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Anatole Litvak

Highest Rated: 100% Decision Before Dawn (1951)

Lowest Rated: 20% The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun (1970)

Birthday: May 10, 1902

Birthplace: Kiev, Russian Empire

Began his film career at Leningrad's Nordkino studios in 1923, moved to Germany in 1925 and began directing for UFA in 1930. Following the international success of the French production, "Mayerling" (1936), Litvak moved to the US where he signed with Warner Bros. in 1937. He earned a reputation as a capable handler of urban dramas ("City for Conquest" 1940, "Blues in the Night" 1941, "Sorry, Wrong Number" 1948) and received critical acclaim for "The Snake Pit" (1948), a harrowing, realistic account of life in a mental institution. Litvak's post-1950s work--all European--consisted primarily of glossy, somewhat turgid star vehicles. He was married to actress Miriam Hopkins (from 1937 to 1939) and costume designer Sophie Steur, who worked on some of his films.

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100% 73% Decision Before Dawn
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100% 60% Confessions of a Nazi Spy
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100% 84% The Snake Pit
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93% 77% Anastasia
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86% 77% Sorry, Wrong Number
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83% 84% All This and Heaven Too
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80% 73% City for Conquest
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60% 75% Goodbye Again
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43% 71% The Night of the Generals
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29% 57% Five Miles to Midnight
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Anatole Litvak THE DEEP BLUE SEA, director Anatole Litvak, on location, 1955, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved . THE JOURNEY, producer and director Anatole Litvak, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, at a press conference in Vienna, 1959 THE JOURNEY, director Anatoe Litvak, Deborah Kerr, 1959 FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT, Anatole Litvak, Sophia Loren, 1963 CITY FOR CONQUEST, director Anatole Litvak, Ann Sheridan, Lee Patrick celebrate co-star James Cagney's birthday on set, 1940 View more photos

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The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun 20% 1970 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Night of the Generals 43% 71% 1967 Director 10:30 P.M. Summer 31% 1966 Producer Five Miles to Midnight 29% 57% 1963 Director, Producer Goodbye Again 60% 75% 1961 Director, Producer The Journey 77% 1959 Director, Producer Anastasia 93% 77% 1956 Director The Deep Blue Sea 79% 1955 Director Act of Love 1953 Director, Producer Decision Before Dawn 100% 73% 1951 Director, Producer Sorry, Wrong Number 86% 77% 1948 Director, Producer The Snake Pit 100% 84% 1948 Director The Long Night 50% 1947 Director, Producer The Battle of China 57% 1944 Director, Producer The Nazis Strike 85% 1943 Director The Battle of Russia 65% 1943 Director This Above All 62% 1942 Director Blues in the Night 52% 1941 Director Out of the Fog 30% 1941 Director Castle on the Hudson 75% 1940 Director All This and Heaven Too 83% 84% 1940 Director City for Conquest 80% 73% 1940 Director Confessions of a Nazi Spy 100% 60% 1939 Director The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 62% 1938 Director, Producer The Sisters 56% 1938 Director
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