Douglas Sirk Movies

Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert)....

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner...

Encouraged by Fassbinder, with whom he became friendly after the then-enfant terrible of the German cinema visited him in Lugano, Sirk also did some...

A farm boy betrothed to a socialite falls in love with his maid - an impoverished girl from the marsh.

A small-scale, bare room situation involving a Man and a Woman who are bound together in an endless cycle by their hopeless poverty. Major...

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

This 82-minute 1991 documentary by Eckhart Schmidt features a 1980 interview with Douglas Sirk in which he reflects on his career.

The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews...

An investigative portrait of the master of cinematic melodrama, Douglas Sirk. His life was the ultimate melodrama, from which all his films were...

Television documentary about German-born American director Douglas Sirk.

A man comes back from America after years to find his reputation ruined.

An early short film by Douglas Sirk (Detlef Sierck) which takes a satirical look at dubious business practices during the Weimar Republic. It was...

Melodrama written by Douglas Sirk.

Portrait of filmmaker Douglas Sirk.

Douglas Sirk talks about his 1937 film 'Zu neuen Ufern'

Short romantic comedy directed by Douglas Sirk.

This documentary brings together a collection of remarkable interview footage with Douglas Sirk filmed in 1982 for the French TV show 'Cinéma...

Douglas speaks about some of the stars he has directed like Asta Nielsen, Lili Dagover, Zarah Leander, George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Barbara Stanwyck,...

When Mister Vlasman gets promoted from baking bread to making macaroni, he and his wife want to enter high society. They could not be happier when a...