Henry Koster

ActorWriterDirectorProducer May 1 (died age 83) Berlin, Germany 1926–2005 (79 year career)

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Biography

Henry Koster (May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988), born Hermann Kosterlitz, was a German-born film director, who worked in Europe as well as in Hollywood. Although he never won an Oscar, Koster directed six different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. In 1932, Koster directed his first film in Berlin, the comedy Thea Roland. In the midst of directing his second film Das häßliche Mädchen, Jewish Koster had been the subject of antisemitism, and knew he had to leave the country. He left Germany…

Known For

Film

Harvey

Director

Film

The Bishop's Wife

Director

Film

The Robe

Director

Film

The Story of Ruth

Director

Film

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Director

Film

No Highway in the Sky

Director

Film

The Inspector General

Director

Film

My Cousin Rachel

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)

Movies (1)

Unwanted Cinema

2005

Crew (86)

Movies (86)

Eine Handvoll Helden

Writer

The Singing Nun

Director

Dear Brigitte

Director

Dear Brigitte

Producer

Marilyn

Director

Take Her, She's Mine

Director

Take Her, She's Mine

Producer

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Director

Flower Drum Song

Director

The Story of Ruth

Director

Fraulein

Director

The Naked Maja

Director

My Man Godfrey

Director

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956

Director

5.2

The Power and the Prize

Director

A Man Called Peter

Director

Good Morning, Miss Dove

Director

The Virgin Queen

Director

Désirée

Director

The Robe

Director

O. Henry's Full House

Director

My Cousin Rachel

Director

Stars and Stripes Forever

1952

Director

6.9

No Highway in the Sky

Director

Elopement

Director

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

Director

Harvey

Director

My Blue Heaven

Director

Wabash Avenue

Director

The Inspector General

Director

Come to the Stable

Director

The Luck of the Irish

Director

The Bishop's Wife

Director

The Unfinished Dance

Director

Two Sisters from Boston

Director

Music for Millions

Director

Between Us Girls

Director

Between Us Girls

Producer

It Started with Eve

Director

Spring Parade

Director

First Love

Director

First Love

Producer

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Director

The Rage of Paris

Director

The Rage of Paris

Producer

One Hundred Men and a Girl

Director

Farewell Again

Writer

Catherine the Last

Director

Three Smart Girls

Director

The Crosspatch

Director

Little Mother

Director

Affairs of Maupassant

1935

Director

6.0

Affairs of Maupassant

1935

Writer

6.0

The Ugly Girl

1935

Director

Ball at the Savoy

1935

Writer

7.0

Peter

1934

Director

Der Doppelgänger

1934

Screenplay

6.0

Die vertauschte Braut

Writer

Der Tunnel

Screenplay

Toto

Screenplay

Weaker Sex

Writer

The Private Secretary Gets Married

1933

Director

7.0

The Private Secretary Gets Married

Writer

There Goes the Bride

Story

Five from the Jazzband

Writer

The Rebel

Writer

Happy Hearts

Screenplay

Married by the Stork

Director

Stamboul

Screenplay

Woman in the Jungle

1931

Dialogue

5.0

His girlfriend Annette

1931

Writer

The Man Who Killed

1931

Screenplay

Frivolous youth

1931

Writer

The Man Who Committed the Murder

1931

Screenplay

5.2

The Indictment

1931

Writer

Une femme a menti

1930

Adaptation

The Last Company

1930

Writer

6.0

Sündenfall

1929

Screenplay

Das letzte Fort

1929

Screenplay

Liebfraumilch

1929

Writer

Sündig und süß

1929

Writer

Children's Souls Accuse You

1927

Screenplay

Children's Souls Accuse You

1927

Writer

Prinz Louis Ferdinand

1927

Writer

Eins + Eins = Drei

1927

Writer

Orphan of Lowood

1926

Writer