Willi Forst(1903-1980)

Actor
Director
Writer

Willi Forst was born on 7 April 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Bel Ami (1939), Operette (1940) and Vienna Blood (1942). He was married to Melanie Nakladal. He died on 11 August 1980 in Vienna, Austria.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Photos28

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Known for

Bel Ami

6.8

George Duroy
Bel Ami

1939

Operette

7.6

Franz Jauner

1940

Vienna Blood

6.8

Director

1942

Masquerade in Vienna

7.6

Director

1934

Credits

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Actor

Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe
5.0
- Alexander von Barender
- 1955
Weg in die Vergangenheit
6.6
- Clemens Monti
- 1954
Bei Dir war es immer so schön
5.9
- Filmregisseur
- 1954
Miracles Still Happen
6.8
- Bobby Sanders
- 1951
Young Girls of Vienna
7.0
- Carl Michael Ziehrer
- 1949
Ein Blick zurück
8.2
- Kurzauftritt (uncredited)
- 1944
Operette
7.6
- Franz Jauner
- 1940
I Am Sebastian Ott
6.8
- Sebastian Ott
- Ludwig Ott
- 1939
Bel Ami
6.8
- George Duroy
- Bel Ami
- 1939
Mazurka
7.2
- Extra (as Willy Forst)
- 1935
Königswalzer
6.8
- Graf Ferdinand von Tettenbach, sein Neffe
- 1935
So endete eine Liebe
6.9
- Franz, Duke of Modena (as Willy Forst)
- 1934
Ich kenn' dich nicht und liebe dich
7.1
- Robert Ottmar
- 1934
Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin
- Dr. André Lenz
- 1933
The Burning Secret
6.5
- Herr von Haller, Rennfahrer
- 1933

Director

Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
5.2
- Director
- 1957
Die unentschuldigte Stunde
6.1
- Director
- 1957
Kaiserjäger
5.8
- Director
- 1956
The Three from the Filling Station
5.9
- Director (as Willy Forst)
- 1956
Cabaret
6.0
- Director
- 1954
Im Weissen Rössl
6.0
- Director
- 1952
Miracles Still Happen
6.8
- Director
- 1951
The Sinner
6.8
- Director
- 1951
Young Girls of Vienna
7.0
- Director
- 1949
Frauen sind keine Engel
6.9
- Director
- 1943
Vienna Blood
6.8
- Director
- 1942
Operette
7.6
- Director
- 1940
I Am Sebastian Ott
6.8
- Director
- 1939
Bel Ami
6.8
- Director
- 1939
Serenade
7.6
- Director
- 1937

Writer

Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
5.2
- Writer
- 1957
Die unentschuldigte Stunde
6.1
- screenplay
- 1957
Cabaret
6.0
- Writer
- 1954
Alle kann ich nicht heiraten
4.9
- idea
- 1952
Miracles Still Happen
6.8
- Writer
- 1951
The Sinner
6.8
- idea
- screenplay
- 1951
Young Girls of Vienna
7.0
- writer
- 1949
Yuvami Yikamazsin
- screenplay "Mazurka"
- 1947
Vienna Blood
6.8
- Writer
- 1942
Operette
7.6
- Writer
- 1940
Bel Ami
6.8
- writer
- 1939
Serenade
7.6
- Writer
- 1937
Love in Stunt Flying
6.7
- Writer
- 1937
Burg Theatre
6.9
- Writer
- 1936
Allotria
6.9
- Writer (as W. Forst)
- 1936

Personal details

Alternative names
- W. Forst
Born
- April 7, 1903
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died
- August 11, 1980
- Vienna, Austria(complications following surgery)
Spouse
- Melanie Nakladal1934 - September 18, 1973 (her death)
Parents
Relatives
- Barbara Langbein(Niece or Nephew)
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

Trivia
Twice caused controversy: the first time by arousing the ire of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels through his refusal to appear in the stridently anti-Semitic film Jud Süß (1940), the second time by angering conservative civic groups with a nude long shot of Hildegard Knef in The Sinner (1951).

Quotes
[on his involvement during WW II in making films under the control of the Nazi regime] I never wasted much thought on the kind of films I was making. They came about by themselves, born of my relief at no longer having to "reproduce," and of the growing pressure exerted by the Nazis. My native country [Austria] was occupied by the National Socialists, and my work became a silent protest. Grotesque though it may sound, it is true that I made my most Austrian films at a time when Austria had ceased to exist.