Leopold Lindtberg
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Leopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 due to the Machtergreifung
Machtergreifung
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 in Germany
Germany
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 and ultimately settled in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer
Felix Salzer
Felix Salzer was an Austrian-American music theorist, musicologist and pedagogue. He was one of the principal followers of Heinrich Schenker, and did much to refine and explain Schenkerian analysis after Schenker's death....

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Awards

  • 1953 3rd Berlin International Film Festival
    3rd Berlin International Film Festival
    The 3rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 18 to June 28, 1953.-Films in competition:* Sie fanden eine Heimat by Leopold Lindtberg* Entotsu no mieru basho by Heinosuke Gosho...

     - Bronze Berlin Bear
    Bear
    Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...

  • 1969 Hans-Reinhart-Ring
    Hans-Reinhart-Ring
    The Hans-Reinhart-Ring is a prestigious Swiss award in theatre....


Selected filmography

  • 1932 Wenn zwei sich streiten
  • 1935 Jä-soo
  • 1938Gsilier Wipf
  • 1940 Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe
  • 1941 Landamann Stauffacher
  • 1944 Marie-Louise
    Marie-Louise (film)
    Marie-Louise is a 1944 German-language Swiss film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and an uncredited Franz Schnyder. It was the first ever foreign language film to win an Academy Award ....

  • 1945 Die letzte Chance
    The Last Chance
    The Last Chance is a 1945 Swiss war film directed by Leopold Lindtberg. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize of the Festival .-Cast:* Ewart G...

  • 1947 Matto regiert
  • 1948 Die Gezeichneten (The Search)
  • 1949 Swiss Tour (Ein Seemann ist kein Schneemann)
  • 1951 Four in a Jeep
    Four in a Jeep
    Four in a Jeep is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* Ralph Meeker - Sergeant William Long* Viveca Lindfors - Franziska Idinger* Yossi Yadin - Sergeant Vassilij Voroshenko...

  • 1953 The Village
    The Village (1953 film)
    The Village is a 1953 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* John Justin - Alan Manning* Eva Dahlbeck - Wanda Piwonska* Sigfrit Steiner - Heinrich Meile* Mary Hinton - Miss Worthington* W. Woytecki - Dr. Stefan Zielinski...


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