Wilhelm Dieterle Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm Dieterle was the youngest of nine children of parents Jacob and Berthe Dieterle. They lived in poverty, and when he was old enough to work, young Wilhelm earned money as a carpenter and a scrap dealer. He dreamed of better things, though, and theater caught his eye as a teen. By the age of 16 he had joined a ...
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Height
6' 4" (1.93 m)
Profession
Director, Actor, Writer
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Corinne Calvet says in her biography that Dieterle was never seen having lunch and that he was also a great believer in astrology.
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After his return to Germany he directed Mistress of the World (1960) and worked for several productions for the Bad Hersferlder festival.
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He was famous for always wearing a large hat and white gloves on set. This was due to needing to quickly change roles from actor to technician without dirtying his hands during his early career.
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He first made his name as a stage actor and director in Germany.
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Production for Elephant Walk (1954) with Elizabeth Taylor was held up for three months when the US State Department would not allow Dieterle to travel to Ceylon, where the film was to be shot.
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With his engagement at the Max-Reinhardt-Theater in Berlin he became established as a serious actor at the stages in Germany.
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He found work for many German and German Jewish film people who escaped from Nazi Germany in the 1930s and wound up in Hollywood. He often used them in his films, even if in small parts, and did everything he could to get them work in the productions of other directors.
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His career declined in the 1950s during the time of McCarthyism. Although he was never blacklisted directly, his libertarian film Blockade (1938)--in addition to people he had worked with--were thought to be "suspect". Also, in the 1930s he and his wife had worked to help get people out of Nazi Germany and given aid to many left-wing friends, including Bertolt Brecht. Of this period Dieterle said, "Although I was never to my knowledge on any blacklist, I must have been on some kind of gray list because I couldn't get any work".
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Took over direction of Duel in the Sun (1946) after director King Vidor walked off the production, tired of the constant meddling by producer David O. Selznick. Although he went uncredited, Dieterle attempted to appeal to the Directors Guild Of America, but they turned down his claim.
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Is perhaps the only person to have directed two film versions of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". With Max Reinhardt, he co-directed the all-star, big-budget 1935 film version (A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)) and by himself directed a German made-for-TV version (Ein Sommernachtstraum (1968)).
$9 Million
