Frank Wisbar (born Franz Wysbar 9 December 1899 – 17 March 1967) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1932 and 1967 in Germany and the United States as well as an adaption of Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart for British Broadcasting Corporation. He was a member of the jury at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.
Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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Worked as writer/producer for Ufa in the early 30's. His first films as a director met with disapproval from the Nazi regime and Wisbar consequently left Germany for the U.S. in 1939. He found little meaningful work in feature films, but had some success as a freelance director/producer in early anthology television during the late 1940's. He returned to Germany in the mid-1950's.
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Emigrated to the U.S. 1939.
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Moved to Hollywood in 1943. He remained there until 1957, working in ultra-low budget films for studios such as Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), easily the lowest rung on Hollywood's ladder.
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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1960
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Flucht über die Ostsee
1967
TV Movie
S.O.S. - Morro Castle
1966
TV Movie
Onkel Phils Nachlaß
1965
TV Movie
Willkommen in Altamont
1965
TV Movie
Das Feuerzeichen
1965
TV Movie
Durchbruch Lok 234
1963
Commando
1962
Barbara - Wild wie das Meer
1961
Fabrik der Offiziere
1960
Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen
1960
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959
Wet Asphalt
1958
Haie und kleine Fische
1957
Fireside Theatre
1950-1955
TV Series 214 episodes
General Electric Theater
1954
TV Series 6 episodes
The Mozart Story
1948
new scenes
The Prairie
1947
Lighthouse
1947
Devil Bat's Daughter
1946
Strangler of the Swamp
1946
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945
The Tell-Tale Heart
1939
TV Movie
Petermann ist dagegen
1938
as Frank Wysbar
Ball im Metropol
1937
as Frank Wysbar
The Unknown
1936
Fährmann Maria
1936
as Frank Wysbar
Die Werft zum Grauen Hecht
1935
as Frank Wysbar
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten
1935
as Frank Wysbar
Rivalen der Luft - Ein Segelfliegerfilm
1934
Anna and Elizabeth
1933
as Frank Wysbar
Im Bann des Eulenspiegels
1932
as Frank Wysbar
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fireside Theatre
TV Series producer - 215 episodes, 1949 - 1955 executive producer - 1 episode, 1951
General Electric Theater
1954
TV Series producer - 4 episodes
Devil Bat's Daughter
1946
producer
Anna and Elizabeth
1933
producer - as Frank Wysbar
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Johannes durch den Wald
1968
TV Movie
Flucht über die Ostsee
1967
TV Movie
Commando
1962
Fabrik der Offiziere
1960
Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen
1960
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959
writer
Fireside Theatre
TV Series original story - 2 episodes, 1951 story and teleplay - 1 episode, 1953
Rimfire
1949
writer
Madonna of the Desert
1948
story
Strangler of the Swamp
1946
original story / screenplay
Women in Bondage
1943
original story - as Frank Bentick Wisbar
Petermann ist dagegen
1938
book - as Frank Wysbar
Ball im Metropol
1937
screenplay - as Frank Wysbar
The Unknown
1936
screenplay
Fährmann Maria
1936
screenplay / story
Die Werft zum Grauen Hecht
1935
as Frank Wysbar
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten
1935
as F. Wysbar
Anna and Elizabeth
1933
as Frank Wysbar
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fireside Theatre
1953
TV Series
Narrator
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mädchen in Uniform
1931
production supervisor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fireside Theatre
1949-1953
TV Series
Himself - Host
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1959
Critics Award
German Critics Association Awards
Film
1959
Film Award in Silver
German Film Awards
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959)
1935
Special Mention
Venice Film Festival
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1964
Best Film
Mar del Plata Film Festival
International Competition
Durchbruch Lok 234 (1963)
1959
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959)
1935
Mussolini Cup
Venice Film Festival
Best Foreign Film
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935)
Known for movies
Fireside Theatre (1949-1955) as Director
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959) as Director
$1.2 Million
