Henry Koster
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-05-01 (83 years old)
Deathday
1988-09-21
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also known As
Hermann Kosterlitz
Henry Koster
Biography
Henry Koster (May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988), born Hermann Kosterlitz, was a German-born film director, who worked in Europe as well as in Hollywood. Although he never won an Oscar, Koster directed six different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. In 1932, Koster directed his first film in Berlin, the comedy Thea Roland. In the midst of directing his second film Das häßliche Mädchen, Jewish Koster had been the subject of antisemitism, and knew he had to leave the country. He left Germany for France, where he was rehired by director Curtis Bernhardt, who had also fled. Eventually Koster went to Budapest, where he met and married Kató K...
Acting
2005
Production
1929
as Writer
1955
as Director
1933
as Screenplay
1952
as Director
1950
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1961
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1941
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1949
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1962
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1953
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1960
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1965
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1955
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1954
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1952
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1939
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1937
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1955
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1938
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1951
as Director
1963
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1936
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1939
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1956
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1951
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1966
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1957
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1947
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1935
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1952
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1958
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1947
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1949
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1950
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1948
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1936
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1934
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1956
as Director
1944
as Director
1951
as Director
1940
as Director
1933
as Writer
1958
as Director
1946
as Director
1935
as Director
1932
as Director
1963
as Director
1931
as Writer
1932
as Story
1939
as Producer
1934
as Screenplay
1934
as Writer
1942
as Director
1937
as Writer
1950
as Director
1967
as Writer
1927
as Screenplay
1927
as Writer
1933
as Screenplay
1933
as Director
1932
as Writer
1938
as Producer
1963
as Producer
1931
as Screenplay
1965
as Producer
1935
as Director
1932
as Writer
1935
as Writer
1942
as Producer
1935
as Writer
1931
as Screenplay
1931
as Screenplay
1926
as Writer
1929
as Screenplay
1927
as Writer
1929
as Writer
1931
as Dialogue
1929
as Screenplay
1932
as Screenplay
1935
as Director
1933
as Writer
1931
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1931
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1927
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1930
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1930
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