Robert Muller
German screenwriter, journalist and writer

Robert Muller

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German screenwriter, journalist and writer
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1 September 1925(Hamburg, Germany)
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27 May 1998(London, England, UK)
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Robert Muller (1925–1998) was a German-born British journalist and screenwriter, who mainly worked in television. He emigrated to Britain in 1938 as a thirteen-year-old refugee from Nazi Germany.

Selected works

Film

  • Woman of Straw (1964)
  • The Beauty Jungle (1964)
  • I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969)
  • The Roaring Fifties (1983)

Television

  • London Playhouse: Jane Clegg (dir. Peter Cotes, 1956)
  • Armchair Theatre: The Night Conspirators (dir. Philip Saville, 1962)
  • Armchair Theatre: Afternoon of a Nymph (dir. Philip Saville, 1962)
  • Armchair Theatre: Thank You and Goodnight (dir. Philip Saville, 1962)
  • Armchair Theatre: The Paradise Suite (dir. Philip Saville, 1963)
  • Playdate: The Night Conspirators (1963)
  • Armchair Theatre: Pleasure Is Where She Finds It (dir. Charles Jarrott, 1964)
  • Story Parade: The World That Summer (dir. Peter Sasdy, 1965)
  • Armchair Mystery Theatre: Man and Mirror (dir. Patrick Dromgoole, 1965)
  • Armchair Theatre: A Cold Peace (dir. Don Leaver, 1965)
  • Mystery and Imagination: The Body Snatcher (dir. Toby Robertson, 1966) — based on The Body Snatcher
  • Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse [de] (dir: John Olden [de] and Claus Peter Witt [de], 1966, TV miniseries) — based on a non-fiction book by Henry Kolarz [de]
  • The Wednesday Play: The Executioner (dir. Michael Hayes, 1966)
  • Die Unberatenen (dir. Peter Zadek, 1966) — based on a novel by Thomas Valentin [de]
  • Out of the Unknown: The Prophet (dir. Naomi Capon, 1967) — based on Reason by Isaac Asimov
  • Armchair Theatre: Easier in the Dark (dir. Don Leaver, 1967)
  • Armchair Theatre: A World of Time (dir. Don Leaver, 1967)
  • Theatre 625: Henry IV (dir. Michael Hayes, 1967) — based on Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV
  • Haunted: After the Funeral (dir. Don Leaver, 1967)
  • The Wednesday Play: Death of a Private (dir. James Ferman, 1967) — loosely based on Woyzeck
  • Man in a Suitcase: The Bridge (dir. Pat Jackson, 1967)
  • Armchair Theatre: You and Me (dir. Kim Mills, 1968)
  • Nana (dir: John Davies, 1968, TV miniseries) — based on Émile Zola's Nana
  • Mystery and Imagination: Frankenstein (dir. Voytek, 1968) — based on Frankenstein
  • Out of the Unknown: Beach Head (dir. James Cellan Jones, 1969) — based on a story by Clifford D. Simak
  • Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun (dir. Rudolph Cartier, 1969) — based on The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
  • Mystery and Imagination: The Suicide Club (dir. Mike Vardy, 1970) — based on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club
  • Take Three Girls (1971, TV series, 4 episodes)
  • Bel Ami (dir: John Davies, 1971, TV miniseries) — based on Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami
  • Die Sonne angreifen (dir. Peter Lilienthal, 1971) — based on a novel by Witold Gombrowicz
  • Public Eye: Shades of White (dir. Piers Haggard, 1971)
  • Man of Straw (dir: Herbert Wise, 1972, TV miniseries) — based on Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann
  • Van der Valk und das Mädchen (dir: Peter Zadek, 1972) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling
  • The Song of Songs (dir: Peter Wood, 1973, TV miniseries) — based on The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
  • Van der Valk und die Reichen [de] (dir: Wolfgang Petersen, 1973) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling
  • Colditz: Chameleon (dir. Philip Dudley, 1974)
  • Fall of Eagles: Indian Summer of an Emperor (dir. Donald McWhinnie, 1974)
  • Omnibus: The Need for Nightmare (dir. Harley Cokeliss, 1974)
  • Churchill's People: The Lost Island (dir. Philip Saville, 1975) — based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
  • A Legacy (dir: Derek Martinus, 1975, TV miniseries) — based on Sybille Bedford's A Legacy
  • Private Affairs: A Dream of Living (dir. Philip Saville, 1975)
  • Van der Valk und die Toten (dir: Marcel Cravenne [fr], 1975) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling
  • Ten from the Twenties: Motherlove (dir. Mark Cullingham, 1975) — based on a story by J. D. Beresford
  • Ten from the Twenties: Her Wedding Morn (dir. Barry Letts, 1975) — based on a story by Sheila Kaye-Smith
  • Ten from the Twenties: The Fifty Pound Note (dir. Mark Cullingham, 1975) — based on a story by A. E. Coppard
  • Supernatural: Ghosts of Venice (dir. Claude Whatham, 1977)
  • Supernatural: Countess Ilona (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
  • Supernatural: The Werewolf Reunion (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
  • Supernatural: Mr Nightingale (dir. Alan Cooke, 1977)
  • Supernatural: Lady Sybil (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (dir. Alan Cooke, 1977) — based on The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
  • Supernatural: Night of the Marionettes (dir. Alan Cooke, 1977)
  • Supernatural: Dorabella (dir. Simon Langton, 1977)
  • Prince Regent (dir: Michael Simpson and Michael Hayes, 1979, TV miniseries)
  • Die Welt in jenem Sommer (dir. Ilse Hofmann [de], 1980)
  • Exil (dir: Egon Günther, 1981, TV miniseries) — based on a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger
  • Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (dir: Bernd Fischerauer [de], 1982, TV miniseries)
  • Russian Night... 1941 (dir: Desmond Davis, 1982) — based on a story by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  • Ein Kleid von Dior [de] (dir: Peter Weck, 1982) — based on Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
  • Nachruf auf Othello (dir: Michael Braun [de], 1983) — based on a novel by Nino Erné [de]
  • Storyboard: Secrets (dir. Peter Sasdy, 1983)
  • Weltuntergang [de] (dir: Imo Moszkowicz [de], 1984) — based on a novel by Milan Dor [de]
  • Die Fräulein von damals (dir: Dietrich Haugk, 1986)
  • Albert Schweitzer (dir: Michael Braun [de], 1987, TV miniseries)
  • Rothenbaumchaussee (dir: Dietrich Haugk, 1991)