Sam Spiegel

Producent · Född 11 november 1901 i Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland] · Död 31 december 1985 · Medverkar i 4 titlar i Movie Owls katalog

4 av filmerna och serierna med Sam Spiegel streamas i Sverige just nu — 3 på Netflix, 1 på Cineasterna och 1 på Prime Video. Högst betyg av det som går att se: 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.

Biografin är på engelska — TMDB har ingen svensk version.

Produktion

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

Streamas inte i Sverige just nu

• 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)