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Charles Klein(1898-1981)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Charles Klein was born on 28 January 1898 in Andernach, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Sin Sister (1929), Blindfold (1928) and Ihr Privatsekretär (1940). He died in February 1981.
BornJanuary 28, 1898
DiedFebruary 1981
BornJanuary 28, 1898
DiedFebruary 1981
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Known for

Nancy Carroll in The Sin Sister (1929)
The Sin Sister
5.9
  • Director
  • 1929
Maria Alba, Fritz Feld, Earle Foxe, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Lois Moran, George O'Brien, and Don Terry in Blindfold (1928)
Blindfold
6.2
  • Director
  • 1928
Ihr Privatsekretär (1940)
Ihr Privatsekretär
7.6
  • Director
  • 1940
Marguerite Churchill and Kenneth MacKenna in Pleasure Crazed (1929)
Pleasure Crazed
  • Director
  • 1929

Credits

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Director

  • Ihr Privatsekretär (1940)
    Ihr Privatsekretär
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Steckbrief 606
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Psst, ich bin Tante Emma
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Die Holzauktion
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Bluff
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Margit Symo in Gypsy Blood (1934)
    Gypsy Blood
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Marguerite Churchill and Kenneth MacKenna in Pleasure Crazed (1929)
    Pleasure Crazed
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Nancy Carroll in The Sin Sister (1929)
    The Sin Sister
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Charles Darvas, William Herford, and Otto Matieson in The Telltale Heart (1928)
    The Telltale Heart
    6.9
    Short
    • Director (as Charles F. Klein)
    • 1928
  • Maria Alba, Fritz Feld, Earle Foxe, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Lois Moran, George O'Brien, and Don Terry in Blindfold (1928)
    Blindfold
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1928

Writer

  • Sybille Schmitz, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Mária Tasnádi Fekete in Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939)
    Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit
    7.4
    • writer
    • 1939
  • Dorothea Wieck in Der vierte kommt nicht (1939)
    Der vierte kommt nicht
    8.1
    • writer
    • 1939
  • René Deltgen, Berta Drews, Fritz Kampers, Rolf Möbius, Karl Ritter, and Ingeborg Theek in Furlough on Parole (1938)
    Furlough on Parole
    5.9
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1938
  • Steckbrief 606
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Bluff
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Seine beste Erfindung
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Charles Darvas, William Herford, and Otto Matieson in The Telltale Heart (1928)
    The Telltale Heart
    6.9
    Short
    • writer
    • 1928

Producer

  • Nancy Carroll in The Sin Sister (1929)
    The Sin Sister
    5.9
    • producer
    • 1929

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Charles F. Klein
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • January 28, 1898
    • Andernach, Germany
  • Died
    • February 1981
  • Spouse
    • ?(divorced)

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    Father of playwright Philip Klein.

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