Slatan Dudow
Slatan Dudow
Biography
Slatan Dudow was a Bulgarian born film director, who worked in Weimar Germany and later East Germany. Influenced by revolutionary ideas, Dudow moved to Berlin in 1922. He gave up his plan to study architecture and studied theater from 1925 to 1926. He worked with Leopold Jessner and Juergen Fehling and was a chorus member under Erwin Piscator. But it was a trip to Moscow, where he met Majakowski and Eisenstein, that proved to be the most influential for his career. After his return from Moscow, Dudow directed Brecht's theater piece Die Massnahme, while beginning his film career. He was commissioned to produce the film Wie der Berliner Arbeiter wohnt (1929) as part of the documentary series Wie lebt der Berliner Arbeiter? To Whom Does the World Belong? (1932) was originally banned because it was perceived as an insult to the Weimar Republic's president, judiciary, and religion. Dudow was arrested several times by the Nazis after 1933; he was imprisoned in 1939, but soon escaped to France and then Switzerland. In 1946, he returned to Berlin and worked as a director at the DEFA studios.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
22
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-01-30 (122 years old)
Place of Birth
Zaribrod, Bulgaria (today Dimitrovgrad, Serbia)
Crew

1963

Christine Director

1963

Christine Writer

1959

Verwirrung der Liebe Director

1952

Destinies of Women Director

1952

Destinies of Women Writer

1950

The Benthin Family Director

1950

The Benthin Family Writer

1950

Immer bereit Writer

1949

Our Daily Bread Director

1949

Our Daily Bread Writer

1935

Soap Bubbles Editor

1935

Soap Bubbles Director

1935

Soap Bubbles Writer

1930

Rot Sport marschiert Assistant Director

1930

Sprengt die Ketten! Assistant Director

1927

Metropolis Assistant Director