Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar Georg ULMER (1904–1972, Moravia) was born to a Moravian Jewish family in Olomouc, Austria-Hungary which is now part of the Czech Republic. As a young man he lived in Vienna, where he worked in theatre while studying architecture and philosophy. He then worked in cinema with directors as diverse as F.W. Murnau, Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, and Fred Zinnemann. In the US, Ulmer started in the studio system but soon found himself directing Yiddish-language films in New Jersey as well as Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet ‘The King of PRC’ due to his work for the Poverty Row studios. The auteur theorists in the 1960s claimed his noirish and eccentric works as their own and his reputation has continued to rise over the years. Ulmer’s most famous productions include The Black Cat (1934) and his legendary film noir Detour (1945).
Filmography
(selection) Menschen am Sonntag (1930, co-dir.), Damaged Lives (1933), The Black Cat (1934), From Nine to Nine (1936), Moon over Harlem (1939), Cossacks in Exile (1939), Detour (1945), The Strange Woman (1946), Carnegie Hall (1947), The pirates of Capri (1949), Babes in Bagdad (1952), Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), The Naked Venus (1958), Sette contro la morte/The cavern (1964).
More info: Wikipedia, Edgar Georg Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer at IFFR
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Cossacks in Exile
Ukrainians, refusing to submit to Russian authorities, are driven out of their country.
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The World’s Greatest Sinner
If Elvis had ever done a movie where he played a cult leader, it might look like this. An underground classic, with a score from a very young Frank
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Spione
Even though Spione set the tone for all later espionage films, nevertheless this silent thriller shot by Fritz Lang after Metropolis can still be r
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Detour
This film-noir was shot in six days het unmistakably bears the stampt of Ulmer. It is praised as one of the most demanding and daring narrative str