
Le petit café
6.9
  • Director
  • 1931
Playboy of Paris (1930)
Playboy of Paris
6.0
  • Director
  • 1930
Ludwig Berger, Lil Dagover, Albert Steinrück, and Josef Fenneker in Der Richter von Zalamea (1920)
Der Richter von Zalamea
4.8
  • Director
  • 1920

Credits

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Director

  • Demetrius
    TV Movie
    • theatre director
    • 1969
  • Odysseus auf Ogygia (1968)
    Odysseus auf Ogygia
    TV Movie
    • theatre director
    • 1968
  • Rebell und Poet - Fritz von Unruh zum 80. Geburtstag, Feier der Akademie der Künste, Berlin
    TV Special
    • theatre director
    • 1965
  • Ottiliens Tollheiten
    TV Movie
    • Director (theatre version)
    • 1964
  • Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Das Paradies und die Peri
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Hermann und Dorothea
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Die Nacht in Zaandam
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Ein Sommernachtstraum
    9.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Maß für Maß
    9.3
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Wie es euch gefällt
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Viel Lärm um nichts
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Was ihr wollt
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • The Taming of the Shrew
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Der Tod des Sokrates
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1957

Writer

  • Demetrius
    TV Movie
    • teleplay (as Dr. Ludwig Berger)
    • 1969
  • Rebell und Poet - Fritz von Unruh zum 80. Geburtstag, Feier der Akademie der Künste, Berlin
    TV Special
    • concept
    • 1965
  • Ottiliens Tollheiten
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Hermann und Dorothea
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1961
  • Die Nacht in Zaandam
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • 1960
  • Ein Sommernachtstraum
    9.0
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1958
  • Maß für Maß
    9.3
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1958
  • Wie es euch gefällt
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • 1958
  • Viel Lärm um nichts
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1958
  • Was ihr wollt
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1958
  • The Taming of the Shrew
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1958
  • Der Tod des Sokrates
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • 1957
  • Anouk Aimée, Wolfgang Preiss, and Ernst Schröder in Stresemann (1957)
    Stresemann
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1957
  • Undine
    TV Movie
    • teleplay (as Dr. Ludwig Berger)
    • 1955
  • Dream Ballerina (1950)
    Dream Ballerina
    5.4
    • Writer
    • 1950

Cinematographer

  • Das Glück läuft hinterher
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Stadtpark (1963)
    Stadtpark
    8.9
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene
    9.3
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Wassa Schelesnowa (1963)
    Wassa Schelesnowa
    9.5
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963
  • Willy
    9.3
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Ein Buch mit Kapiteln
    9.7
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Nie hab ich nie gesagt
    8.9
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • A Tale of Five Women (1951)
    A Tale of Five Women
    5.3
    • Cinematographer (segment Vienna)
    • 1951
  • Höllische Liebe (1949)
    Höllische Liebe
    • Cinematographer
    • 1949
  • Lambert fühlt sich bedroht (1949)
    Lambert fühlt sich bedroht
    6.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 1949
  • Der himmlische Walzer (1948)
    Der himmlische Walzer
    6.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1948
  • Rendezvous im Salzkammergut (1948)
    Rendezvous im Salzkammergut
    6.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1948
  • The Immortal Face (1947)
    The Immortal Face
    6.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1947

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Dr. Ludwig Berger
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • January 6, 1892
    • Mainz, Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany
  • Died
    • May 18, 1969
    • Schlangenbad, Hesse, Germany(heart failure)
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    • 2 Articles

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    His father was the Treasury Secretary in the Weimar Republik government of Germany under Otto von Bismarck.

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