William Dieterle

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Portrait Of Jennie review by from Dorset

Ethereal, atmospheric black and white masterpiece 23 April 2005
...e sentimental (a major problem with a film of this nature) and the direction of William Dieterle ensures this does not happen. Dmitri Tiomkin adapted music by Debussy for t... Read customer review

Magic Fire (1955)
Starring: Alan Badel, Rita Gam, Carlos Thompson
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
The life and career of German composer Richard Wagner.

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Elephant Walk on DVD (1954)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch
Director: William Dieterle
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When Ruth agrees to marry plantation owner John, she is filled with excitement. The excitement is short lived, however, as she soon begins to feel trapped within her banal life. When Dick Carver visits the plantation, she immediately falls in love, but it's not long before tragedy strikes...

57% from 138 members

Salome (1953)
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton
Director: William Dieterle
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In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust ..read more »

56% from 54 members
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Portrait Of Jennie on DVD (1948)
Starring: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
In Portrait of Jennie, Joseph Cotten plays an artist, Eben Adams, who is unable to bring any true feeling to his work. While painting in Central Park one morning, Eben makes the acquaintance of a schoolgirl named Jennie (Jennifer Jones), who prattles on about things that happened years ago. ..read more »

68% from 406 members

I'll Be Seeing You on DVD (1944)
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
The strains of a popular song formed the background for a tender wartime romance that sustains its impact today.

71% from 55 members

The Devil and Daniel Webster on DVD (1941)
Starring: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity.

68% from 309 members

Blockade on DVD (1938)
Starring: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
The screen explodes with action in this war-torn drama. Henry Fonda stars as the passionate, courageous Marco, a peasant farmer determined to protect his land from invading soldiers. The gorgeous Madeleine Carroll is Norma, the daredevil spy whose heart he captures. With gunfire thundering around ..read more »

52% from 32 members

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Starring: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut
Director: William Dieterle
Certificate:
Biopic of writer and French activist Emile Zola, starting in 1862 and dwelling on Zola's involvement in the Dreyfus affair.

50% from 21 members
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Faust (1926)
Starring: Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Director: F.W. Murnau
Certificate:
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F.W. Murnau's FAUST stars the inimitable Emil Jannings as Mephistopheles, to whom the hapless and aging Faust sells his soul for renewed youth, as well as wealth and power. Based on Goethe's interpretation of the age-old legend, Murnau merely uses the story as a starting point for an incredibly ..read more »

72% from 964 members
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Magic Fire - 3 stars
Elephant Walk - 3.0 stars
Salome - 3.0 stars
Portrait Of Jennie - 3.5 stars
I'll Be Seeing You - 3.5 stars

Faust - 3.5 stars
I'll Be Seeing You - 3.5 stars
Portrait Of Jennie - 3.5 stars
The Devil and Daniel Webster - 3.5 stars
Elephant Walk - 3.0 stars

Magic Fire - 3 stars
The Life of Emile Zola - 2.5 stars
Blockade - 2.5 stars
Salome - 3.0 stars
Elephant Walk - 3.0 stars

Camilla Horn - 2 times - show films
Joseph Cotten - 2 times - show films
Frida Richard - 2 times - show films
Yvette Guilbert - 2 times - show films
Gosta Ekman - 2 times - show films

F.W. Murnau - 4 times - show films
Wallace Worsley - 1 times - show films