Douglas Sirk

When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence he came to Berlin in the early 1960s and became part of the new German wave. Schmid worked with, among others, Wenders and Fassbinder, for example as an actor in Wender’s The American Friend. He met Ingrid Caven, who was to play a diva in several of his films. This is a documentation of a part of modern European film history and a good analysis of artistry and how it corresponds to the individual behind the camera. A wealth of archival footage brings us close to many directors and actors in Schmid’s circle. If you’ve never seen a Daniel Schmid film, you are sure to want to after watching this portrait of his life.

The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews originally appeared in the documentary "Douglas Sirk: Uber Stars" (Eckhart Schmidt, 1980)

This documentary brings together a collection of remarkable interview footage with Douglas Sirk filmed in 1982 for the French TV show 'Cinéma cinémas', as well as material from the finished programme.

This 82-minute 1991 documentary by Eckhart Schmidt features a 1980 interview with Douglas Sirk in which he reflects on his career.

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Portrait of filmmaker Douglas Sirk.

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It depicts the conflict between a dreamy, delusional heroine and her brusque, practical landlady, who wants to kick her out of her apartment.

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It depicts the conflict between a dreamy, delusional heroine and her brusque, practical landlady, who wants to kick her out of her apartment.

Television documentary about German-born American director Douglas Sirk.

Encouraged by Fassbinder, with whom he became friendly after the then-enfant terrible of the German cinema visited him in Lugano, Sirk also did some teaching during the late 1970s at the film school in Munich, where he made three short films with his students.

Encouraged by Fassbinder, with whom he became friendly after the then-enfant terrible of the German cinema visited him in Lugano, Sirk also did some teaching during the late 1970s at the film school in Munich, where he made three short films with his students.

배우를 지망하는 백인 미망인 로라와 그녀의 딸 수지는 우연히 흑인 미망인 애니와 그녀의 혼혈아 딸 사라와 같이 살게 된다. 매번 오디션에서 떨어지던 로라는 진심으로 자신을 사랑하는 사진작가 스티브를 만나 프로포즈를 받는다. 그러나 무대에 설 기회를 잡은 로라는 스티브의 손길을 뿌리치고 스타의 길을 선택한다. 몇년 뒤 스타가 된 로라는 스티브와 재회하고 다시 사랑을 이루려 하지만, 불행하게도 수지 역시 스티브를 사랑하게 되는데...

패색 농후한 1944년 이른 봄, 러시아 전선에서 고향으로 일시 귀환한 독일군 병사 에른스트는 폐허로 변한 거리를 보고 충격을 받는다. 부모님도 행방불명이고, 가까스로 어린 시절의 여자친구 엘리자베스와 재회하지만 어머니의 주치의였던 그녀의 아버지도 게슈타포에 끌려가 소식 불명인 상태이다. 어느덧 사랑이 싹튼 두 사람은 결혼하고 연락이 끊어졌던 부모님과도 연락이 되지만, 그는 다시 전장으로 돌아가야만 한다. 격전지를 전전하던 그는 종전이 가까워진 이른 봄날, 아내로부터 아이의 탄생을 알리는 편지를 받고 기뻐한다.

제1차 세계대전 참전 당시 일급 비행사로 이름을 날리던 로저는 전쟁이 끝난 후 고작 비행 스턴트맨으로 전락하고 만다. 그는 오로지 비행에만 탐닉할 뿐, 가난에 기달리는 가족들에 대해서는 신경을 쓰지 않는다. 한 신문사의 기자 버크가 전쟁 영웅들의 전후 생활을 취재하기 위해 로저의 집으로 찾아왔을 때, 버크는 몰락한 영웅의 삶에 실망을 금치 못한다. 한편 로저의 아름다운 아내 라번을 사랑하게 된다. (Naver 영화)

A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back home.

주인공은 2차대전시에 폭격실수로 어린이들을 비롯한 많은 민간인들을 살상한 죄책감에 전쟁 후 목사가 되었다. 하지만 한국전이 발발하자 재소집되어 한국공군의 전투기 조종사들을 훈련시키는 교관이 된다. 자신이 훈련시킨 조종사들과 함께 전투에서 많은 전공을 세워가던 그는, 어느날 고아들을 수용한 시설을 알게되어 그들을 돌보아주게 된다. 그러다가 1.4후퇴가 되자 고아들의 피난길이 막막해진것을 안 그는 필사적으로 사방에 손을 써서 마침내 그들을 수송할 수송기를 얻어내어 제주도로 무사히 피난시키는 데에 성공한다. 그가 보살핀 제주도의 고아원은 그후로도 오랫동안 유지가 되었다..

카일 해들리는 석유 갑부의 아들이다. 뉴욕에서 루시라는 매력적인 여성을 만난 뒤 카일은 그녀와 순식간에 결혼한다. 이들의 만남을 주선했던 미치는 뭔가 떨떠름한 표정을 짓게 된다. 한편, 오랫동안 미치를 짝사랑했던 이가 있다. 메릴리는 카일의 여동생으로 버릇없는 편이지만 미치를 끔찍하게 사모한다. 메릴리는 미치와 카일의 관계에 끼어들어 둘을 갈라놓고, 집안은 쑥대밭이 된다. 영화는 한 가지 미스터리로부터 출발한다. 우리는 도입부에서 이상한 광경을 목격한다. 누군가 술에 만취한 채 방황하고 있고 어느 대저택엔 거센 바람이 몰아친다. 명백한 살인의 전주곡이다. 다음에 우리는 플래시백, 그러니까 시간을 거슬러올라 과거를 들여다본다. 무슨 일이 있었던 것일까.

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.

평온한 삶을 살던 여자 주인공이 다른 세계에 소속된 남자 주인공을 만나 사랑에 빠진다. 둘은 결혼하고 싶어하지만 주변 사람들의 만류 때문에 둘의 사랑은 위기에 처하게 된다. 이 영화의 여자 주인공 캐리는 대학생 남매를 두고 있는 상류 사회 출신의 과부이고 남자 주인공 론은 괜히 소로 흉내를 내며 끝도 없이 멋있는 척하는 15살 연하의 근육질 정원사이다.

A boggy swashbuckler of Irish freedom-fighter Michael Martin. In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."

Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire.

방탕한 부잣집 자식이자 바람둥이인 밥 메릭. 밥 메릭은 어느 날 젊은 혈기로 고속 모터보트를 몰다가 사고를 당하고, 그를 구하기 위해 구조활동이 벌어지는 동안 필립 박사가 사망한다. 밥 메릭은 유족인 헬렌에게 미안함을 표시하려 헬렌을 찾아가지만 헬렌은 자동차 사고를 당하고, 그 결과 실명하고 만다. 시력을 잃고 절망한 헬렌에게 밥은 로빈슨이라는 가명으로 접근하여 위안이 되어주려 노력한다. 밥은 헬렌과 함께 스위스로 간 뒤, 그곳에서 중단했던 의학 공부를 다시 시작한다.

Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to light the firecracker's fuse...

1900년, 나오미 머독은 무대에 서기 위해 가족을 그녀의 작은 마을에 버려두고 왔다. 10년 후, 딸 릴리는 리버델 고등학교의 연극축제에 그녀를 초대한다. 그녀의 도착일, 마을은 술렁거리고, 그녀가 떠났을 때의 문제들이 들어나고 사람들의 감정 폭풍은 새로운 국면을 맞는데...

Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a train ride to prison and hide out in logging town Timberline. Meanwhile, the three sons of widower Will Hall come to town in search of a wife for their dad. Vermilion needs to lay low to escape the marshal, so she accepts the boys' offer to visit pioneer community Pine Grove. Once there, she annoys local Mrs. Grundys but eventually starts to fit in.

In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know that her fiancée is one of the politicians responsible. Tad wants to stay with his new friend Doc, who is attracted to Zerelda, to the discomfiture of his old flame Clara...all amid nostalgic musical numbers.

When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.

Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more delays to the consummation, caused by Lee's manipulative Mama and the flock of mostly obnoxious relatives with whom she's filled the house.

Two single parents shock their children by falling in love.

Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.

The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.

A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.

A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.

Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U. S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America.

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery

제니 마쉬는 살인 혐의로 5년간을 복역한 후에 집행 유예로 풀러난다. 보호감찰관인 그리프 마라트는 그녀에게 자신의 눈먼 어머니를 돌보는 일자리를 준다. 그녀는 법원의 접근 금지명령에도 불구하고 옛 애인 헨리 웨슨과 계속해서 은밀히 만나고 있다. 하지만 그녀는 헌신적인 그리프와 사랑에 빠져 결혼에 이르게 된다. 사뮤엘 풀러의 통속적이지만 힘 있는 각본과 서크의 경제적인 연출이 잘 어우러진 숨겨진 걸작. 영화의 결말은 제작사인 콜럼비아의 강요로 인해 애초의 의도와는 달리 해피엔딩으로 끝낼 수밖에 없었다고 한다.

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

주로 여성들의 돈을 훔치거나 카사노바처럼 마음을 빼앗던 비독(조지 샌더스)과 동료 에밀(아킴 타미로프)은 생일 케이크에 숨겨진 줄을 이용해 감옥에서 탈출한다. 성당 벽화로 ‘용과 싸우는 성 조지’를 그리고 있던 화가를 위해 포즈를 취해준 다음, 다시 범죄의 세계로 되돌아간다. 그들은 첫 번째로 부유층들이 드나드는 한 클럽에 왕족 행세를 하며 들어간 비독은 그곳에서 노래를 부르는 로레타의 루비 가터를 훔칠 계획을 세운다. 실존 인물 프랑소아 외젠 비독이 1775년 프랑스 감옥에서 태어나는 순간부터 파리의 경찰서장이 되기까지의 자전적인 일대기를 다룬 영화로 정체성의 혼란, 현재의 삶을 짓누르는 과거의 그림자 등 서크적인 주제가 농후한 영화. (2006년 서울 시네마테크 상영회 - 더글라스 서크 특별전)

It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.

It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.

It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

Twelve year old 'Boefje' spends most of his time in the alleys, on rooftops and in the harbor of Rotterdam. A local clergyman takes pity on him and attempts to teach him good manners.

A famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.

푸에르토리코의 부유한 지주 페드로는 그곳에 여행을 와있던 아스트레라는 스웨덴 여인과 사랑에 빠진다. 그들은 결혼해서 아이를 갖게 되지만 페드로가 그녀를 죄수 다루듯 구속하면서 그들의 관계는 악화일로를 치닫게 된다. 곧 아스트레의 어릴 적 친구인 스벤이 그 섬에 퍼지기 시작한 전염병의 원인 조사차 도착하고 그녀의 남편에 대한 증오는 폭발 직전에 이른다. (2006년 서울 시네마테크 상영회 - 더글라스 서크 특별전)

London 1846. Singer Gloria Vane has a resounding success at the Adelphi Theater. While she throws a brilliant party

London 1846. Singer Gloria Vane has a resounding success at the Adelphi Theater. While she throws a brilliant party

A French-language remake of Douglas Sirk's "The Court Concert" (1936).

A French-language remake of Douglas Sirk's "The Court Concert" (1936).

Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.

Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.

After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America returns to Germany, discovering that her child is being raised by a married orchestra conductor.

After her husband dies, a German woman who gave up her infant for adoption to emigrate to America returns to Germany, discovering that her child is being raised by a married orchestra conductor.

When Mister Vlasman gets promoted from baking bread to making macaroni, he and his wife want to enter high society. They could not be happier when a wealthy baron offers to introduce them into the high class. What they don't realise is that this was all an April Fools' prank. Unfortunately for the pranksters, things get out of hand when a real baron visits the Vlasmans. This film is presumed lost.

A man comes back from America after years to find his reputation ruined.

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.

Douglas Sirk's first feature film.

Short romantic comedy directed by Douglas Sirk.

An early short film by Douglas Sirk (Detlef Sierck) which takes a satirical look at dubious business practices during the Weimar Republic. It was banned under the title "Zwei Genies" but released as "Zwei Windhunde" after revisions were made.