Curtis Bernhardt (April 15, 1899 - February 22, 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed (1947). Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1926. Other films include A Stolen Life (1946) starring Bette Davis and Sirocco (1951) starring Humphrey Bogart.

Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. Bernhardt produced and directed his last Hollywood picture Kisses for My President (1964) about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray.

Filmography

• Conflict (1945)
• Devotion (1946)
• A Stolen Life (1946)
• High Wall (1947)
• Possessed (1947)
• Sirocco (1951)
• Payment on Demand (1951)
• The Blue Veil (1951)
• Sirocco (1951)
• The Merry Widow (1952)
• Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
• Beau Brummell (1954)
• Interrupted Melody (1955)
• Gaby (1956)

External links

• Curtis Bernhardt at IMDB
• Find-A-Grave profile for Curtis Bernhardt