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Austrian Swiss film and theatre director

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Leopold Lindtberg

Born	(1902-06-01)1 June 1902 Vienna, Austria
Died	18 April 1984(1984-04-18) (aged 81) Sils im Engadin/Segl, Switzerland
Burial place	Friedhof Enzenbühl
Nationality	Austrian
Years active	1941-1982

Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland.

His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer.

Awards

1941 Coppa Mussolini for Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe (The abused love letters)
1946 Golden Globe for The Last Chance
1946 International Film Festival of Cannes 1946: Grand Prix and International Peace Prize for The Last Chance
1951 One of four inaugural Golden Bears at the Berlinale 1951 for Four in a Jeep
1953 Bronze Bear for Unser Dorf (Our Village) at the Berlinale 1953
1953 Silver laurel of David O. Selznick Award for Unser Dorf (Our Village)
1956 Josef Kainz Medal
1958 Member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts
1958 Price of Zurich for Unser Dorf (Our Village)
1959 Film of the City of Zurich for Vorposten der Menschheit (Outpost of Humanity)
1959 appointed professor by the President of the Republic of Austria
1961 Golden Needle of the Schauspielhaus Zurich
1969 Hans Reinhart Ring
1974 Honorary Member of the Burgtheater
1976 Nestroy Ring
1982 Raymond Ring

Selected filmography

1932 Wenn zwei sich streiten
1935 Jä-soo
1938 Füsilier Wipf
1939 Constable Studer
1940 Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe
1941 Landammann Stauffacher
1944 Marie-Louise
1945 Die letzte Chance
1947 Madness Rules
1949 Swiss Tour (Ein Seemann ist kein Schneemann)
1951 Four in a Jeep
1953 The Village

References

External links

Leopold Lindtberg at IMDb
Leopold Lindtberg at the Swiss Film Directory