Curt Siodmak

Birthday: 10 August 1902, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Birth Name: Kurt Siodmak

Born in Dresden, Germany, in 1902, Curt Siodmak worked as an engineer and a newspaper reporter before entering the literary and movie fields. It was as a reporter that he got his first break (of sorts ...Show More

[on Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)] I had no money at the time, so I wrote "Curucu" . . . It was Show more [on Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)] I had no money at the time, so I wrote "Curucu" . . . It was done in Brazil . . . I shot it down there, in the jungles. I never recovered, physically. Hide

[on The Lady and the Monster (1944), the first film made from his novel, "Donovan's Brain"] It was a Show more [on The Lady and the Monster (1944), the first film made from his novel, "Donovan's Brain"] It was a piece of shit. Hide

[about The Wolf Man (1941), one of Universal Pictures' biggest hits of 1941, which he wrote] After " Show more [about The Wolf Man (1941), one of Universal Pictures' biggest hits of 1941, which he wrote] After "The Wolf Man" made its first million, [producer-director] George Waggner got a diamond ring for his wife and [executive producer] Jack Gross got a $10,000 bonus. I wanted $25 more a week and [Universal] wouldn't give it to me. Hide

[on Donovan's Brain (1953), the second film version of his novel, and its producer, Tom Gries] Tom G Show more [on Donovan's Brain (1953), the second film version of his novel, and its producer, Tom Gries] Tom Gries . . . didn't like me. He had these advertisements made for the film saying, "Based on the famous book". Period. [He] wouldn't let me direct it because of a personal dislike. He was the meanest son of a bitch I had ever seen. Hide

[about Peter Lorre, with whom he worked on The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)] He was really a sadis Show more [about Peter Lorre, with whom he worked on The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)] He was really a sadistic son of a bitch--liked to look at operations. He really was the type, a very weird character. Hide

Every night I say "Heil Hitler", because, without the son of a bitch [Adolf Hitler], I wouldn't be i Show more Every night I say "Heil Hitler", because, without the son of a bitch [Adolf Hitler], I wouldn't be in Three Rivers, California, I'd still be in Berlin. Hide

My pictures run on television and I don't get a penny out of it. But the guys are all dead, and I'm Show more My pictures run on television and I don't get a penny out of it. But the guys are all dead, and I'm still alive, so who's winning? Hide

Curt Siodmak's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (1) as Director (2) as Creator (7)

The Invisible Woman

Berlin Express

The Magnetic Monster

Invisible Agent

House of Frankenstein

I Walked with a Zombie

Son of Dracula