Biography
Erwin Leiser (May 16, 1923 – August 22, 1996) was a German-born Jew and director, writer, and actor.
Born and raised in Berlin, he fled to Sweden at the age of 15 to escape the Nazi Party. He graduated from the University of Lund and worked as a journalist and a drama and literary critic.He is best known for his 1960 documentary film Mein Kampf, based on Nazi footage from secret archives and depicting Nazi atrocities. He subsequently made other documentaries both on Nazi Germany and other topics.
In 1967, he was a member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival.Leiser published the book Nazi Cinema in 1974.
Erwin Leiser was buried in Zürich's Israelitischer Friedhof Oberer Friesenberg.
Filmography
all 15
Movies 14
Director 11
self 2
Narrator 1
TV Shows 1
Director
Die Chroniken des Adolf Hitler (2006)
Movie
Director
Pimpf war jeder (1993)
Movie
Director / Writer
1937 - Kunst und Macht (1992)
Movie
Narrator
Die Feuerprobe - Novemberpogrom 1938 (1988)
Movie
Director / Writer
Im Zeichen des Feuers (1986)
Movie
Director
Die Mitläufer (1985)
Movie
Self
5 nach 10 (1981)
TV
Director
Ich lebe in der Gegenwart - Versuch über Hans Richter (1973)
Movie
Actor
Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma (1969)
Movie
Director
Germany Awake! (1968)
Movie
Self
For Example Fritz Lang (1968)
Movie
Director
Wähle das Leben (1963)
Movie
Director
Eichmann und das Dritte Reich (1961)
Movie
Director
Mein Kampf (1960)
Movie
Director
Den blodiga tiden
Movie
Ratings
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1968
1981
1988
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-05-16
Deathday1996-08-22 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
CitizenshipsSweden, Germany
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