About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1903-01-30
Place of birth:
Zaribrod, Bulgaria (today Dimitrovgrad, Serbia)
Website:
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Slatan Dudow

Overview

Slatan Dudow was a Bulgarian born film director, who worked in Weimar Germany and later East Germany. Influenced by revolutionary ideas, Dudow moved to Berlin in 1922. He gave up his plan to study architecture and studied theater from 1925 to 1926. He worked with Leopold Jessner and Juergen Fehling and was a chorus member under Erwin Piscator. But it was a trip to Moscow, where he met Majakowski and Eisenstein, that proved to be the most influential for his career. After his return from Moscow, Dudow directed Brecht's theater piece Die Massnahme, while beginning his film career. He was commissioned to produce the film Wie der Berliner Arbeiter wohnt (1929) as part of the documentary series Wie lebt der Berliner Arbeiter? To Whom Does the World Belong? (1932) was originally banned because it was perceived as an insult to the Weimar Republic's president, judiciary, and religion. Dudow was arrested several times by the Nazis after 1933; he was imprisoned in 1939, but soon escaped to France and then Switzerland. In 1946, he returned to Berlin and worked as a director at the DEFA studios.

Known for

Directing
1963 Christine Directing Director N/A
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1959 Verwirrung der Liebe Directing Director 58
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1956 Der Hauptmann von Köln Directing Director 59
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1954 Stronger Than the Night Directing Director N/A
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1952 Destinies of Women Directing Director 58
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1950 The Benthin Family Directing Director 59
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1949 Our Daily Bread Directing Director 58
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1935 Soap Bubbles Directing Director N/A
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1932 Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? Directing Director 59
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1930 How the Berlin Worker Lives Directing Director 58
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1930 Rot Sport marschiert Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1930 Sprengt die Ketten! Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1927 Metropolis Directing Assistant Director 77
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Writing
1963 Christine Writing Writer N/A
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1959 Verwirrung der Liebe Writing Writer 58
Average
1956 Der Hauptmann von Köln Writing Writer 59
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1952 Destinies of Women Writing Writer 58
Average
1950 The Benthin Family Writing Writer 59
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1950 Immer bereit Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Our Daily Bread Writing Writer 58
Average
1935 Soap Bubbles Writing Writer N/A
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Editing
1935 Soap Bubbles Editing Editor N/A
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