Movie Database

Movies by Director - William Dieterle (85 [Missing: 27])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Man by the RoadsideNA1923 Drama Not Available
Das Geheimnis des Abbe XNA1927 Drama Not Available
Sex in Chains [Geschlecht in Fesseln]A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate and upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.1928William DieterleDrama6.6 (325 votes)10720240820
Die Heilige und ihr NarrNA1928 Romance Not Available
The Brandenburg ArchNA1929 Drama Not Available
FrühlingsrauschenNA1929 \N Not Available
Triumph of LoveNA1929 \N Not Available
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria [Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern]Second of two German silents about the life of Bavarian king Ludwig II, a character who would much later also be the center of a film by Luchino Visconti.1930William DieterleBiography,Drama,History6.8 (55 votes)11720230728
Das Schweigen im WaldeNA1929 \N Not Available
Die heilige FlammeNA1931 Drama Not Available
Die Maske fälltNA1931 Drama Not Available
Eine Stunde GlückCheck out IMDb's 2017 Comic-Con Guide for the latest celebrity interviews, event coverage, cosplay photos, and more.1931William DieterleDrama,Musical5.7 (16 votes)8220211228
Der Tanz geht weiterNA1930 Crime,Drama Not Available
Her Majesty LoveWealthy man falls in love with a poor girl and proposes to her, going against the wishes of his family.1931William DieterleComedy,Musical,Romance6.0 (201 votes)7520211228
Last Flight, TheWorld War 1 veterans roam Paris drinking and admiring a woman they recently met.1931William DieterleDrama6.8 (1.3K votes)7620211228
Scarlet DawnA Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.1932William DieterleDrama,Romance6.0 (289 votes)5820220414
Crash, TheRich couple loses their fortune in stock market crash.1932William DieterleDrama,Romance5.9 (326 votes)5820211228
Jewel RobberyA gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.1932William DieterleComedy,Crime,Romance7.2 (2.1K votes)6820211228
Lawyer ManIdealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully beats high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley in a murder case. Bentley asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive w1932William DieterleDrama,Romance6.5 (916 votes)7220211228
Man WantedA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.1932William DieterleComedy,Drama,Romance6.5 (714 votes)6220211228
6 Hours To LiveA murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.1932William DieterleDrama,Mystery,Sci-Fi6.3 (143 votes)7220211228
AdorableJanet Gaynor plays a rebellious princess who must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry. But will this ordinary man love her back once he finds out she's a princess?1933William DieterleComedy,Musical,Romance5.8 (135 votes)8820211228
Devil's in Love, TheUnjustly convicted of murdering the major who transferred him to another outpost, a doctor makes good his escape then sets out to prove his innocence using another identity.1933William DieterleDrama,Romance,Thriller6.0 (157 votes)7020211228
From HeadquartersWhen a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.1933William DieterleDrama,Mystery6.4 (253 votes)6420211228
Grand SlamBecause the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.1933William Dieterle, Alfred E. GreenComedy5.8 (301 votes)6720211228
Fashions of 1934When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.1934William DieterleComedy,Drama,Musical6.9 (1.6K votes)7820211228
Firebird, TheHerman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola leaves to walk her dog, Brandt sides up to...1934William DieterleDrama,Mystery,Romance6.1 (327 votes)7420240605
Fog Over FriscoThe lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.1934William DieterleCrime,Mystery,Romance6.8 (1.6K votes)6820211228
Madame Du BarryMadame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of Madame Du Barry, the last mistress of King Loui1934William DieterleComedy,Drama,History6.3 (265 votes)7920211228
Dr. SocratesA small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.1935William DieterleCrime,Drama,Mystery6.5 (455 votes)7020211228
Midsummer's Night Dream, ATwo couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.1935William Dieterle, Max ReinhardtComedy,Fantasy,Romance6.9 (3.4K votes)13320211228
Secret Bride, TheBefore Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, they decide to keep t1934William DieterleDrama6.1 (567 votes)6420211228
Satan Met a LadyA double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn.1936William DieterleComedy,Crime,Mystery6.1 (2.3K votes)7420211228
Story of Louis Pasteur, TheThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.1936William DieterleBiography,Drama,History7.3 (2.7K votes)8620211228
White Angel, TheA look at the life of Florence Nightingale.1936William DieterleBiography,Drama6.7 (369 votes)9220211228
Another DawnColonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the de1937William DieterleDrama6.1 (628 votes)7320211228
Great O'Malley, TheA by-the-book patrolman who cares more about the letter of the law than justice feels guilty when his inflexibility sends a family man to prison.1937William DieterleDrama6.7 (667 votes)7120211228
Life of Emile Zola, TheThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.1937William DieterleBiography,Drama7.2 (8K votes)11620211228
BlockadeA simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with Russian whose father is involved in espionage.v1938William DieterleDrama,Romance,War5.7 (550 votes)8520211228
Hunchback of Notre Dame, TheIn 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.1939William DieterleDrama,Romance7.8 (11.2K votes)11720211228
JuarezLouis Napoleon III takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximillian Hapsburg to add Mexico to his empire.1939William DieterleBiography,Drama,History7.1 (2.3K votes)12520211228
Dispatch from Reuters, AStarting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service.1940William DieterleBiography,Drama6.9 (607 votes)9020220414
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletTrue story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.1940William DieterleBiography,Drama7.4 (1.6K votes)10320211228
Devil and Daniel Webster, TheA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.1941William DieterleDrama,Fantasy,Romance7.6 (4.9K votes)10720211228
SyncopationCovering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Ki1942William DieterleComedy,History,Music6.3 (227 votes)8820211228
Tennessee JohnsonBiography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.1942William DieterleBiography,Drama6.6 (586 votes)10320211228
I'll Be Seeing YouA soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.1944William Dieterle, George CukorDrama,Family,Romance7.2 (2.2K votes)8520211228
KismetIn ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.1944William DieterleAdventure,Fantasy6.1 (1.2K votes)10020211228
Love LettersAllen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...1945William DieterleDrama,Mystery,Romance7.1 (1.6K votes)10120211228
This Love of OursAt a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new technique, Florence is revealed in a flash1945William DieterleDrama,Romance6.2 (131 votes)9020211228
Searching Wind, TheAlways the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowwman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in Rome just as Mussolini is coming to power. There Alex marries Emily, daughter of a1946William DieterleAction,Drama,War6.1 (121 votes)10820211228
Accused, TheA beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.1949William DieterleDrama,Film-Noir,Romance6.8 (871 votes)10120211228
Portrait of JennieEben is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era NY. One day, after he finally finds someone to buy a painting from him, a pretty but odd young girl named Jennie Appleton appears and strikes up an unusual friendship with Eb1948William DieterleDrama,Fantasy,Mystery7.7 (6.7K votes)8620211228
Rope of SandA man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.1949William DieterleAction,Adventure,Crime6.8 (1.5K votes)10420211228
Volcano [Vulcano]While awaiting Production Code seal approval in the USA this Italian-made production went through three American distributors in three years; first Motion Picture Sales Corporation that passed it off to Eagle Lion and finally to Unit1950William DieterleDrama6.7 (299 votes)10620211228
Dark CityGamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.1950William DieterleCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.7 (2.3K votes)9820211228
Paid in FullJane Langley has always done all she can for her selfish sibling Nancy. After both sisters fall in love with handsome Bill Prentice, Jane graciously steps aside. Relationships among all three are further complicated when the now-marr1950William DieterleDrama,Romance6.2 (214 votes)9820211228
September AffairAn industrialist and a pianist who fall in love in postwar Italy are pronounced dead when they miss their flight home, but the former's wife does not give him up.1950William DieterleDrama,Romance6.7 (872 votes)10420211228
Peking ExpressA group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.1951William DieterleAction,Drama,Film-Noir5.8 (105 votes)9520211228
Red MountainIn 1865 Confederate Capt. Sherwood is heading to Colorado where Confederate Gen. Quantrill is stirring up rebellion using various Indian Nations.1951William Dieterle, John FarrowDrama,Western6.1 (528 votes)120220912
Boots MaloneBoots Malone is jockey's agent and a bit of a wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to living in a room at the stables when his star jockey was killed in an accident. After nearly three years, he has yet to find a replaceme1952William DieterleDrama,Sport6.9 (395 votes)10220211228
Turning Point, TheJerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.1952William DieterleCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.7 (997 votes)8520211228
SalomeAfter her banishment from Rome, Jewish Princess Salome returns to her Roman-ruled native land of Galilee, where prophet John the Baptist preaches against Salome's parents, King Herod and Queen Herodias.1953William DieterleDrama,History5.8 (1.9K votes)10320211228
Elephant WalkThe young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.1954William DieterleAdventure,Drama6.3 (2.4K votes)10320211228
Magic FireThe life and career of German composer Richard Wagner.1956William DieterleBiography,Drama,Music6.0 (156 votes)12020211228
Omar KhayyamDuring the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.1957William DieterleAdventure,Biography,Romance5.9 (313 votes)10120211228
DubrovskyNA1959 Drama Not Available
Die FastnachtsbeichteNA1960 Crime,Thriller Not Available
Mistress of the World [Herrin der Welt]Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a continent-wide area. The military applications are already being thought of when Dr. 1960William Dieterle, Richard AngstAdventure,Crime,Sci-Fi5.1 (160 votes)11320211228
Quick, Let's Get Married [The Confession]Ginger Rogers, owner of a bordello, helps thief Ray Milland locate an ancient buried treasure.1964William DieterleComedy,Drama4.0 (132 votes)9620211228
KismetNA1931 Drama Not Available
Die große ReiseNA1961 Drama Not Available
Liebe im SeptemberNA1962 Comedy Not Available
SambaNA1966 Drama Not Available
Gabriel Schillings FluchtNA1962 Drama Not Available
Ich fand Julia HarringtonNA1960 \N Not Available
Das Vergnügen, anständig zu seinNA1962 Crime,Drama Not Available
AntigoneNA1962 Drama Not Available
Die MongolenschlachtNA1966 Drama Not Available
Ein SommernachtstraumNA1965 Comedy,Fantasy Not Available
Ein Engel kommt nach BabylonNA1964 Comedy Not Available
MacbethNA1964 Drama Not Available
Das große VorbildNA1963 Drama Not Available
Spiel um JobNA1961 Drama Not Available
Die KartothekNA1962 \N Not Available