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In Memoriam · 1893 – 1966
Erwin Piscator

Person · Director

Erwin Piscator

Born
1893
Died
1966
From
Ulm, Greifenstein, Hesse, Germany·Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany
  • Also:
  • Writer
6
Credits on file
11
Decades active
1
Awards

In short · Directed for 11 decades — 6 credits, 1 Goethe Plakette Des Landes Hessen win.

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Biography

Erwin Piscator was born on 17 December 1893 in Ulm, Greifenstein, Hesse, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for *In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer* (1964), *Vosstaniye rybakov* (1934), and *Hoppla, wir leben!* (1927). He was married to Maria Ley and Hildegard Jurczyk. He died on 30 March 1966 in Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany.

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Spouse
Maria Ley

Filmography · 6 of 6

Director

2 credits

Editor

1 credit

Other crew

3 credits

Awards & Nominations

1 win

Goethe Plakette Des Landes Hessen

  • Won1953Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen

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