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Harry R. Sokal
Craiova, Dolj, Romania
Harry R. Sokal (also Henry R. Sokal), born February 20, 1898 in Craiova and died March 7, 1979 in Munich, was a German film producer of Romanian origin and of the Jewish faith. H…
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Harry R. Sokal (also Henry R. Sokal), born February 20, 1898 in Craiova and died March 7, 1979 in Munich, was a German film producer of Romanian origin and of the Jewish faith. Harry Sokal produced 22 films between 1926 and 1977. He specialized in the production of films related to the mountain, mainly those of Arnold Fanck and Leni Riefenstahl. After the National Socialists seized power in 1933, he emigrated to England before settling in France in 1937. In 1941, he moved to the United States where he worked for the small production company Monogram before return to Germany in 1949 where he founded the production company Henry Sokal-Film. He produced his first post-war work, Föhn, which was a remake of his greatest success, The White Inferno of Piz Palü. Until his death, he worked with the Munich studios Bavaria Filmstudios located in Grünwald. His most famous post-war film was The Hero and the Soldier in 1958 with Otto Wilhelm Fischer, based on the comedy by George Bernard Shaw. Harry Sokal was married to actress Charlotte Kerr. He died in 1979 and is buried in Grünwald.
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1978
Rusalka
Movie Production Manager
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1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Movie Production Supervisor
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1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie Production Supervisor
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1975
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
TV show Self
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1972
The Red Chapel
TV show Isisdor Springer
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1970
The Delegation
Movie Editor
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1960
Heldinnen
Movie Producer
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1959
And That on Monday Morning
Movie Co-Producer
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1958
Arms and the Man
Movie Producer
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1956
Holidays in Tyrol
Movie Screenplay
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1951
German Film Award
TV show Self
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1940
They Met on Skis
Movie Director
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1932
The Blue Light
Movie Producer
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1931
The White Ecstasy
Movie Producer
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1930
Storm Over Mont Blanc
Movie Producer
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1929
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
Movie Producer
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1926
The Holy Mountain
Movie Producer
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1926
The Student of Prague
Movie Producer
