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Rudolph Maté is a Director, Producer, Director of Photography and Cinematography Polonais born on 21 january 1898 at Kraków (Pologne)
Rudolf Mayer, connu sous le pseudonyme de Rudolph Maté, né le 21 janvier 1898 à Cracovie et mort le 27 octobre 1964 à Hollywood, est un directeur de la photographie, réalisateur et producteur de cinéma polonais.
En 1935, il part pour Hollywood où il travaillera douze ans (entre autres sur La Maison des sept péchés (1940) et Gilda (1946)) avant de se tourner vers la réalisation en 1947 avec cependant un succès moindre, malgré des films mémorables tels que Mort à l'arrivée (1950) ou Le Choc des mondes (1951).
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Birth name Rudolf Mayer
Nationality Pologne
Birth 21 january 1898 at Kraków (Pologne)
Death 27 october 1964 (at 66 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality Pologne
Birth 21 january 1898 at Kraków (Pologne)
Death 27 october 1964 (at 66 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Rudolph Maté reste l'un des chefs opérateurs les plus renommés. Il est révélé en 1928 par son travail sur La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc sous la direction de Carl Theodor Dreyer et travaille ensuite sur les films les plus prestigieux, notamment Prix de beauté où il éclaire le visage de Louise Brooks.En 1935, il part pour Hollywood où il travaillera douze ans (entre autres sur La Maison des sept péchés (1940) et Gilda (1946)) avant de se tourner vers la réalisation en 1947 avec cependant un succès moindre, malgré des films mémorables tels que Mort à l'arrivée (1950) ou Le Choc des mondes (1951).
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Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
, 1h42Directed by Primo Zeglio, Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill, Anthony Dawson, Irene Worth
Rating56%
Sir Francis Drake (Rod Taylor) is Queen Elizabeth I of England's (Irene Worth), leading commanders in the battles with Spain over the gold of the New World. He is a pirate who has no problems about raiding Spanish gold arsenals. He is a military commander who plans and executes naval battles with the Spanish Armada. He is a diplomat who knows how to maneuver in courtly circles.
The 300 Spartans (1962)
, 1h49Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Sandro Giglio
Rating64%
Xerxes I of Persia leads a vast army of soldiers into Europe to defeat the small city-states of Greece, not only to fulfill the idea of "one world ruled by one master", but also to avenge the defeat of his father at the Battle of Marathon ten years before. Accompanying him are Artemisia I, the Queen of Halicarnassus, who beguiles Xerxes with her feminine charm, and Demaratus, an exiled king of Sparta, to whose warnings Xerxes pays little heed.
The Barbarians (1960)
, 1h27Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Peplum
Themes Political films
Actors Jack Palance, Milly Vitale, Guy Rolfe, Richard Stapley, John Alderson
Rating48%
Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island by the Iberian Peninsula, at the time of the Second Punic War. The Carthaginian fleet pillages his homeland and enslaves the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley he arrives in Carthage and becomes an elephant driver. He is courted by local noblewomen and a virtuous Roman captive named Valeria, but puts love aside in his obsession with revenge against Carthage. As the best means of obtaining this revenge Revak pledges himself to Rome, which wants hegemony in the Mediterranean Sea and shares his desire to see Carthage destroyed.
For the First Time (1959)
, 1h32Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Johanna von Koczian, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, Hans Söhnker, Annie Rosar, Walter Rilla
Rating63%
The Deep Six (1958)
, 1h48Directed by John Waters, Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Efrem Zimbalist II
Rating59%
In September 1942, during World War II, Susan Cahill (Dianne Foster), art director for an ad agency on Madison Avenue run by her fiance, is jealous of his business flirtation with a client's daughter to secure a deal. She accepts an invitation to dinner on Long Island from agency artist Alexander "Alec" Austen (Alan Ladd). Susan is disturbed by Alec's obvious feelings for her, but accepts a lunch date the next day anyway. After she leaves, Alec receives a telegram to report for active duty in the U.S. Navy but decides not to tell Susan as their relationship grows. Just before reporting for duty, Alec takes Susan home to meet his mother, a Quaker, revealing to them his hope to marry Susan—and his call up. His mother is hurt that Alec did not disclose his military obligation and saddened that he has disregarded the pacifist tenets of his upbringing. Susan admits she loves Alec, but will not break her engagement.
Three Violent People (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Forrest Tucker, Bruce Bennett, Elaine Stritch
Rating62%
Former Confederate cavalryman Capt. Colt Saunders comes home to Texas from the war. Carpetbaggers have taken control of his town, including a corrupt Yankee tax commissioner named Harrison and his deputy Cable. When he sees a Yankee insult a Southern belle named Lorna Hunter, the gallant Colt comes to her aid. He isn't aware of her past as a St. Louis dance-hall girl or her devious golddigging nature. Colt is knocked cold and Lorna takes him back to his room, where she steals $900 from him. Her former employer, saloon owner Ruby LaSalle, lets her know that Colt is a wealthy rancher, so Lorna hatches a scheme. She returns his missing $900 and impresses him with her "honesty." Colt falls in love and marries her.
The Rawhide Years (1956)
, 1h25Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, John Arthur Kennedy, William Demarest, William Gargan, Peter van Eyck
Rating60%
Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But, Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the riverboat while on their way. Ben is implicated on arrival and flees, all the while working both sides of the law to clear his name. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her. Encountering Rick Harper, whom he initially takes as a would be bandit, they develop a friendship that winds up with both men saving the others neck.
Port Afrique (1956)
, 1h25Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, James Hayter, Anthony Newley, Guido Lorraine
Rating52%
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
, 1h48Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films
Actors Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, Fred Clark, Eileen Heckart, Josephine Hutchinson
Rating70%
In 1942, a few months after America's entry into World War II, secretary Ruth Wood (Jane Wyman) lives quietly in New York City with her physically and emotionally fragile mother, Agnes (Josephine Hutchinson). Ruth's co-workers at Excelsior Shoe Manufacturing Company are her best friend Grace Ullman (Eileen Heckart) and Millie Kranz (Peggie Castle), an attractive blonde involved in an affair with her married boss, Stephen Jalonik (Fred Clark). Also in the office is Monty (Arte Johnson), a young shipping clerk classified by the draft as 4-F, who monitors the war's campaigns on a world map pinned to the wall. One evening after work, when a cloudburst forces Ruth and other pedestrians to take shelter in the vestibule of an office building, Arthur Hugenon (Van Johnson), a cheerful, talkative G.I. stationed in the area, surprises the shy Ruth by starting a conversation. When he invites her to dinner, she declines, saying that her housebound mother is expecting her. Undeterred, Art buys food for three at a delicatessen and accompanies Ruth home. Agnes, who has distrusted men since her husband Harry left her for another woman ten years earlier, receives Art with little enthusiasm. During the meal, Art, who grew up on a Tennessee farm, captivates Ruth with his stories and afterward entertains them by playing the piano. Upon finding the manuscript of an unfinished song Harry composed, Art asks permission to take it back to camp, where he and his army buddy Dixie will write lyrics for it. On the weekend, Art takes Ruth and Grace to a matinee. On their way to a restaurant, they stop at an auction and Ruth impulsively bids on an antique Roman coin, which she gives to Art for good luck. At the Café Normandy, where they have dinner, Ruth is unaware that the piano player is her father (William Gargan), whom she has not seen since he left Agnes. However, Harry recognizes Ruth and confides to his bartender friend Andy that he has been too ashamed to return to his family.
The Far Horizons (1955)
, 1h48Directed by Rudolph Maté
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Alan Reed
Rating61%
An ambitious, historic attempt to explore and document an untamed American frontier unfolds in this rousing adventure drama. In 1803, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with President Thomas Jefferson's blessing, embarked on the government-sponsored Lewis & Clark Expedition – an attempt to discover a water route connecting St. Louis, Missouri, with the Pacific Ocean. Their trek takes them through the magnificent, danger-filled territory of the Pacific Northwest, with guidance from the Shoshone woman Sacagawea.
The Violent Men (1955)
, 1h36Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Warner Anderson
Rating68%
Parrish (Ford), a Union Army ex-officer, plans to sell his land to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, Caroline (May Wynn), but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner, Lew Wilkison (Robinson), and the outfit's bully-boy tactics make him think again. When one of Parrish's hands is murdered, he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience.
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
, 1h39Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Barbara Rush, Torin Thatcher, Herbert Marshall, David Farrar
Rating63%
Myles Falworth (Tony Curtis) and his sister Meg (Barbara Rush) live in obscurity on a farm in Crosbey-Dale with their guardian Diccon Bowman (Rhys Williams). This is to protect them from the attainder placed upon their family by King Henry IV of England (Ian Keith) because their father has been (falsely) accused of treason and murdered by the Earl of Alban (David Farrar). When a hunting party comprising the Earl of Alban, the lord of Crosbey-Dale, and another nobleman, Sir Robert, stop at their farm for refreshment, they are repulsed by Myles to stop them molesting his sister.
The Siege at Red River (1954)
, 1h26Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Actors Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Robert Burton
Rating58%
Alors que la guerre de sécession fait rage aux États-Unis, Jim Farraday, un officier sudiste et son coéquipier Benjy ont infiltré les lignes ennemies et attaquent un convoi nordiste qui transporte des caisses d'armes dont un rare modèle d'une mitrailleuse Gatling.
Second Chance (1953)
, 1h22Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Roy Roberts, Dan Seymour, Sandro Giglio
Rating59%
A mob bookkeeper (played by Milburn Stone) is confronted, shot, and killed by the utterly ruthless hitman Cappy Gordon (Jack Palance), under orders from the notorious gangster Vic Spilato, who is currently under investigation by the U.S. Senate. Cappy then heads for San Cristóbal, a bustling town in an unspecified Latin American country, with plans to deliver a similar fate to Spilato's estranged girlfriend, the singer Clare Shepperd (Linda Darnell), who is trying to escape her past connections with Spilato.
The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
, 1h39Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Anita Ekberg, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Paul Cavanagh
Rating66%
On a riverboat, Mark Fallon impresses fellow gambler Kansas John Polly, who takes him under his wing. The advice includes being wary of the rich and dishonest F. Montague Caldwell, who is caught cheating by Mark in a poker game.