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Filmmaker · Austria

Karl Hartl

Died in 1978

Karl Hartl (1899-1978), born in Vienna, joined Sascha-Film in 1917, was Alexander Korda's assistant and then his production manager, and became in the thirties one of the prominent directors of Berlin and Vienna. Head of production at Wien-Film from 1938 to 1945, he signed only one film during the war and, according to witnesses, kept actors from being mobilised or requisitioned. After 1945, he administered the studios, founded new production companies, devoted a film to Mozart in 1955, and died in Vienna.

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