FILM DIRECTOR

Ludwig Berger

1892 - 1969

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Ludwig Berger (born Ludwig Bamberger; 6 January 1892 – 18 May 1969) was a German-Jewish film director, screenwriter and theatre director. He directed more than 30 films between 1920 and 1969. Berger began working in the German film industry during the Weimar Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Berger has received more than 4,348 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ludwig Berger is the 924th most popular film director (down from 860th in 2019), the 4,288th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,837th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Film Director.

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Over the past year Ludwig Berger has had the most page views in the with 2,938 views, followed by French (1,023), and Russian (983). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Volapük (969.57%), Catalan (382.76%), and Afrikaans (67.92%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ludwig Berger ranks 924 out of 2,041. Before him are Tay Garnett, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Philippe Rousselot, Christophe Gans, Francesco Maselli, and Lucian Pintilie. After him are Kote Marjanishvili, Stephen Gyllenhaal, John Lee Hancock, Álex de la Iglesia, Oldřich Lipský, and Ralph Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ludwig Berger ranks 203. Before him are Stanisław Ostrowski, P. C. Chang, Dorothy Garrod, Peter Romanovsky, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, and Mykola Kulish. After him are Lauge Koch, Eddie Cantor, Noël Roquevert, Emma Tillman, Mykhaylo Semenko, and Gaetano Belloni. Among people deceased in 1969, Ludwig Berger ranks 163. Before him are Fred Alexander, Albert Hill, Georges Ronsse, Gisela Arendt, Marek Hłasko, and Zeki Rıza Sporel. After him are Margarita Xirgu, René Guillot, José Piendibene, Miles Dempsey, Frederick Lane, and Mildred Davis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Berger ranks 4,288 out of 7,253. Before him are Ute Lemper (1963), Franz Babinger (1891), Friedrich, Prince of Wied (1872), Jean Gilbert (1879), Paul Janes (1912), and Eberhard Weber (1940). After him are Theo Waigel (1939), Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), Oliver Masucci (1968), Albrecht von Graefe (1828), Kornelia Ender (1958), and Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Ludwig Berger ranks 46. Before him are Michael Verhoeven (1938), Uwe Boll (1965), Edgar Reitz (1932), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Percy Adlon (1935), and Wolfgang Staudte (1906). After him are Helmut Käutner (1908), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Helmut Dietl (1944), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), Peter Fleischmann (1937), and Frank Beyer (1932).

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Filmography

The Thief of Bagdad
Director
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Dec 25o 19407.1 / 10
I by Day, You by Night
Director
A nightclub waiter and a manicurist share the same room, he sleeps there by night and she by day. They've never meet , but they can't stand each other. Then they meet by chance, not knowing who's who and fall in love.
Nov 29o 19326.4 / 10
The Lost Shoe
Director
One of the first movies made about the fairy tale Cinderella. The film is part of the current German expressionism. Because of that the film ends up being darker than the fairy tale itself.
Dec 5o 19235.286 / 10