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Anatole Litvak (Michael Anatole Litvak) was born on 10 May, 1902 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine], is a director,producer,writer. Discover Anatole Litvak's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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Michael Anatole Litvak |
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director,producer,writer |
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72 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
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10 May, 1902 |
Birthday |
10 May |
Birthplace |
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine] |
Date of death |
15 December, 1974 |
Died Place |
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France |
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Ukraine
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Anatole Litvak Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Anatole Litvak's Wife?
His wife is Sophie Litvak (2 December 1955 - 15 December 1974) ( his death), Miriam Hopkins (4 September 1937 - 11 October 1939) ( divorced)
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Sophie Litvak (2 December 1955 - 15 December 1974) ( his death), Miriam Hopkins (4 September 1937 - 11 October 1939) ( divorced) |
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Anatole Litvak Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Anatole Litvak worth at the age of 72 years old? Anatole Litvak’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from Ukraine. We have estimated Anatole Litvak's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 677-683. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
The distinguished film director Anatole Litvak was born in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, the son of Jewish parents. His very first job was as a stage hand. In 1915, he became an actor, performing at a little-known experimental theater in St. Petersburg, Russia.
As a teenager, he witnessed the 1917 Russian Revolution and the consequent nationalization of all theaters and drama schools. It was at this time Litvak decided to quit the stage and join the burgeoning Soviet film industry.
He was given a job at the Leningrad Nordkino studio as a set designer, but, before long, he worked his way up to directing short features, notably Tatiana (1925), a film about children.
In 1925, he left the Soviet Union for Berlin and was hired by the renowned director Georg Wilhelm Pabst to edit The Joyless Street (1925) starring Greta Garbo. He then began directing numerous short films for Ufa, and, eventually, moved on to full-length features.
The most important of these was the romantic comedy Dolly macht Karriere (1930). Litvak's stay in Germany was cut short by the rise to power of Adolf Hitler.
Litvak was especially fond of Paris.He lived there between 1933 and 1936, and again between 1949 and 1974. Thirteen of his thirty seven feature length films were set there.
Litvak moved to France, and directed Mayerling (1936), starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux. This production was the turning point in Litvak's career, being a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic. He received effusive praise from critic Frank S.
Nugent of the New York Times, who commented on the director's "superb assembling of scenes" and the "matchless performances" of the stars (September 14,1937).
Hollywood soon beckoned, and, from 1937 to 1941, Litvak became a contract director for Warner Brothers.
His first film was The Woman I Love (1937), which starred his future wife Miriam Hopkins.
His experience with diverse aspects of stagecraft, as well as his fluency in four languages (Russian, German, French and English), enabled him to competently tackle a wide variety of subjects: from sophisticated continental comedy (Tovarich (1937)) to historical drama (Anastasia (1956)) and romance (All This, and Heaven Too (1940)). Litvak was at his best directing taut, suspenseful crime dramas, such as The Amazing Dr.
Clitterhouse (1938) with Edward G.
Robinson and Humphrey Bogart, hailed by Variety as "an unquestionable winner"; and two tough action films starring John Garfield: Castle on the Hudson (1940) and Out of the Fog (1941).
Having become an American citizen in 1940, Litvak enlisted in the US army and collaborated with Frank Capra on the wartime "Why we Fight" series of documentaries.
At war's end he left the army with the rank of colonel and returned to Hollywood to direct the classic thriller Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) with Barbara Stanwyck.
Arguably his best film was the superb psychological drama The Snake Pit (1948), Hollywood's first attempt to seriously examine the treatment of mental illness. Indeed, the film was so influential that it precipitated changes in the American mental health system.
Litvak was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director, but lost out to John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
In 1949, the director -- who had once described Hollywood as a "Mecca" -- returned to Europe and settled in Paris, working only infrequently.
He undertook several projects under contract to 20th Century Fox (in 1951, and from 1955 to 1956).
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955.
Notable among his later efforts are two contrasting films with Ingrid Bergman: the lavishly produced Anastasia (1956), about a woman claiming to be the Romanoff dynasty's last living direct descendant; and the moody, introspective romantic drama Goodbye Again (1961), shot on location in Paris.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
In stark thematic contrast to these, he also directed the suspenseful wartime thriller The Night of the Generals (1967), starring Peter O'Toole.