Born in Dresden in 1900 and dying in Locarno in 1973, Robert Siodmak made his name with the German film Menschen am Sonntag (1930), with his brother Curt and Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer and Fred Zinnemann. A Jew, he fled the Nazis and made films in France before settling in Hollywood. There he became a master of film noir with Phantom Lady (1944), The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Killers (1946) and Criss Cross (1949). Returning to Germany he made The Rats (1955), which won the Golden Bear in Berlin.
Filmography
- People on Sunday (1930)
- Phantom Lady (1944)
- The Spiral Staircase (1946)
- The Killers (1946)
- The Dark Mirror (1946)
- Cry of the City (1948)
- Criss Cross (1949)
- The Crimson Pirate (1952)
- The Rats (1955)