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Charles Klein(1898-1981)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Charles Klein was born on 28 January 1898 in Andernach, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Sin Sister (1929), The Telltale Heart (1928) and Blindfold (1928). He died in February 1981.
BornJanuary 28, 1898
DiedFebruary 1981
BornJanuary 28, 1898
DiedFebruary 1981
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Known for

Nancy Carroll in The Sin Sister (1929)
The Sin Sister
5.8
  • Director
  • 1929
Charles Darvas, William Herford, and Otto Matieson in The Telltale Heart (1928)
The Telltale Heart
6.9
Short
  • Director(as Charles F. Klein)
  • 1928
Maria Alba, Fritz Feld, Earle Foxe, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Lois Moran, George O'Brien, and Don Terry in Blindfold (1928)
Blindfold
  • Director
  • 1928
Marguerite Churchill and Kenneth MacKenna in Pleasure Crazed (1929)
Pleasure Crazed
  • Director
  • 1929

Credits

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Director

  • Ihr Privatsekretär (1940)
    Ihr Privatsekretär
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Die Holzauktion
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Psst, ich bin Tante Emma
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Steckbrief 606
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Bluff
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Margit Symo in Gypsy Blood (1934)
    Gypsy Blood
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Marguerite Churchill and Kenneth MacKenna in Pleasure Crazed (1929)
    Pleasure Crazed
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Nancy Carroll in The Sin Sister (1929)
    The Sin Sister
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Charles Darvas, William Herford, and Otto Matieson in The Telltale Heart (1928)
    The Telltale Heart
    6.9
    Short
    • Director (as Charles F. Klein)
    • 1928
  • Maria Alba, Fritz Feld, Earle Foxe, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Lois Moran, George O'Brien, and Don Terry in Blindfold (1928)
    Blindfold
    • Director
    • 1928

Writer

  • Sybille Schmitz, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Mária Tasnádi Fekete in Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939)
    Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit
    7.1
    • writer
    • 1939
  • Dorothea Wieck in Der vierte kommt nicht (1939)
    Der vierte kommt nicht
    8.1
    • writer
    • 1939
  • René Deltgen, Berta Drews, Fritz Kampers, Rolf Möbius, Karl Ritter, and Ingeborg Theek in Furlough on Parole (1938)
    Furlough on Parole
    5.9
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1938
  • Steckbrief 606
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Bluff
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Seine beste Erfindung
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Charles Darvas, William Herford, and Otto Matieson in The Telltale Heart (1928)
    The Telltale Heart
    6.9
    Short
    • writer
    • 1928

Producer

  • Nancy Carroll in The Sin Sister (1929)
    The Sin Sister
    5.8
    • producer
    • 1929

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Charles F. Klein
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • January 28, 1898
    • Andernach, Germany
  • Died
    • February 1981
  • Spouse
    • ?(divorced)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of playwright Philip Klein.

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