Edith Kiel

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Edith Kiel

Directing June 30, 1904

Berlin, Germany

Edith Kiel (1904–1993) was a German‑Belgian screenwriter, film editor, director, and producer who played a key role in the early development of Flemish sound cinema. She was born…

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The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

7.3 1930 Movie
Whitey

Whitey

7.8 1934 Movie
De wonderdoktoor

De wonderdoktoor

9.0 1936 Movie
The Bargee District

The Bargee District

7.4 1953 Movie
The Mockingbird

The Mockingbird

10.0 1954 Movie
Antwerp Through and Through

Antwerp Through and Through

9.0 1953 Movie
Music in the Harbour

Music in the Harbour

7.0 1937 Movie
De Duivel Te Slim

De Duivel Te Slim

9.0 1960 Movie
Villain princess

Villain princess

7.0 1956 Movie
De bruid zonder bed

De bruid zonder bed

10.0 1955 Movie
Drie flinke kerels

Drie flinke kerels

8.0 1938 Movie
The Silent Hedonist

The Silent Hedonist

7.0 1961 Movie

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Edith Kiel (1904–1993) was a German‑Belgian screenwriter, film editor, director, and producer who played a key role in the early development of Flemish sound cinema. She was born on 30 June 1904 in Berlin and died on 12 September 1993 in Belgium. She began her career at the German film studio UFA before meeting filmmaker Jan Vanderheyden, with whom she formed both a lifelong partnership and one of the most influential creative collaborations in early Flemish cinema. She wrote the screenplay for De Witte (1934)—the first major Flemish sound film—and also directed it, though she did not receive formal credit at the time. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Kiel shaped many of the popular Flemish folk films associated with the “Jan Vanderheyden film” tradition. She contributed to screenwriting, directing, editing, and production, often remaining uncredited due to prejudice against women, foreigners, and unmarried partners in key creative roles. After World War II, she continued working in Belgium and later in Germany, eventually gaining more public recognition—especially during the 1950s through the Antwerpse Filmonderneming (AFO), where she directed and wrote several films under her own name.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1961
    The Silent Hedonist

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1960
    De Duivel Te Slim

    Movie Director

  3. 1960
    The Dafter the Better

    Movie Writer

  4. 1959
    Een Zonde Waard

    Movie Director

  5. 1958
    The Girl and the Madonna

    Movie Writer

  6. 1957
    Rendez-vous in het paradijs

    Movie Director

  7. 1956
    Villain princess

    Movie Director

  8. 1956
    My Husband Wouldn't Do That

    Movie Director

  9. 1955
    De bruid zonder bed

    Movie Writer

  10. 1955
    Min of meer

    Movie Editor

  11. 1954
    The Mockingbird

    Movie Director

  12. 1954
    Heaven on Earth

    Movie Director

  13. 1953
    The Bargee District

    Movie Director

  14. 1953
    Antwerp Through and Through

    Movie Director

  15. 1952
    Uit hetzelfde nest

    Movie Writer

  16. 1952
    De moedige bruidegom

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1942
    Mister Dingemans and madam Babbel are having fun in Brussels

    Movie Writer

  2. 1942
    Antoon, de flierefluiter

    Movie Writer

  3. 1941
    Good Luck, Monique!

    Movie Editor

  4. 1941
    A Nice Case

    Movie Writer

  5. 1940
    White is Trump

    Movie Editor

  6. 1940
    Janssens en Peeters dikke vrienden

    Movie Editor

  7. 1939
    Janssens versus Peeters

    Movie Writer

  8. 1939
    Met den helm geboren

    Movie Writer

  9. 1939
    Een Engel Van Een Man

    Movie Writer

  10. 1938
    Drie flinke kerels

    Movie Editor

  11. 1937
    Music in the Harbour

    Movie Writer

  12. 1936
    De wonderdoktoor

    Movie Writer

  13. 1935
    Alleen voor U

    Movie Writer

  14. 1935
    Uilenspiegel Still Lives

    Movie Writer

  15. 1934
    Whitey

    Movie Writer

  16. 1930
    The Blue Angel

    Movie Prostitue (uncredited)