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1954 Nominee Grand Prize of the Festival. Flesh and the Woman. Edgar Allan Poe Awards. 1947 Winner Edgar. Best Motion Picture. The Killers. Shared with: Anthony Veiller · Mark Hellinger. German Film Awards. 1971 Winner Honorary Award. For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
- August 8, 1900
- March 10, 1973
Robert Siodmak (/ siˈɒd.mæk /; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist [1] and for a series of films noir he made in the 1940s, such as The Killers (1946).
A critical and financial success, it earned Siodmak his only Oscar nomination for direction in Hollywood (his German production "The Devil Strikes at Night" ("Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam"), based on the true story of serial killer Bruno Lüdke, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957).
- January 1, 1
- Dresden, Saxony, Germany
- January 1, 1
- Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
The Spiral Staircase is a 1946 American psychological horror film [5] directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, and Ethel Barrymore.
Dec 2, 2003 · Among fanatic cinephiles, particularly those with a penchant for film noir thrillers, Siodmak is considered the primary architect of the genre. No other director has produced more quality film noir thrillers than Siodmak. His canon is a viewing list for any authentic study of the genre.
Jul 6, 2015 · The Killers (1946) is exemplary film noir from Robert Siodmak, who, on the strength of three films—this, Phantom Lady (1944), and Criss Cross (1949)—stands beside his fellow European exiles Fritz Lang and Otto Preminger as one of noir’s crucial directors.
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Oct 23, 2013 · His only alibi is the mysterious woman he met the night of the murder. His plucky secretary Ella Raines sets out to find the woman and clear his name. Working again with cinematographer Woody Bredell, Siodmak creates the kind of film that operates as a functioning definition of noir style.
