Robert Muller (screenwriter)
Robert Muller (1 September 1925 – 27 May 1998) was a German-born British journalist and screenwriter, who mainly worked in television.[1] He emigrated to Britain in 1938 as a thirteen-year-old refugee from Nazi Germany.
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| Born | 1 September 1925 Hamburg, Germany |
| Died | 27 May 1998 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1956–1991 (film & TV) |
Selected works
Film
- Woman of Straw (1964)
- The Beauty Jungle (1964)
- I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969)
- The Roaring Fifties (1983)
Television
- London Playhouse: Jane Clegg (dir. Peter Cotes, 1956)
- Armchair Theatre: The Night Conspirators (dir. Philip Saville, 1962)[2]
- Armchair Theatre: Afternoon of a Nymph (dir. Philip Saville, 1962)
- Armchair Theatre: Thank You and Goodnight (dir. Philip Saville, 1962)
- Armchair Theatre: The Paradise Suite (dir. Philip Saville, 1963)
- Playdate: The Night Conspirators (1963)
- Armchair Theatre: Pleasure Is Where She Finds It (dir. Charles Jarrott, 1964)
- Story Parade: The World That Summer (dir. Peter Sasdy, 1965)
- Armchair Mystery Theatre: Man and Mirror (dir. Patrick Dromgoole, 1965)
- Armchair Theatre: A Cold Peace (dir. Don Leaver, 1965)
- Mystery and Imagination: The Body Snatcher (dir. Toby Robertson, 1966) — based on The Body Snatcher
- Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (dir: John Olden and Claus Peter Witt, 1966, TV miniseries) — based on a non-fiction book by Henry Kolarz
- The Wednesday Play: The Executioner (dir. Michael Hayes, 1966)
- Die Unberatenen (dir. Peter Zadek, 1966) — based on a novel by Thomas Valentin
- Out of the Unknown: The Prophet (dir. Naomi Capon, 1967) — based on Reason by Isaac Asimov
- Armchair Theatre: Easier in the Dark (dir. Don Leaver, 1967)
- Armchair Theatre: A World of Time (dir. Don Leaver, 1967)
- Theatre 625: Henry IV (dir. Michael Hayes, 1967) — based on Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV
- Haunted: After the Funeral (dir. Don Leaver, 1967)
- The Wednesday Play: Death of a Private (dir. James Ferman, 1967) — loosely based on Woyzeck
- Man in a Suitcase: The Bridge (dir. Pat Jackson, 1967)
- Armchair Theatre: You and Me (dir. Kim Mills, 1968)
- Nana (dir: John Davies, 1968, TV miniseries) — based on Émile Zola's Nana
- Mystery and Imagination: Frankenstein (dir. Voytek, 1968) — based on Frankenstein
- Out of the Unknown: Beach Head (dir. James Cellan Jones, 1969) — based on a story by Clifford D. Simak
- Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun (dir. Rudolph Cartier, 1969) — based on The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
- Mystery and Imagination: The Suicide Club (dir. Mike Vardy, 1970) — based on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club
- Take Three Girls (1971, TV series, 4 episodes)
- Bel Ami (dir: John Davies, 1971, TV miniseries) — based on Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami
- Die Sonne angreifen (dir. Peter Lilienthal, 1971) — based on a novel by Witold Gombrowicz
- Public Eye: Shades of White (dir. Piers Haggard, 1971)
- Man of Straw (dir: Herbert Wise, 1972, TV miniseries) — based on Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann
- Van der Valk und das Mädchen (dir: Peter Zadek, 1972) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling
- The Song of Songs (dir: Peter Wood, 1973, TV miniseries) — based on The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
- Van der Valk und die Reichen (dir: Wolfgang Petersen, 1973) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling
- Colditz: Chameleon (dir. Philip Dudley, 1974)
- Fall of Eagles: Indian Summer of an Emperor (dir. Donald McWhinnie, 1974)
- Omnibus: The Need for Nightmare (dir. Harley Cokeliss, 1974)
- Churchill's People: The Lost Island (dir. Philip Saville, 1975) — based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
- A Legacy (dir: Derek Martinus, 1975, TV miniseries) — based on Sybille Bedford's A Legacy
- Private Affairs: A Dream of Living (dir. Philip Saville, 1975)
- Van der Valk und die Toten (dir: Marcel Cravenne, 1975) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling
- Ten from the Twenties: Motherlove (dir. Mark Cullingham, 1975) — based on a story by J. D. Beresford
- Ten from the Twenties: Her Wedding Morn (dir. Barry Letts, 1975) — based on a story by Sheila Kaye-Smith
- Ten from the Twenties: The Fifty Pound Note (dir. Mark Cullingham, 1975) — based on a story by A. E. Coppard
- Supernatural: Ghosts of Venice (dir. Claude Whatham, 1977)
- Supernatural: Countess Ilona (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
- Supernatural: The Werewolf Reunion (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
- Supernatural: Mr Nightingale (dir. Alan Cooke, 1977)
- Supernatural: Lady Sybil (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (dir. Alan Cooke, 1977) — based on The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Supernatural: Night of the Marionettes (dir. Alan Cooke, 1977)
- Supernatural: Dorabella (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
- Prince Regent (dir: Michael Simpson and Michael Hayes, 1979, TV miniseries)
- Die Welt in jenem Sommer (dir. Ilse Hofmann, 1980)
- Exil (dir: Egon Günther, 1981, TV miniseries) — based on a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger
- Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (dir: Bernd Fischerauer, 1982, TV miniseries)
- Russian Night... 1941 (dir: Desmond Davis, 1982) — based on a story by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Ein Kleid von Dior (dir: Peter Weck, 1982) — based on Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
- Nachruf auf Othello (dir: Michael Braun, 1983) — based on a novel by Nino Erné
- Storyboard: Secrets (dir. Peter Sasdy, 1983)
- Weltuntergang (dir: Imo Moszkowicz, 1984) — based on a novel by Milan Dor
- Die Fräulein von damals (dir: Dietrich Haugk, 1986)
- Albert Schweitzer (dir: Michael Braun, 1987, TV miniseries)
- Rothenbaumchaussee (dir: Dietrich Haugk, 1991)
References
- Grenville, p. 64
- BFI screenonline Armchair Theatre (1956–74) page. Retrieved 25 February 2020. It was presented as a stage play in London and UK tour in 1963.
Bibliography
- Anthony Grenville. Refugees from the Third Reich in Britain. Rodopi, 2002.
External links
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