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Leopold Lindtberg

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Nationality
  
Austrian

Siblings
  
Hedwig Lemberger

Role
  
Film director

Name
  
Leopold Lindtberg

Years active
  
1941-1982


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Born
  
June 1, 1902 (
1902-06-01
)
Vienna, Austria

Died
  
April 18, 1984, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Switzerland

Spouse
  
Valeska Hirsch (m. 1941–1984)

Children
  
Bettina Lindtberg, Susanna Lindtberg

Movies
  
The Last Chance, Marie‑Louise, Four in a Jeep, Swiss Tour, Fusilier Wipf

Similar People
  
Richard Schweizer, Heinrich Gretler, Anne‑Marie Blanc, Franz Schnyder, Lazar Wechsler

The Last Chance / Léopold Lindtberg


Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland.

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His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer.

«Marie-Louise»


Awards

  • 1941 Coppa Mussolini for "Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe" (The abused love letters)
  • 1946 Golden Globe for "The Last Chance"
  • 1946 International Film Festival of Cannes 1946: Grand Prix and International Peace Prize for "The Last Chance"
  • 1951 Golden Bear at the Berlinale 1951 for "Four in a Jeep"
  • 1953 Bronze Bear for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village) at the Berlinale 1953
  • 1953 Silver laurel of David O. Selznick Award for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village)
  • 1956 Josef Kainz Medal
  • 1958 Member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts
  • 1958 Price of Zurich for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village)
  • 1959 Film of the City of Zurich for "Vorposten der Menschheit" (Outpost of Humanity)
  • 1959 appointed professor by the President of the Republic of Austria
  • 1961 Golden Needle of the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1969 Hans Reinhart Ring
  • 1974 Honorary Member of the Burgtheater
  • 1976 Nestroy Ring
  • 1982 Raymond Ring

    • Selected filmography

  • 1932 Wenn zwei sich streiten
  • 1935 Jä-soo
  • 1938 Füsilier Wipf
  • 1939 Constable Studer
  • 1940 Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe
  • 1941 Landammann Stauffacher
  • 1944 Marie-Louise
  • 1945 Die letzte Chance
  • 1947 Madness Rules
  • 1949 Swiss Tour (Ein Seemann ist kein Schneemann)
  • 1951 Four in a Jeep
  • 1953 The Village

    • References

    Leopold Lindtberg Wikipedia
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