FILM DIRECTOR

Curtis Bernhardt

1899 - 1981

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Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curtis Bernhardt has received more than 79,441 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Curtis Bernhardt is the 1,078th most popular film director (down from 960th in 2019), the 4,681st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,062nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Film Director.

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  • 47.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Curtis Bernhardt ranks 1,078 out of 2,041. Before him are Franz Antel, Herbert Selpin, Zbigniew Rybczyński, José Luis Garci, Fran Walsh, and Byron Haskin. After him are Noémie Lvovsky, Roger Planchon, Raymond Depardon, Rupert Julian, Helma Sanders-Brahms, and Ferenc Kósa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Curtis Bernhardt ranks 233. Before him are György Piller, Indra Devi, Willem Jacob Luyten, John Christie, Chief Dan George, and Byron Haskin. After him are Frances Yates, Harald Tammer, Yervand Kochar, Charlotte Auerbach, James Smith McDonnell, and Pat O'Brien. Among people deceased in 1981, Curtis Bernhardt ranks 192. Before him are Esteban Canal, Julio Quintana, Bob Hite, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Mary Lou Williams, and Chief Dan George. After him are Richard Boone, Paul Mattick, Tadeusz Baird, Álvaro Cunqueiro, José María Minella, and Frances Yates.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Curtis Bernhardt ranks 4,681 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Reinhold Mack (1901), Hans-Jürgen Dörner (1951), Fritz Schwab (1919), Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768), and Rudolf Wagner (1805). After him are Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1774), Frank Mill (1958), Benedikt Höwedes (1988), Otto Rühle (1874), Ingrid Auerswald (1957), and Friedrich L. Bauer (1924).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Curtis Bernhardt ranks 54. Before him are Kurt Maetzig (1911), Helmut Dietl (1944), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), Peter Fleischmann (1937), Frank Beyer (1932), and Herbert Selpin (1904). After him are Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Erik Ode (1910), E. A. Dupont (1891), Georg Jacoby (1882), Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), and Curt Goetz (1888).

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Filmography

Possessed
Director
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
May 29th 19476.9 / 10
Conflict
Director
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
Jun 15th 19456.5 / 10
A Stolen Life
Director
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
May 1st 19466.4 / 10