Ludwig Berger

At Decla-Bioscop and later UFA he established a reputation as a leading director of silent films. He emigrated to Hollywood, but was unable to establish himself and returned to Europe. He subsequently worked both in France and Germany. He was a member of the jury at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival. Berger also translated a few plays of Shakespeare, including Cymbeline, Hamlet, and Timon of Athens. His elder brother was the set designer Rudolf Bamberger who was killed in 1945.

• Name — Ludwig Berger • Birth Name — Ludwig Bamberger • Born — 6 January 1892 • Birthplace — Mainz, German Empire • Died — 18 May 1969 • Place of death — Schlangenbad, West Germany • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1920–1969

• Illustration — Portrait by Max Beckmann

• 1954: Die Spieler — based on The Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol • 1954: Der Schauspieldirektor — based on Der Schauspieldirektor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • 1955: Frau Mozart • 1955: Undine — based on Ondine by Jean Giraudoux • 1957: Der Tod des Sokrates — based on Phaedo by Plato • 1958: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung — based on The Taming of the Shrew • 1958: Was ihr wollt — based on Twelfth Night • 1958: Viel Lärm um nichts — based on Much Ado About Nothing • 1958: Wie es euch gefällt — based on As You Like It • 1958: Maß für Maß — based on Measure for Measure • 1958: Ein Sommernachtstraum — based on A Midsummer Night's Dream • 1959: Das Paradies und die Peri — based on Paradise and the Peri and Lalla-Rookh • 1960: Die Nacht in Zaandam • 1961: Hermann und Dorothea — based on Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1962: Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind — based on a play by Ferdinand Raimund • 1964: Ottiliens Tollheiten • 1967: Samen von Kraut und Unkraut – Drei Szenen aus der Geschichte Hessens • 1968: Odysseus auf Ogygia — based on a play by Fritz von Unruh • 1969: Demetrius (co-director: Heribert Wenk) — based on Demetrius by Friedrich Schiller