Herbert Kline

Herbert Kline (March 13, 1909 – 1999) was an American filmmaker.

Biography Herbert Kline was born on March 13, 1909 in Chicago as Herbert Klein and raised in Davenport, Iowa. He edited a theater magazine, staged Clifford Odets' plays, and was involved in Leftist organizations. He was blacklisted during the 1950s. His documentary films and dramas covered the Spanish Civil War, Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, Nazi takeover of Europe, Holocaust survivors' journey to Mandatory Palestine, a World Series championship in Cleveland, the Mexican Revolution, and a film about modern art.

He married Rose Margaret Harvan and after they divorced married Josine Ianco-Starrels with whom he had two children,

Filmography Heart of Spain, documentary about the Spanish Civil War made with photographer Géza Kárpáthi Return to Life, made in collaboration with Henri Cartier-Bresson Love Is a Headache (1938), co-writer Crisis (1939 film), a documentary about the Sudeten Crisis directed by Herbert Kline, Hans Burger, and Alexander Hammid Lights Out in Europe (1940), a documentary The Forgotten Village (1941),