Born in Germany during the turn of the 20th century, Curt Siodmak was drawn to the world of mathematics, but his greatest legacy would be in the world of literature, film, and modern American mythology.
By 1927, Siodmak had graduated with a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Zurich; but in that same year, he tried his hand as a journalist and was provided access to Fritz Lang’s closed set of “Metropolis,” the silent science-fiction German film. He remained in Germany until he fled to France in 1933 after Adolf Hitler and the Nazis took power. From France, he migrated to England and then arrived in the United States in 1937.
