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Rudolph Cartier is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Autrichien born on 17 april 1904 at Vienna (Austria)

Rudolph Cartier

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Birth name Rudolph Katscher
Nationality Austria
Birth 17 april 1904 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 7 june 1994 (at 90 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC. He is best known for his 1950s collaborations with screenwriter Nigel Kneale, most notably the Quatermass serials and their 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

After studying architecture and then drama, Cartier began his career as a screenwriter and then film director in Berlin, working for UFA Studios. After a brief spell in the United States he moved to the United Kingdom in the 1930s, and began working for BBC Television in 1952. He went on to produce and direct over 120 productions in the next 24 years, ending his television career with the play Loyalties in 1976.

Active in both dramatic programming and opera, Cartier won the equivalent of a BAFTA in 1957 for his work in the former, and one of his operatic productions was given an award at the 1962 Salzburg Festival. The British Film Institute's "Screenonline" website describes him as "a true pioneer of television", while the critic Peter Black once wrote that: "Nobody was within a mile of Rudolph Cartier in the trick of making a picture on a TV screen seem as wide and as deep as CinemaScope.

Usually with

Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale
(2 films)
Egon Eis
Egon Eis
(4 films)
Yvonne Mitchell
Yvonne Mitchell
(3 films)
Sydney Bromley
Sydney Bromley
(2 films)
Alfred Zeisler
Alfred Zeisler
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rudolph Cartier (14 films)

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Director

Storm Over Jamaica
Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
, 1h43
Directed by Rudolph Cartier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Yvonne Mitchell, Alexander Knox, Carl Möhner, Gordon Heath
Rating59% 2.959592.959592.959592.959592.95959
Douglas Lockwood part enseigner en Jamaïque pour oublier son divorce. Mais l'amour va le rattraper.
The Oil Sharks
The Oil Sharks (1933)
, 1h30
Directed by Henri Decoin, Rudolph Cartier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Raoul Aslan, Raymond Cordy, Gabriel Lelièvre, Jean Galland, Peter Lorre, Arlette Marchal

Un ingénieur est confronté à des personnes qui veulent spéculer sur du pétrole qui n'existe pas.

Scriptwriter

The Avenger
The Avenger (1960)
, 1h39
Directed by Karl Anton
Origin German
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Heinz Drache, Ingrid van Bergen, Siegfried Schürenberg, Klaus Kinski, Rainer Brandt, Friedrich Schoenfelder
Rating58% 2.9165152.9165152.9165152.9165152.916515
A number of packaged disembodied heads have been in random areas of the English countryside. In each package is a letter to the police from the killer, who dubs himself "The Executioner." Each victim is seemingly unrelated to one another. When a Scotland Yard employee is killed, Detective Mike Brixan (Heinz Drache) of Special Branch is called in to investigate. The only clue is that a black, four-door sedan has been seen at the scene of the crime, and that the typewriter that the letters have been written on have two offset letters.
Corridor of Mirrors
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Eric Portman, Barbara Mullen, Edana Romney, Hugh Sinclair, Alan Wheatley, Joan Maude
Rating64% 3.2409353.2409353.2409353.2409353.240935
Les amours singulières et brèves d'une jeune Anglaise et d'un esthète, anciennement peintre, qui croit revivre avec elle de nos jours la passion de deux Vénitiens du XVIe siècle.
King Fu's yellow house
King Fu's yellow house (1931)
, 1h30
Origin German
Genres Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gustav Diessl, Charlotte Susa, Karl Günther, Willy Prager, Paul Graetz, Charles Puffy

Un mystérieux tueur est en liberté dans la ville, il a assassiné plusieurs femmes. De nombreux indices mènent vers un certain King-Fu que la police suspecte fortement. Par ailleurs, une petite compagnie de théâtre en assez mauvaise situation financière, invite un spectateur. Le directeur de la petite troupe est ravi quand un certain Cyrill Scalpa offre ses services pour la pièce. La pièce colle à l'actualité, le public vient. Scalpa veut absolument le premier rôle, mais il appartient à l'acteur Smell. Smell sait que Scalpa se rapproche d'Anita, une danseuse, sa partenaire sur scène ; la compétition devient aussi amoureuse.
Rio's yellow house
Rio's yellow house (1931)

Directed by Robert Péguy
Origin France
Genres Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Vanel, Renée Héribel, Jacques Maury, Léo Courtois, Blanche Estival, Jean-François Martial
Rating52% 2.6027652.6027652.6027652.6027652.602765
Le bandit King-Fu veut enlever l'actrice Anita dont il est violemment épris. A la faveur de sa ressemblance avec l'amoureux d'Anita, Scalpa, Il joue le role de Scalpa dans une pièce retraçant les méfaits du bandit. Mais Scalpa a pu prévenir la police à temps...

Producer