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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. Man by the Roadside

    1923

    Drama

    61

  2. Scarlet Dawn

    1932 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, History, Romance

    62

  3. Blockade

    1938 · ★ 5.8 (14 votes)

    War, Drama

    63

  4. Silence of the Forest

    1929 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    64

  5. This Love of Ours

    1945 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Drama

    65

  6. Ich lebe für Dich

    1929

    Drama

    66

  7. Carnival Confession

    1960

    Crime, Drama

    67

  8. The Crash

    1932 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Drama

    68

  9. The Searching Wind

    1946

    Drama, War

    69

  10. Behind the Altar

    1927

    Drama

    70

  11. From Headquarters

    1933 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Crime

    71

  12. Adorable

    1933 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    72

  13. Magic Fire

    1955 · ★ 4.9 (7 votes)

    Drama, Romance, History

    73

  14. Grand Slam

    1933 · ★ 4.0 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    74

  15. The Costume Falls

    1931

    75

  16. One Against Many

    1956

    76

  17. Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint

    1929

    Drama, Romance

    77

  18. The dance goes on

    1930

    78

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.