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Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer.
Willi Forst was born on 7 April 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Bel Ami (1939), Operette (1940) and Vienna Blood (1942). He was married to Melanie. He died on 11 August 1980 in Vienna, Austria.
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Willi Forst, eigentlich Wilhelm Anton Frohs, (* 7. April 1903 in Wien; † 11. August 1980 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, Regisseur, Produzent und Sänger. Als Schauspieler war er ein Publikumsliebling, als Regisseur einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der musikalisch-komödiantischen Wiener Filme der 1930er-Jahre.
Aug 11, 2021 · Willi Forst, with his unmistakable style and almost perfect stagings, almost gave birth to a new film genre in Austria. A film genre that even after many years continues to thrill us, to make us laugh, to make us dream. But Willi Forst was not only a successful filmmaker.
Willi Forst, the director of the controversial 1951 film Die Sünderin [ The Sinner ], declared the film an innovation for both his own personal style of filmmaking and within the institution of German cinema.
May 5, 2006 · Willi Forst, arguably the most famous of all Austrian directors at the time, and considered “Aryan” by the National Socialists, could ignore much of this political intrigue. Hollywood’s Universal Pictures offered him and Walter Reisch a team contract in 1934, but Reisch moved towards his own directorial career and their partnership ended.
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Willi Forst is known as an Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay, Original Story, and Executive Producer. Some of his work includes Cafe Electric, Bel Ami, Operette, Dangers of the Engagement, Vienna Girls, I don't know you and I love you, The Prince of Arcadia, and The Convict from Istanbul.
