Frank Wisbar
Born: 1899-12-09 in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]
Died: 1967-03-17
Known For: Directing
Biography
Frank Wisbar, born Franz Wysbar, was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 30 feature films and tv-productions between 1932 and 1967 in Germany and the United States. Frank Wisbar is probably best known for "Anna und Elisabeth" (1933) and "Die Unbekannte" (1936). Two great examples of densified and high-strung relationships in unusual contexts. He also produced the cult classic "Mädchen in Uniform" (1931).
Filmography
1967
- Flucht über die Ostsee ... (Director)
1966
- S.O.S. - Morro Castle ... (Director)
1965
- Das Feuerzeichen ... (Director)
- Onkel Phils Nachlaß ... (Director)
- Willkommen in Altamont ... (Director)
1963
- The Breakthrough ... (Director)
1962
- Commando ... (Director)
1961
- Barbara - Wild wie das Meer ... (Director)
1960
- Fabrik der Offiziere ... (Director)
- Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen ... (Director)
1959
- Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? ... (Director)
1958
- Wet Asphalt ... (Director)
1957
- Sharks and Little Fish ... (Director)
1953
- General Electric Theater ... (Director)
1949
- Fireside Theater as Host
- Rimfire ... (Screenplay)
1948
- Madonna of the Desert ... (Story)
- The Mozart Story ... (Director)
1947
- The Prairie ... (Director)
- Lighthouse ... (Director)
1946
- Strangler of the Swamp ... (Story)
- Devil Bat's Daughter ... (Director)
1945
- Secrets of a Sorority Girl ... (Director)
1943
- Women in Bondage ... (Story)
1939
- The Tell-Tale Heart ... (Director)
1938
- Petermann ist dagegen ... (Director)
1937
- Ball at the Metropol ... (Director)
1936
- The Unknown ... (Screenplay)
- Ferryman Maria ... (Director)
1935
- The Grey Pikes Wharf ... (Director)
- Hermine and the Seven Upright Men ... (Director)
1934
- Rivalen der Luft ... (Director)
1933
- Anna and Elizabeth ... (Director)
1932
- Spell of the Looking Glass ... (Director)
1931
- Mädchen in Uniform ... (Production Supervisor)