# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erwin-leiser
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:28:37.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erwin-leiser"
name: "Erwin Leiser"
slug: "erwin-leiser"
description: "Erwin Leiser was a Swedish director, writer, and actor. He is best known for his 1960 documentary film Mein Kampf, based on Nazi footage from secret archives and depicting Nazi atrocities. He subsequently made other documentaries both on Nazi Germany and other topics."
tagline: "German film director (1923–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erwin_Leiser_SFL.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1923-05-16"
deathDate: "1996-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.141937333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500557/"
    handle:    "nm0500557"
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "اروين ليسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Leiser"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1030278"
    title: "Erwin Leiser"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump