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Robert Siodmak
Director 1900 - 1973

Robert Siodmak

Dresden, Germany

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Robert Siodmak (8 August 1900 - 10 March 1973) was a German-born film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s. Description above from the Wikipedia... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

30 titles
Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat

Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat

Robert Siodmak, Andrew Marton 1969 1h 16m

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.

Kampf um Rom I

Kampf um Rom I

Robert Siodmak, Andrew Marton 1968 1h 43m

A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal…

Custer of the West

Custer of the West

Robert Siodmak 1967 2h 23m 5.0

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes

Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes

Robert Siodmak 1965 1h 38m

Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans.

Der Schatz der Azteken

Der Schatz der Azteken

Robert Siodmak 1965 1h 41m

Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico, is sent back to that country during the occupation by French troops in the service of the Austrian 'Emperor' Maximilian, to carry an encouraging letter from U.S. President Lincoln to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez.

Der Schut

Der Schut

Robert Siodmak 1964 1h 58m

When a villain named "Der Schut" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules, heroic Kara Ben Nemsi and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him.

L'affaire Nina B.

L'affaire Nina B.

Robert Siodmak 1961 1h 44m

A businessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him.

Katia

Katia

Robert Siodmak 1959 1h 33m 5.0

Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress.

Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam

Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam

Robert Siodmak 1957 1h 40m 7.0

A serial killer terrorizes Hamburg, Germany, during World War II. When the local police can't seem to catch him, the SS is brought into the case.

Die Ratten

Die Ratten

Robert Siodmak 1955 1h 37m 6.0

After the fall and before the wall.

Le grand jeu

Le grand jeu

Robert Siodmak 1954 1h 40m 4.0

In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.

The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

Robert Siodmak 1952 1h 45m 8.0

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball Scientist, sailing ships, naval fights, and tons of swordplay.

The File on Thelma Jordon

The File on Thelma Jordon

Robert Siodmak 1950 1h 40m 8.0

A woman seduces a District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder.

Deported

Deported

Robert Siodmak 1950 1h 29m 5.5

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.

Criss Cross

Criss Cross

Robert Siodmak 1949 1h 28m 8.2

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Cry of the City

Cry of the City

Robert Siodmak 1948 1h 35m 7.5

Gangster Martin Rome is seriously wounded during a gun-battle where he has killed a policeman. Police Lieutenant-Detective Candella, who is an old friend of the Rome family, is trying to solve another murder where he suspects Rome may have been involved. When Rome escapes from the hospital, Candella investigates the case and has to chase Rome.

Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind

Robert Siodmak 1947 1h 29m 6.0

The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business.

The Killers

The Killers

Robert Siodmak 1946 1h 43m 8.5

Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.

The Dark Mirror

The Dark Mirror

Robert Siodmak 1946 1h 25m 8.0

De Havilland plays two roles in this entertaining psychological drama. A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a Hollywood murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Robert Siodmak 1945 1h 20m 6.0

George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

Robert Siodmak 1945 1h 23m 8.3

A serial killer stalks a mute servant girl in a remote mansion.

The Suspect

The Suspect

Robert Siodmak 1944 1h 25m 7.8

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident.

Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady

Robert Siodmak 1944 1h 27m 7.7

A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death. Based on a story by noir scribe Cornell Woolrich.

Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman

Robert Siodmak 1944 1h 11m 6.5

A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

Robert Siodmak 1944 1h 33m 6.5

Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.

Son of Dracula

Son of Dracula

Robert Siodmak 1943 1h 17m 7.5

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young "morbid" heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.

Pièges

Pièges

Robert Siodmak 1939 1h 54m 6.0

After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.

Mollenard

Mollenard

Robert Siodmak 1938 1h 47m

Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk.

Brennendes Geheimnis

Brennendes Geheimnis

Robert Siodmak 1933 1h 32m

One autumn, Edgar, a 12 year old boy, spends a holiday with his mother at a plush hotel in Switzerland. His father, a busy lawyer, remains at the family home in Vienna. When he sees a stylish motorcar pull up at the hotel, Edgar wastes no time befriending its owner, an amiable dandy.

Menschen am Sonntag

Menschen am Sonntag

Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer 1930 1h 14m 8.9

People on Sunday is an semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin People on Sunday is the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

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