Rudolf Jugert
Born
September 30, 1907 in Hannover, Germany
Died
April 14, 1979
Popularity
1.8617
Biography
Rudolf Jugert was a German film and television director, educated in medicine, philology, and the arts. After early work in theater and film training in Rome, he became a successful postwar film director, known for acclaimed melodramas and socially conscious films in the late 1940s and 1950s. From the 1960s onward, he focused mainly on television, where he gained greater artistic independence. Jugert died of cancer in 1979.