Biography: life and films
Anatole Litvak was an Ukranian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine on 21st May 1902 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 15th December 1974, aged 72.His best films as a film director include Das Lied einer Nacht (1932), Mayerling (1936), Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), Un acte d'amour (1953) and Goodbye Again (1961), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Cette vieille canaille (1933), L'Équipage (1935) and The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970).
Anatole Litvak directed 39 films and scripted 10 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Frank Capra (5 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (25 films), War (11), romance (10), comedy (7), Documentary (5), Thriller (4), history (3), crime-thriller (2) and comedy-drama (2).
Our average rating for Anatole Litvak over all films is: 3.2
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer
Dolly macht Karriere (1930) [d]
Calais-Douvres (1931) [d]
Nie wieder Liebe! (1931) [d]
Das Lied einer Nacht (1932) [d]
La Chanson d'une nuit (1932) [d]
Tell Me Tonight (1932) [d]
Cette vieille canaille (1933) [d,w]
La Chanson d'une nuit (1933) [d]
Sleeping Car (1933) [d,w]
L'Équipage (1935) [d,w]
Mayerling (1936) [d]
The Woman I Love (1937) [d]
Tovarich (1937) [d]
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) [d]
The Sisters (1938) [d]
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) [d]
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) [d]
Castle on the Hudson (1940) [d]
City for Conquest (1940) [d]
Blues in the Night (1941) [d]
Out of the Fog (1941) [d]
This Above All (1942) [d]
Divide and Conquer (1943) [d]
Prelude to War (1943) [d]
The Battle of Russia (1943) [d,w]
The Battle of China (1944) [d]
War Comes to America (1945) [d,w]
Meet Me at Dawn (1947) [w]
The Long Night (1947) [d]
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) [d]
The Snake Pit (1948) [d]
Decision Before Dawn (1951) [d]
The Deep Blue Sea (1955) [d]
Anastasia (1956) [d]
The Journey (1959) [d]
Le Couteau dans la plaie (1962) [d]
The Golden Age of French cinema
The best of British film comedies
The very best of the French New Wave
