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Alternate Names:
W. Forst | Willy Forst
Spouse:
Melanie
(her death)
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Personal Quote:
[on his involvement during WW II in making films under the control of the Nazi regime] I never wasted much thought on the kind of films I was making. They came about by themselves, born of my relief at no longer having to "reproduce," and of the growing pressure exerted by the Nazis. My native country [Austria] was occupied by the National Socialists, and my work became a silent protest. ...
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Trivia:
His postwar films, with one exception, didn't do much for his career. The exception was
The Sinner (1951), which was a box-office hit due to several factors--there was a small nude scene involving
Hildegard Knef, which caused an uproar among conservative political and religious circles, and because of what was termed by some as its "glorifying" suicide.
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