Leopold Lindtberg
Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on June 1, 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on April 18. 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland.
His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer.
Awards
1941 Coppa Mussolini for "Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe" (The abused love letters)
1946 Golden Globe for "The Last Chance"
1946 International Film Festival of Cannes 1946: Grand Prix and International Peace Prize for "The Last Chance"
1951 Golden Bear at the Berlinale 1951 for "Four in a Jeep"
1953 Bronze Bear for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village) at the Berlinale 1953
1953 Silver laurel of David O. Selznick Award for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village)
1956 Josef Kainz Medal
1958 Member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts
1958 Price of Zurich for "Unser Dorf" (Our Village)
1959 Film of the City of Zurich for "Vorposten der Menschheit" (Outpost of Humanity)