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Paul L. Stein(1892-1951)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Paul L. Stein was born on 4 February 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for April Blossoms (1934), Das Martyrium (1920) and Tagebuch meiner Frau (1920). He was married to Olga Schroeder Devrient. He died on 2 May 1951 in London, England, UK.
BornFebruary 4, 1892
DiedMay 2, 1951(59)
BornFebruary 4, 1892
DiedMay 2, 1951(59)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

April Blossoms (1934)
April Blossoms
6.2
  • Director
  • 1934
Pola Negri in Das Martyrium (1920)
Das Martyrium
  • Director
  • 1920
Tagebuch meiner Frau
  • Director(as Paul Ludwig Stein)
  • 1920
Gewalt gegen Recht
  • Director(as Paul Ludwig Stein)
  • 1920

Credits

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Director



  • Rona Anderson and Robert Beatty in The 20 Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
    The 20 Questions Murder Mystery
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Counterblast (1948)
    Counterblast
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1948
  • The Laughing Lady (1946)
    The Laughing Lady
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1946
  • The Lisbon Story (1946)
    The Lisbon Story
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Waltz Time (1945)
    Waltz Time
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
    Kiss the Bride Goodbye
    5.3
    • Director (as Paul Stein)
    • 1945
  • Grey Blake, Lesley Brook, Mervyn Johns, Marie Lohr, Basil Radford, and Paul L. Stein in Twilight Hour (1944)
    Twilight Hour
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
    Talk About Jacqueline
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1942
  • The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)
    The Saint Meets the Tiger
    5.7
    • Director (as Paul Stein)
    • 1941
  • It Happened to One Man
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Robert Newton and Flora Robson in Poison Pen (1939)
    Poison Pen
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1939
  • George Sanders and Mary Maguire in The Outsider (1939)
    The Outsider
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Joan Marion and Raymond Massey in Footsteps in the Sand (1939)
    Footsteps in the Sand
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Jane Steps Out (1938)
    Jane Steps Out
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Just Like a Woman (1938)
    Just Like a Woman
    • Director
    • 1938

Writer



  • Jean Simmons and David Farrar in Cage of Gold (1950)
    Cage of Gold
    6.4
    • from an original story by
    • 1950
  • Das Opfer der Ellen Larsen
    • Writer
    • 1921
  • Pola Negri in Das Martyrium (1920)
    Das Martyrium
    • Writer (as Paul Ludwig Stein)
    • 1920
  • Seine Durchlaucht der Landstreicher
    • writer
    • 1919

Actor



  • In Sachen Herder contra Brandt
    Short
    • (as Ludwig Stein)
    • 1939
  • Das kommt davon
    Short
    • 1919
  • Sugar and Spice
    6.3
    Short
    • 1915

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Ludwig Stein
  • Height
    • 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
  • Born
    • February 4, 1892
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
  • Died
    • May 2, 1951
    • London, England, UK(coronary thrombosis)
  • Spouse
    • Olga Schroeder Devrient
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Austrian-born director, a former stage actor, prolific in German silent cinema during the 1920s with UFA. After a brief spell in Hollywood directing "women's pictures", he started working in Britain (for British International Pictures) from 1931. He became a British citizen in 1938. His films ranged from operettas and light romantic comedies to crime thrillers.

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