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Filmmaker · Belgium

Edith Kiel

Died in 1993

Edith Kiel was born in Germany on 30 June 1904 and made her debut at UFA, the largest German studio. Around 1931, she met the Belgian distributor Jan Vanderheyden and became his partner and collaborator. She wrote, directed and edited the Flemish popular comedies that he signed, without receiving credit. She had remained German, and left for Germany in September 1944, returning only in 1951. She then signed, herself, at the Antwerpse Filmonderneming, the popular comedies of the house, until 1961. She died on 12 September 1993.

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