Leo Mittler

Biography

Leo Mittler (18 December 1893 – 16 May 1958) was an Austrian playwright, screenwriter and film director. Mittler was born in Vienna to a Jewish family. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Mittler spent many years in exile in several countries, including Britain and France, before settling in the United States during the Second World War. Mittler's career as a director had all but ended in the mid-1930s, after making the Stanley Lupino musical comedy Cheer Up (1936), but he worked occasionally as a screenwriter. Mittler wrote the original story of the MGM pro-Soviet film Song of Russia (1944) which was later investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for its alleged communist sympathies. Mittler returned to Germany post-war, dying there in 1958. Before his death, he worked in German theatre and television.

Directed

1. Harbour Drift (1929) — Director
2. Cheer Up (1936) — Director
3. Honeymoon for Three (1935) — Director
4. Nights in Port Said (1932) — Director
5. Every Woman Has Something (1931) — Director
6. There is a woman who will never forget you (1930) — Director
7. Frivolous youth (1931) — Director
8. The concert (1931) — Director
9. Serenissimus und die letzte Jungfrau (1928) — Director
10. Sunday of Life (1931) — Director
11. The Last Waltz (1936) — Director
12. La Voix sans visage (1933) — Director
13. Tropical Nights (1931) — Director
14. The King of Paris (1930) — Director
15. The Night at the Hotel (1932) — Director
16. The Last Waltz (1936) — Director
17. Heimkehr des Helden (1955) — Director
18. Defraudanten (1954) — Director
19. Amour et publicité (1933) — Director