Edith Kiel

Directing·Jun 30, 1904·Berlin, Germany

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Edith Kiel (1904–1993) was a German‑Belgian screenwriter, film editor, director, and producer who played a key role in the early development of Flemish sound cinema. She was born on 30 June 1904 in Berlin and died on 12 September 1993 in Belgium. She began her career at the German film studio UFA before meeting filmmaker Jan Vanderheyden, with whom she formed both a lifelong partnership and one of the most influential creative collaborations in early Flemish cinema. She wrote the screenplay for De Witte (1934)—the first major Flemish sound film—and also directed it, though she did not receive formal credit at the time. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Kiel shaped many of the popular Flemish folk films associated with the “Jan Vanderheyden film” tradition. She contributed to screenwriting, directing, editing, and production, often remaining uncredited due to prejudice against women, foreigners, and unmarried partners in key creative roles. After World War II, she continued working in Belgium and later in Germany, eventually gaining more public recognition—especially during the 1950s through the Antwerpse Filmonderneming (AFO), where she directed and wrote several films under her own name.

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