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Anatole Litvak

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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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
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
20% No Score Yet The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1970
43% 71% The Night of the Generals Director - 1967
No Score Yet 32% 10:30 P.M. Summer Producer - 1966
29% 57% Five Miles to Midnight Director,
Producer 		- 1963
60% 76% Goodbye Again Director,
Producer 		- 1961
No Score Yet 76% The Journey Director,
Producer 		- 1959
93% 78% Anastasia Director - 1956
No Score Yet 79% The Deep Blue Sea Director - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Act of Love Director - 1953
100% 73% Decision Before Dawn Director,
Producer 		- 1951
86% 78% Sorry, Wrong Number Director,
Producer 		- 1948
100% 84% The Snake Pit Director - 1948
No Score Yet 51% The Long Night Director,
Producer 		- 1947
No Score Yet 57% The Battle of China Director,
Producer 		- 1944
No Score Yet 100% The Nazis Strike Director - 1943
No Score Yet 67% The Battle of Russia Director - 1943
No Score Yet 60% This Above All Director - 1942
No Score Yet 58% Blues in the Night Director - 1941
No Score Yet 31% Out of the Fog Director - 1941
No Score Yet 75% Castle on the Hudson Director - 1940
83% 85% All This and Heaven Too Director - 1940
80% 74% City for Conquest Director - 1940
100% 60% Confessions of a Nazi Spy Director - 1939
No Score Yet 62% The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Director,
Producer 		- 1938
No Score Yet 56% The Sisters Director - 1938
No Score Yet 38% Tovarich Director - 1937
No Score Yet 77% Mayerling Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Old Devil Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sleeping Car Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Song of Night Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Be Mine Tonight Director - 1932

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Director 1957