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William Dieterle

William Dieterle was a German-American film director, actor and screenwriter. He immigrated to the United States in 1923 and went on to direct over 50 films in Hollywood, including The Life of Emile Zola, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director in 1938.

Titles credited to William Dieterle

Faust

Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1926 IMDB Rating: 8.1

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

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Waxworks

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1924 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fanta...

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