Person
Sam Spiegel
Production
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- Nov 11, 1901
- Died
- Dec 31, 1985
- From
- Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland]
Born in Germany he went to America some time before the second World War and spent a year in Hollywood reading foreign scripts after which he returned to Berlin where he set up his own company to organise the remaking of foreign films into German language versions. One he handled was 'All Quiet on the Western Front', an anti war film that became a kind of personal crusade for him. On the opening night the Nazi's, then in power, put a bomb in the cinema. When the Nazis came into power he left Germany and divided his time between Britain, France and America. He changed his name to the more international sounding S.P. Eagle but changed it back when with 'On the Waterfront' he realised he'd made a film to which any man would be proud to put his name.
Images
Credits
The Oscars
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Happy Days
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
David Lean: A Self Portrait
The African Queen
On the Waterfront
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
The Stranger
The Chase
Suddenly, Last Summer
We Were Strangers
The Happening
Tales of Manhattan
Melba
The Invader
The Oil Sharks