Sam Spiegel

Producer · Born 11 November 1901 in Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland] · Died 31 December 1985 · 4 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

4 of Sam Spiegel’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 3 on Netflix, 1 on Cineasterna and 1 on Prime Video. Highest rated available: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) ★ 8.1.

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.

Producing

• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• The African Queen (1952)
• The Stranger (1946)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• The Stranger (1946)
• The Chase (1966)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
• The Night of the Generals (1967)
• The Last Tycoon (1976)
• The Prowler (1951)
• The Oscars (1953)
• Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
• Tales of Manhattan (1942)
• Betrayal (1983)
• The Strange One (1957)