Willi Forst
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Willi Forst | |
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Born | Wilhelm Anton Frohs 7 April 1903 |
Died | 11 August 1980 | (aged 77)
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an
Biography
His first major role was opposite
Following the annexation of Austria in 1938, he was much courted by the
He had comparatively little success after the war except for the film
Forst is today considered one of Europe's important early sound directors. After the death of his wife in 1973, he lived a reclusive life in the Swiss canton of Ticino. He died of cancer in Vienna in 1980 and is buried in Neustift am Walde.
Filmography
Actor
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
- Oh, Dear Augustine (1922)
- Der verwechselte Filmstar (1922)
- Lieb' mich und die Welt ist mein (1923)
- The Eleven Devils (1927)
- Café Elektric (1927)
- Die drei Niemandskinder (1927)
- Love on Skis(1928)
- A Better Master (1928)
- Ein Tag Film (1928)
- Folly of Love (1928)
- The Blue Mouse (1928)
- German Wine (1928)
- The Convict from Istanbul (1929)
- The Happy Vagabonds (1929)
- Miss Midshipman (1929)
- Atlantik (1929, his first sound film)
- The Woman Everyone Loves Is You (1929)
- The White Roses of Ravensberg (1929)
- Katharina Knie (1929)
- Dangers of the Engagement Period (1930)
- The Song Is Ended (1930)
- A Gentleman for Hire (1930)
- A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
- Ein Tango für Dich(1930)
- Petit officier… Adieu! (1930)
- Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930)
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
- The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
- The Prince of Arcadia (1932)
- A Blonde Dream (1932)
- You Don't Forget Such a Girl (1932)
- Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
- Her Highness the Saleswoman (1933)
- The Burning Secret (1933)
- So Ended a Great Love (1934)
- The Royal Waltz (1935)
- I Am Sebastian Ott (1939)
- Bel Ami (1939)
- Operetta (1940)
- Viennese Girls (1945)
- Miracles Still Happen (1951)
- Walking Back into the Past (1954)
- Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe (1955)
Director
- Gently My Songs Entreat (Austria/Germany, 1933)
- Maskerade (Austria, 1934)
- Unfinished Symphony (UK/Austria, 1934)
- Mazurka (1935)
- Tomfoolery (1936)
- Court Theatre (Austria, 1936)
- Serenade (1937)
- I Am Sebastian Ott (1939)
- Bel Ami (1939)
- Operetta (1940)
- Vienna Blood (1942)
- Women Are No Angels (1943)
- Viennese Girls (1945)
- The Sinner (1951)
- Miracles Still Happen (1951)
- The White Horse Inn (1952)
- Cabaret (1954)
- The Three from the Filling Station (1955)
- Kaiserjäger (1956)
- The Unexcused Hour (1957)
- Vienna, City of My Dreams (1957)
Screenwriter only
- Capers (1937)
Awards
- 1968 Bundesfilmpreis(Filmband in Gold) for his life's work
Sources
- ^ "Willi Forst". BFI. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016.
- Kirsten Burghardt, Werk, Skandal, Exempel. Munich 1996 (deals with Forst's film "Die Sünderin") ISBN 3-926372-61-3
- Robert Dachs, Willi Forst. Eine Biographie. Vienna 1986. ISBN 3-218-00437-3
- Armin Loacker (ed.), Willi Forst - Ein Filmstil aus Wien. 2003. ISBN 9783901932243