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Hans Steinhoff
Director 1882 - 1945

Hans Steinhoff

Marienberg, Saxony, Germany

Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882, Marienberg – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era. Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stage director. He directed his first silent... Read full bio →

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Hitlerjunge Quex

Hitlerjunge Quex

Hans Steinhoff 1933 1h 31m

Nazi propaganda film based on the life and death of Hitler Youth Herbert "Quex" Norkus – in the film, renamed Heini Völker – who was killed while distributing flyers in a Communist neighborhood.

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