Rudolph Cartier

Directing

Rudolph Cartier

Born — Died

1904-04-17 — 1994-06-08

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC. He is best known for his 1950s collaborations with screenwriter Nigel Kneale, most notably the Quatermass serials and their 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. After studying architecture and then drama, Cartier began his career as a screenwriter and then film director in Berlin, working for UFA Studios. After a brief spell in the United States he moved to the United Kingdom in 1935. Initially fa…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

No artwork available
9.0

The writer and philosopher Voltaire decides to take action when he hears of a case of a man being tortured after being accused of murdering his son.

The Fanatics

1968

The Moment of Truth poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Moment of Truth

1955

The Moment of Truth poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Moment of Truth

1955

Level Seven poster
9.0

Level 7 is the deepest and the safest level in a nuclear bunker. The nerve centre of the government is based here. But how safe is it?

Level Seven

1966

The Oil Sharks poster
9.0

The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.

The Oil Sharks

1933

The Dybbuk poster
NR

A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.

The Dybbuk

1952

The Dybbuk poster
NR

A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.

The Dybbuk

1952

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared poster
6.5

Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the secret of a wealthy businessman.

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

1951

The Creature poster
10.0

A scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.

The Creature

1955

The Creature poster
10.0

A scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.

The Creature

1955

Lee Oswald: Assassin poster
NR

The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

Lee Oswald: Assassin

1966

No artwork available
NR

Why does the gaslight flicker so ominously in Mrs. Manningham's house? And is she really losing her mind?

Gaslicht

1956

Trapeze poster
10.0

Robby and Jim are two friends working in a circus. When Marina, a new acrobat, enters the show, both men will compete for her love. She needs a partner for a flying number, and one of them will be elected. Then accidents will happen.

Trapeze

1931

Corridor of Mirrors poster
6.0

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

Corridor of Mirrors poster
6.0

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

The Triumph of Death poster
NR

Miss Pendleham has resided in a crumbling Elizabethan mansion for many years with rumours that the mansion is haunted.

The Triumph of Death

1968

An Ideal Husband poster
7.0

Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality that explores human frailty and social hypocrisy Sir Robert Chilterns secret is discovered and exposed. He is accused of having exploited government secrets for his own gain early in his political career. With this revelation from Mrs. Cheveley comes the threat of blackmail and the ruin of Sir Robert's career. Yet in order to be a successful blackmailer, one's own reputation must be beyond reproach.

An Ideal Husband

1969

Perpetrator Wanted poster
5.9

A dedicated editor, who is engaged to the daughter of a wealthy senator thrills her father with a lecture about convictions based on circumstantial evidence. When a corpse with a disfigured face is found in the house of the senator, evidence points to the editor. An entertaining thriller with a fairly intricate plot and some critical comments on the practice of the law. Based on the novel "Der geschlossene Ring" by Frank Arnau.

Perpetrator Wanted

1931

Nineteen Eighty-Four poster
7.3

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

Nineteen Eighty-Four poster
7.3

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

The Man with the Claw poster
7.0

A killer is on the loose, murdering people with an iron claw.

The Man with the Claw

1931

Adventure Story poster
6.0

The story of Alexander the Great.

Adventure Story

1961

Adventure Story poster
6.0

The story of Alexander the Great.

Adventure Story

1961

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
7.0

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1958

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
7.0

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1958

Die Schmugglerbraut von Mallorca poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Schmugglerbraut von Mallorca

1929

The Squeeker poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

The Squeeker

1931

The Tiger Murder Case poster
6.1

Mysterious murders committed by a criminal have kept the public on their toes and the police have mistakenly accused an imposter of the crimes.

The Tiger Murder Case

1930

The Shot in the Talker Studio poster
6.2

During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police.

The Shot in the Talker Studio

1930

Tales from the Vienna Woods poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tales from the Vienna Woods

1928

The July Plot poster
10.0

Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.

The July Plot

1964

A Shot at Dawn poster
7.0

A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.

A Shot at Dawn

1932

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Kronanwalt

1962

Liebe auf Bretteln poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe auf Bretteln

1935

The Naked Sun poster
10.0

Earth police detective Lije Baley and his robot associate, R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate an impossible murder on a planet where physical proximity is taboo but nudity is not.

The Naked Sun

1969

Express 13 poster
5.8

Revolutionaries plot to assassinate a president by blowing up the rail tracks in order make his train derail but this is averted just in time.

Express 13

1931

The Avenger poster
6.7

A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.

The Avenger

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Im Prater blühn wieder die Bäume

1929

Wuthering Heights poster
9.5

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

Wuthering Heights

1962

Wuthering Heights poster
9.5

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

Wuthering Heights

1962