Movies by Anatole Litvak
As a director:
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The Night of the Generals (1967)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
It's 1942 in Warsaw, and tenacious Wehrmacht Intelligence Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) is led to Paris as he attempts to pinpoint who of three generals is responsible for killing and then…
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Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Italian beauty Lisa Macklin (Sophia Loren) tells her abusive husband, Robert (Anthony Perkins), that she is fed up with his immaturity and that their marriage is over; but when he returns…
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Goodbye Again (1961)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
What's good for the goose is good for the gander in this drama about Paula (Ingrid Bergman), a successful decorator who gets so tired of her lover Roger's (Yves Montand) endless…
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Anastasia (1956)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
In 1928 Paris, a group of exiled White Russians claims to find Anastasia (Ingrid Bergman, who won a Best Actress Oscar), the only living heir of Czar Nicholas II. The entire Romanoff royal…
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Decision Before Dawn (1951)
Cast: Oskar Werner, Richard Basehart, Hans Christian Blech …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Set during World War II's waning days, this taut thriller stars Oskar Werner as Cpl. Karl Maurer, a turncoat German prisoner of war sent on a dicey espionage mission as the Allies get…
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
In this gripping thriller, Barbara Stanwyck stars as Leona Stevenson, a young, beautiful, rich hypochondriac who rarely gets out of bed. When she dials a wrong number by mistake, she…
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The Snake Pit (1948)
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Olivia de Havilland earned an Oscar nomination for her work in this stark drama as Virginia Cunningham, a married young woman whose idyllic life falls apart when she sinks into a world of…
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The Long Night (1947)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Henry Fonda stars as Joe Adams, a steel worker who falls in love with Jo Ann (Barbara Bel Geddes) and wants to save her from sinister magician Maximilian (Vincent Price). A struggle results…
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
Cast: Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler …
Directed by: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
This Oscar-nominated installment of director Frank Capra's acclaimed World War II documentary series -- created for the military and later shown in movie houses to rally Americans to…
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Blues in the Night (1941)
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Jigger Pine (Richard Whorf) and his traveling jazz band face rejection, alcoholism, heartbreak and tragedy as they try to make it big -- with a little help from a gangster who books them at…
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
French governess Henriette Deluzy-Desportes (Bette Davis) is the prime suspect when the wife (Barbara O'Neil, in an Oscar-nominated performance) of the handsome Duc de Praslin (Charles…
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City for Conquest (1940)
Cast: James Cagney, Jerome Cowan, Donald Crisp …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
In this heart-tugging drama based on Aben Kandel's novel, truck driver Danny Kenny (James Cagney) pays a heavy price when he turns to boxing to help bankroll his brother's music…
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Obsessed with understanding the criminal mind, brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) conducts an experiment by robbing a safe. When he's interrupted by a group of…
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This Above All / Second Honeymoon (1937)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak, Walter Lang
Hollywood legend Tyrone Power showcases both his dramatic and his comedic acting skills with performances in these two classics. In This Above All, a conscientious objector (Power) dates a…
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Mayerling (1936)
Cast: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Regnier …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Rebelling against the overbearing hand of his father, emperor Franz Joseph (Jean Dax), Austria's playboy crown prince, Rudolph (Charles Boyer), slips away and begins a passionate tryst…