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Rudolph Maté

Born January 21, 1898 · Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]

Died October 27, 1964 · aged 66

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rudolph Maté, A.S.C. (21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964), born Rudolf Matheh or Mayer, was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. Born in Kraków (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland), Maté started in the film business after his graduation from the University of Budapest. He went on to work as an assistant cameraman in Hungary and later throug…

Known For

Gilda

MovieRomanceDrama

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc · 1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

MovieDramaHistory

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

MovieThrillerMystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife · 1940

My Favorite Wife

MovieComedyRomance

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

The Prince Who Was a Thief

The Prince Who Was a Thief · 1951

The Prince Who Was a Thief

MovieAdventureRomance

An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans · 1962

The 300 Spartans

MovieAdventureHistory

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be · 1942

To Be or Not to Be

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide · 1951

When Worlds Collide

MovieScience FictionDrama

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

Filmography

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Gilda

MovieRomanceDrama

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Director of Photography

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc · 1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

MovieDramaHistory

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

Director of Photography

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

MovieThrillerMystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Director of Photography

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife · 1940

My Favorite Wife

MovieComedyRomance

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

Director of Photography

The Prince Who Was a Thief

The Prince Who Was a Thief · 1951

The Prince Who Was a Thief

MovieAdventureRomance

An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

Director

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans · 1962

The 300 Spartans

MovieAdventureHistory

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.

Director

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be · 1942

To Be or Not to Be

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Director of Photography

When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide · 1951

When Worlds Collide

MovieScience FictionDrama

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

Director

Sahara

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Director of Photography

That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman · 1941

That Hamilton Woman

MovieDramaHistory

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Director of Photography

The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth · 1954

The Black Shield of Falworth

MovieAdventureHistory

In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.

Director

Vampyr

MovieHorrorFantasy

Allan Gray, a young man fascinated by the supernatural, goes to a small village where he feels a sinister force descending upon him. There, Allan meets an old man who asks him to protect his two daughters, for one of them has been bitten by a vampire.

Director of Photography

Dodsworth

Dodsworth · 1936

MovieDramaRomance

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Director of Photography

Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners · 1940

MovieAdventureComedy

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.

Director of Photography

The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Adventures of Marco Polo · 1938

The Adventures of Marco Polo

MovieRomanceAdventure

The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.

Director of Photography

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees · 1942

The Pride of the Yankees

MovieDramaFamily

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Director of Photography

Cover Girl

Cover Girl · 1944

MovieMusicComedy

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

Director of Photography

Second Chance

Second Chance · 1953

MovieThrillerDrama

A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.

Director

Miracle in the Rain

Miracle in the Rain · 1956

Miracle in the Rain

MovieDramaRomance

Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

Director

The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years · 1956

The Rawhide Years

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 boat; Ben, on arrival, finds a lynch mob after his neck, and flees. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her and attempt the hopeless task of clearing himself.

Director

The Violent Men

The Violent Men · 1955

The Violent Men

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.

Director

The Mississippi Gambler

The Mississippi Gambler · 1953

The Mississippi Gambler

MovieRomanceAdventure

Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.

Director

The Real Glory

The Real Glory · 1939

Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.

Director of Photography

Three Violent People

Three Violent People · 1956

Three Violent People

A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

Director

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta · 1953

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.

Director