Directing

Gottfried Reinhardt

Born March 20, 1913 · Berlin, Germany

Died July 19, 1994 · aged 81

Gottfried Reinhardt was an influential film director and producer who bridged the gap between European and American cinema. Born in Berlin, Germany, Reinhardt was the son of renowned theater director Max Reinhardt. Following his father’s lead, Gottfried began his career in the arts, working in theater before moving to Hollywood in the 1930s to escape the rise of Nazism. Reinhardt started in Holly…

Known For

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage · 1951

The Red Badge of Courage

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.

Betrayed

Betrayed · 1954

MovieDramaRomance

When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.

Command Decision

Command Decision · 1948

Command Decision

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves · 1953

The Story of Three Loves

MovieDramaRomance

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner · 1949

The Great Sinner

MovieDramaRomance

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

I Live My Life

I Live My Life · 1935

MovieComedyDrama

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

Big Jack

Big Jack · 1949

MovieAdventureWestern

Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

Filmography

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That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

Thanks

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage · 1951

The Red Badge of Courage

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.

Producer

Betrayed

Betrayed · 1954

MovieDramaRomance

When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.

Director

Command Decision

Command Decision · 1948

Command Decision

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

Associate Producer

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves · 1953

The Story of Three Loves

MovieDramaRomance

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Director

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner · 1949

The Great Sinner

MovieDramaRomance

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Producer

I Live My Life

I Live My Life · 1935

MovieComedyDrama

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

Story

Big Jack

Big Jack · 1949

MovieAdventureWestern

Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

Producer

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman · 1941

Two-Faced Woman

MovieComedyRomance

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

Producer

Town Without Pity

Town Without Pity · 1961

Town Without Pity

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.

Producer

Invitation

Invitation · 1952

MovieDramaRomance

A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.

Director

The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz · 1938

The Great Waltz

MovieDramaMusic

Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

Story

Young Man with Ideas

Young Man with Ideas · 1952

Young Man with Ideas

MovieComedyDrama

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

Producer

Rebel Flight to Cuba

Rebel Flight to Cuba · 1959

Rebel Flight to Cuba

MovieThrillerAdventure

Peter escapes a firing squad and leaves the island of San Quinto on a commercial flight to Bermuda. The plane is hijacked by a Nazi and San Quinto's Ex-General Cordobas who shoot pilot Pink and damage the landing gear of the plane.

Director

Rage in Heaven

Rage in Heaven · 1941

MovieDramaThriller

A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.

Producer

Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite · 1939

MovieRomanceComedy

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.

Story

Homecoming

Homecoming · 1948

MovieDramaRomance

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. Their initial antagonism blossoms into romance. Lee then finds himself torn with guilt over being unfaithful to his wife, Penny, who's waiting for him back home.

Associate Producer

Comrade X

Comrade X · 1940

MovieComedyRomance

An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

Producer

Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious

Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious · 1965

Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious

A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended.

Director

Before Sundown

Before Sundown · 1956

Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen and young, beautiful Inken Peters.

Director

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt · 1973

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

MovieDocumentary

"The Great Magician" - Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) was an Austrian theater and film director, director, theater producer and theater founder. With his Jedermann production on August 22, 1920, he founded the Salzburg Festival.

Writer

Everyman

Everyman · 1961

Everyman (German: Jedermann) is a 1961 Austrian drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, based on the play written by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Director

Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel · 1959

Based on a book by Vicki Baum, all of the action takes place in one day in a luxury hotel in Berlin. Grusinkaya is a ballerina staying at the hotel, other guests include Baron von Gaigern a sophisticated thief, Otto Klingelein a dying man, Preysing a businessman, and a stenographer. Events intertwine the lives of these strangers, bringing them together for some dramatic moments.

Director

Dornröschen

Dornröschen · 1968

After a long wait, a king and queen have a daughter. As there are not enough golden plates, only twelve wise women can be invited to the christening. The thirteenth is so offended by this that she appears uninvited and wishes the child dead. Fortunately, the twelfth fairy has not yet made her wish and is able to alleviate the curse: Sleeping Beauty then stabs herself with a spindle on her fifteenth birthday and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which a king's son releases her with a kiss.

Scenic Artist