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Robert Siodmak (1900–1973)

Director | Writer | Producer

The director Robert Siodmak (which he insisted, be pronounced 'See-odd-mack') was a masterful film maker who successfully blended the techniques of German Expressionism with contemporary styles of American film, particularly film noir, in the process creating a handful of moody, sometimes chilling, and always memorable motion pictures... See full bio »

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in Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Died:

(age 72) in Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
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1969 Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat
 
1968 The Last Roman
 
1967 Custer of the West
 
1965 Pyramid of the Sun God
 
1965 Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
 
1964 Yellow Devil
 
1962 Escape from East Berlin
 
1961 The Nina B. Affair
 
1960 My School Chum
 
1960 Portrait of a Sinner
 
1959 Adorable Sinner
 
1959 Dorothea Angermann
 
1957 O.S.S. (TV series)
– Operation Powder Puff (1957)
 
1957 The Devil Strikes at Night
 
1956 Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
 
1955 Die Ratten
 
1954 Flesh and the Woman
 
1952 The Crimson Pirate
 
1951 The Whistle at Eaton Falls
 
1950 Deported
 
1950 The File on Thelma Jordon
 
1949 The Great Sinner
 
1949 Criss Cross
 
1948 Cry of the City
 
1947 Time Out of Mind
 
1946 The Dark Mirror
 
1946 The Killers
 
1945 The Spiral Staircase
 
1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
 
1944 The Suspect
 
1944 Christmas Holiday
 
1944 Cobra Woman
 
1944 Phantom Lady
 
1943 Son of Dracula
 
1943 Someone to Remember
 
1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
 
1942 The Night Before the Divorce
 
1942 Fly-By-Night
 
1941 West Point Widow
 
1939 Personal Column
 
1939 Frères corses (uncredited)
 
1938 Ultimatum (uncredited)
 
1938 Hatred
 
1937 Woman Racket
 
1936 Mr. Flow
 
1936 Symphonie D'Amour (supervising director)
 
1936 The Parisian Life
 
1936 Parisian Life
 
1934 La crise est finie
 
1933 Weaker Sex
 
1933 The Burning Secret
 
1932/II Quick
 
1932/I Quick
 
1932 Tumultes
 
1932 Stürme der Leidenschaft
 
1931 Autour d'une enquête
 
1931 Voruntersuchung
 
1931 Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht
 
1930 Abschied
 
1930 Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters (short)
 
1930 People on Sunday
 
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1964 Yellow Devil (uncredited)
 
1961 The Nina B. Affair (screenplay)
 
1945 Conflict (story "The Pentacle")
 
1934 Girls Will Be Boys (screenplay)
 
1933 The Burning Secret (dialogue)
 
1931 Voruntersuchung
 
1930 Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters (short)
 
1930 People on Sunday (source material)
 
1928 The Runaway Girl (titles)
 
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1960 My School Chum (producer)
 
1957 O.S.S. (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1957 The Devil Strikes at Night (producer)
 
1947 Time Out of Mind (producer)
 
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1971 A Big Grey-Blue Bird
 
1945 The Spiral Staircase
The Killer's 'Eye' (uncredited)
 
1929 The Last Fort (assistant director)
 
1928 Tragedy at the Royal Circus (assistant director)
 
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1934 Le roi des Champs-Élysées (supervision)
 
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 1001-1005. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. See more »

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