Leontine Sagan

Biography

Leontine Sagan was a Jewish actress and director born in Budapest in 1889. Trained by Max Reinhardt, she began her career on Austrian provincial stages before directing notable films such as "The Great Leap" (1927) and "The Holy Mountain" (1926), and later "Mädchen in Uniform" (1931). She co-founded the National Theatre Organisation of South Africa in 1947 and died in Pretoria, South Africa in 1974.