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Frank Wisbar(1899-1967)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Frank Wisbar was born on 9 December 1899 in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and producer, known for Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959), Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935) and Fährmann Maria (1936). He died on 17 March 1967 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
BornDecember 9, 1899
DiedMarch 17, 1967(67)
BornDecember 9, 1899
DiedMarch 17, 1967(67)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
7.2
  • Director
  • 1959
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935)
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten
5.5
  • Director(as Frank Wysbar)
  • 1935
Fährmann Maria (1936)
Fährmann Maria
6.9
  • Director(as Frank Wysbar)
  • 1936
Durchbruch Lok 234 (1963)
Durchbruch Lok 234
7.2
  • Director
  • 1963

Credits

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Director

  • Flucht über die Ostsee
    9.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1967
  • S.O.S. - Morro Castle
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Onkel Phils Nachlaß
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Willkommen in Altamont
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Das Feuerzeichen
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Lautlose Jagd (1965)
    Lautlose Jagd
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Durchbruch Lok 234 (1963)
    Durchbruch Lok 234
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Stewart Granger in Commando (1962)
    Commando
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Barbara - Wild wie das Meer (1961)
    Barbara - Wild wie das Meer
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Fabrik der Offiziere (1960)
    Fabrik der Offiziere
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen (1960)
    Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
    Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Wet Asphalt (1958)
    Wet Asphalt
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Haie und kleine Fische (1957)
    Haie und kleine Fische
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1950–1955

Producer

  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    7.5
    TV Series
    • producer
    • executive producer
    • 1949–1955
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    6.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954
  • Michael Hale, John James, Rosemary La Planche, and Molly Lamont in Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
    Devil Bat's Daughter
    4.5
    • producer
    • 1946
  • Hertha Thiele and Dorothea Wieck in Anna and Elizabeth (1933)
    Anna and Elizabeth
    7.0
    • producer (as Frank Wysbar)
    • 1933

Writer

  • Ping Pong
    8.5
    • idea
    • 1968
  • Johannes durch den Wald
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1968
  • Flucht über die Ostsee
    9.5
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Stewart Granger in Commando (1962)
    Commando
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Fabrik der Offiziere (1960)
    Fabrik der Offiziere
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen (1960)
    Nacht fiel über Gotenhafen
    6.7
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
    Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
    7.2
    • writer
    • 1959
  • Wet Asphalt (1958)
    Wet Asphalt
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1958
  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    7.5
    TV Series
    • story and teleplay
    • original story
    • teleplay
    • 1950–1953
  • Rimfire (1949)
    Rimfire
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • original story
    • 1949
  • Sheldon Leonard and Lynne Roberts in Madonna of the Desert (1948)
    Madonna of the Desert
    6.4
    • story
    • 1948
  • Rosemary La Planche and Charles Middleton in Strangler of the Swamp (1945)
    Strangler of the Swamp
    6.0
    • original story by
    • screenplay by
    • 1945
  • Felix Basch, Alan Baxter, Tala Birell, William Henry, Nancy Kelly, Gertrude Michael, Gail Patrick, Rita Quigley, H.B. Warner, and Maris Wrixon in Women in Bondage (1943)
    Women in Bondage
    5.9
    • original story (as Frank Bentick Wisbar)
    • 1943
  • Petermann ist dagegen (1938)
    Petermann ist dagegen
    2.3
    • book (as Frank Wysbar)
    • 1938
  • Ball im Metropol (1937)
    Ball im Metropol
    7.4
    • screenplay (as Frank Wysbar)
    • 1937

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Frank Bentick Wisbar
  • Born
    • December 9, 1899
    • Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]
  • Died
    • March 17, 1967
    • Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1960

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