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How did Billy Wilder reach the United States after leaving Europe?
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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder in a promotional photograph for Sunset Boulevard (1950), which he directed.
After the Nazis rose to power in 1933, Billy Wilder fled Europe due to the persecution of Jewish artists. He initially traveled to Paris, where he co-directed the film Mauvaise Graine (1934). Following his time in France, he spent a brief period in Mexico before eventually arriving in the United States to begin his career in Hollywood.1