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William Dieterle

Director · 132 credits · 35 in highly-rated films

Best known for Faust (1926)

Frequent collaborators: Hermann Picha, Frida Richard, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Margarete Kupfer, Julius Brandt

Directed movies (78 total, ranked by score)

  1. A Dispatch from Reuters

    1940 · ★ 6.3 (17 votes)

    Drama, History

    31

  2. Syncopation

    1942 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)

    Music, Romance, Drama

    32

  3. Omar Khayyam

    1957 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Adventure, Romance

    33

  4. Die große Reise

    1961

    Drama

    34

  5. Elephant Walk

    1954 · ★ 5.9 (41 votes)

    Romance, Adventure, Drama

    35

  6. Dubrovsky

    1959 · ★ 4.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    36

  7. The Turning Point

    1952 · ★ 6.3 (34 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    37

  8. Madame du Barry

    1934 · ★ 4.8 (5 votes)

    Drama

    38

  9. The Accused

    1949 · ★ 6.2 (25 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    39

  10. Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein

    1962

    Drama

    40

  11. Rope of Sand

    1949 · ★ 5.6 (32 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Thriller

    41

  12. Quick, Let's Get Married

    1964 · ★ 2.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    42

  13. Volcano

    1950 · ★ 5.7 (13 votes)

    Drama

    43

  14. Sex in Chains

    1928 · ★ 5.4 (10 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    44

  15. Another Dawn

    1937 · ★ 6.2 (8 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Romance

    45

  16. Satan Met a Lady

    1936 · ★ 5.8 (34 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Crime

    46

  17. Lawyer Man

    1932 · ★ 6.1 (13 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    47

  18. Salome

    1953 · ★ 5.9 (48 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    48

  19. Kismet

    1931

    Romance, Drama, Adventure

    49

  20. Tennessee Johnson

    1942 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    History, Drama

    50

  21. The Saint and Her Fool

    1928

    Romance, Drama

    51

  22. Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

    1930 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    History, Drama

    52

  23. Ein Sommernachtstraum

    1968 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    53

  24. Gabriel Schillings Flucht

    1962

    Drama

    54

  25. The Devil's in Love

    1933 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Thriller

    55

  26. The Brandenburg Arch

    1929 · ★ 4.5 (1 votes)

    Drama

    56

  27. Man Wanted

    1932 · ★ 5.5 (13 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Drama

    57

  28. One Hour of Happiness

    1931 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    58

  29. Kismet

    1944 · ★ 5.3 (17 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

    59

  30. The Holy Flames

    1931 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.