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Gustav Ucicky

Austrian director
Also known as: Gustav Klimt
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Gustav Ucicky (born July 6, 1899, Vienna, Austriaā€”died April 26, 1961, Hamburg, West Germany) was an Austrian film director known for historical and nationalistic German films done during Adolf Hitlerā€™s rise to power. Ucicky began his career as a cameraman with director Michael Curtiz. He moved to Germany in 1928 and became involved in the state-subsidized studio UFA. His early movies, such as Hocuspocus (1929) and Der unsterbliche Lump (1930; Immortal Vagabond), were light and...

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