Douglas Sirk Movies

Twelve year old 'Boefje' spends most of his time in the alleys, on rooftops and in the harbor of Rotterdam. A local clergyman takes pity on him and...

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

A bickering husband and wife decide to go to a lawyer to get divorced. When in the office, they present their sides of the same story, of which they...

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

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...

Melodrama written by Douglas Sirk.

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

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

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

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...

Television documentary about German-born American director Douglas Sirk.

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

Portrait of filmmaker 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,...

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

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

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

Adaptation of Molière's comedy "The Imaginary Invalid", about a hypochondriac, his doctor, his daughter and her lover.