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Robert Krasker is a Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography Australien born on 21 august 1913 at Perth (Australie)
Robert Krasker (membre de la BSC), né le 13 août 1913 à Perth (Australie-Occidentale) et mort le 16 août 1981 à Londres (Angleterre), est un directeur de la photographie australien.
Durant sa carrière, il collabore également avec les réalisateurs Anthony Asquith (ex. : La nuit est mon ennemie, 1959), Zoltan Korda (ex. : Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé, 1952), David Lean (ex. : Brève Rencontre, 1945), Anthony Mann (ex. : Le Cid, 1961) et Carol Reed (ex : Le Troisième Homme, 1949), entre autres.
Le Troisième Homme permet à Robert Krasker de remporter l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie en 1951. En outre, il obtient une nomination au British Academy Film Award de la meilleure photographie en 1964 (voir la rubrique "Nominations et récompense" ci-dessous).
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Robert Krasker
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Nationality Australie
Birth 21 august 1913 at Perth (Australie)
Death 16 august 1981 (at 67 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 21 august 1913 at Perth (Australie)
Death 16 august 1981 (at 67 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Biography
Après des études à Dresde (Allemagne) et Paris (France), Robert Krasker s'installe en Angleterre, à Londres, en 1932. Aux côtés du réalisateur et producteur Alexander Korda, ll débute en 1934 comme cadreur, exerçant à ce titre jusqu'en 1941. Il devient chef opérateur en 1942 et officie ainsi jusqu'en 1966, sur trente-neuf films au total, britanniques surtout. Il participe aussi à quelques films américains (ex. : Alexandre le Grand de Robert Rossen, 1956), un film italien (Senso de Luchino Visconti, 1954), un film irlandais (Quand se lève la lune de John Ford, 1957), et des coproductions (ex. : Roméo et Juliette, film italo-britannique, 1954). Bien que retiré ensuite pour raison de santé, il revient toutefois brièvement au cinéma à l'occasion de deux courts métrages, sortis en 1976 et 1980.Durant sa carrière, il collabore également avec les réalisateurs Anthony Asquith (ex. : La nuit est mon ennemie, 1959), Zoltan Korda (ex. : Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé, 1952), David Lean (ex. : Brève Rencontre, 1945), Anthony Mann (ex. : Le Cid, 1961) et Carol Reed (ex : Le Troisième Homme, 1949), entre autres.
Le Troisième Homme permet à Robert Krasker de remporter l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie en 1951. En outre, il obtient une nomination au British Academy Film Award de la meilleure photographie en 1964 (voir la rubrique "Nominations et récompense" ci-dessous).
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The Trap (1966)
, 1h46Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Fur trapper Jean La Bête (Oliver Reed) paddles his canoe through wild water towards the settlement in order to sell a load of furs.
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
, 2h11Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, Roy Dotrice, John Golightly
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in the county of Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water, which could be used in the manufacture of an Atomic bomb.
The Collector (1965)
, 1h59Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore, Kenneth More, William Beckley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
Frederick Clegg (Terence Stamp) is a lonely, unbalanced young man who stalks, kidnaps, and imprisons a pretty, young art student, Miranda Grey (Samantha Eggar). One day after following her in his van, Frederick kidnaps and chloroforms Miranda, locking her in the windowless stone cellar that he has prepared with a bed, some furnishings, and an electric heater. When Frederick proclaims his love for Miranda, she fakes appendicitis as a ploy to escape, but is caught. Many weeks go by, and Miranda realizes just how unstable Frederick is, and that she will never leave alive. While being taken from the house to the cellar in the rain, she seizes a nearby shovel and strikes Frederick in the head with it. Frederick is wounded, but he manages to pull her back into the cellar, breaking the heater during their struggles. Miranda remains locked in the cold cellar, soaking wet. Frederick returns three days later to find Miranda terribly ill, and he goes into town to get medicine. When Frederick returns, he finds Miranda dead. In a voice over, he says it was Miranda's fault for not trying to get to know him and for losing his respect, and that his only mistake was choosing a woman who was much too clever and of a different social background. The final scene shows Frederick back behind the wheel of his van, stalking a young nurse.
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
, 3h8Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Mel Ferrer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
In the winter of 180 A.D., the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (Guinness) fights to keep Germanic barbarians from invading his northern territories on the Danube frontier. His deputies are the Greek ex-slave Timonides (Mason), a closet Christian, and the stern and honest general Gaius Livius (Boyd). Livius has close connections with the imperial family, being the lover of Aurelius' philosopher daughter Lucilla (Loren) and a friend of her brother Commodus (Plummer). Nevertheless, he is amazed to hear that Aurelius wants to make him his heir. Despite his military obligations the emperor has egalitarian ideals, dreaming of a day when Rome grants equal rights to men of all nations. He knows that he will not live to achieve this end, and trusts Livius to do so more than his charismatic but brutal son. The discovery that his father has effectively disinherited him hurts Commodus immensely, and damages the almost brotherly relationship he had enjoyed with Livius.
The Running Man (1963)
, 1h43Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Fernando Rey, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In Croydon, England, seemingly grieving Stella Black (Lee Remick) has just returned home from her husband's funeral. Apparently, he died in a gliding accident when the glider he had rented crashed into the sea, and his body was never recovered. In reality, she knows her husband Rex Black (Laurence Harvey) is still alive and has been in hiding at a seaside boarding house for three months under the assumed name of Erskine, a shoe salesman on vacation, between the time of his "death" and the funeral. He has just clandestinely returned home following the funeral. They are perpetrating this ruse to collect on the £50,000 life insurance money from the Excelsior Insurance Company. They feel Excelsior owes them this money as, in the previous year, Excelsior did not pay out a £20,000 business insurance claim when his airplane, which he used to operate his own transport company, went down in bad weather on a flight to Hamburg, West Germany, and was destroyed. His insurance had lapsed by two days due to someone's error in not paying the latest premium – Rex admitting that it may have been his error - which in turn ruined his business.
Billy Budd (1962)
, 2h3Directed by Peter Ustinov
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers, John Neville
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
In the year 1797, the British naval vessel HMS Avenger (changed from the book; in early drafts it was Indomitable, later ones, Bellipotent) press gangs into service a crewman "according to the Rights of War" from the merchant ship The Rights of Man. The new crewman, Billy Budd (Terence Stamp), is considered naive by his shipmates, and they attempt to indoctrinate him in their cynicism. But Budd's steadfast optimism is impenetrable, as when he is asked to critique the horrible gruel the crew must eat, he offers "It's hot. And there's a lot of it. I like everything about it except the flavor." The crew discovers Budd stammers in his speech when under anxiety.
Guns of Darkness (1962)
, 1h43Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Actors David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu, Eleanor Summerfield, Ian Hunter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Caught in a South American country during a coup, a British couple (Niven and Caron) try and help the former President escape to the border.
El Cid (1961)
, 3h4Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page, John Fraser, Hurd Hatfield
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
General Ibn (pronounced Ben) Yusuf (Herbert Lom) of the Almoravid dynasty has summoned all the Emirs of Al-Andalus to North Africa and chastises them for their complacency in dealing with the infidels and reveals his plan for Islamic world domination.
The Criminal (1960)
, 1h37Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Heist films
Actors Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Patrick Magee, Grégoire Aslan, Laurence Naismith, Margit Saad
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Johnny Bannion, un spécialiste des hold-up est sur le point d'être libéré de prison où il a mis au point un "grand coup" qui doit rapporter une somme exceptionnelle. L'idée lui a été suggérée par un autre prisonnier, Snipe, qui fait désormais partie de sa bande. Lors de sa sortie de prison, Bannion est accueilli par un de ses complices, Carter. L'opération se déroule normalement, mais le comportement de Bannion n'inspire guère confiance et un de ses "amis" le dénonce à la police. À nouveau incarcéré, Bannion apprend que sa maîtresse, Suzanne, a été enlevée et finit par comprendre que l'"ami" en question n'est autre que Carter, et que celui-ci cherche à utiliser Suzanne pour l'obliger à révéler l'endroit où il a planqué le magot. Grâce à ses anciens collaborateurs, passés au service de Carter, Bannion sort de prison à seule fin de leur rendre l'argent volé dont il ne devra toucher, à présent, plus un seul sou. Prisonniers de Carter, Bannion et Suzanne parviennent à s'échapper mais ils sont abattus alors qu'ils tentaient de récupérer l'argent du hold-up.
The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)
, 1h39Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley, Alec McCowen, Terence Alexander
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
À la fin de l'époque victorienne à Londres, l'artiste-peintre Louis Dubedat est atteint de la tuberculose. Sa femme Jennifer, follement amoureuse d'un mari qu'elle idéalise, ne peut se résoudre à le voir disparaître. Elle va demander à l'éminent spécialiste Sir Colenso Ridgeon de tenter le tout pour le tout afin de le sauver. Le docteur a tellement de patients qu'il ne peut traiter en priorité que certains cas extrêmes et Jennifer le convainc (en même temps qu'il est séduit par son charme) en lui présentant des œuvres de son mari en qui le docteur reconnaît un grand artiste. Mais en prenant Louis en charge, le docteur et son équipe découvrent que l'artiste est doublé d'un escroc qui est, de surcroît, bigame, marié à une autre femme qu'il a abandonnée. Le docteur est confronté à un dilemme, entravé, en plus, par les sentiments qu'il éprouve pour Jennifer : soit laisser l'artiste s'éteindre en préservant les illusions de Jennifer, soit tenter de le sauver en dévoilant à celle-ci la bigamie et les autres travers de son mari.
Libel (1959)
, 1h40Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Robert Shaw, Anthony Dawson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
While traveling in London, Jeffrey Buckenham (Massie), a Canadian Second World War veteran, sees Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon (Bogarde) on television leading a tour of his grand family home. Buckenham was held in a German POW camp with Loddon, and while watching him, becomes convinced that he is in fact another former POW, Frank Wellney, an actor (also played by Bogarde). Buckenham publicly announces his suspicion that Wellney murdered Loddon during an escape from the POW camp, and has taken the young baronet's place. Loddon sues Buckenham for libel, but his mind is still battered by some terrible incident that occurred during his escape fifteen years before, and in time even his loyal wife (de Havilland) begins to doubt him.
Behind the Mask (1958)
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Tony Britton, Carl Möhner, Niall MacGinnis, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Bannen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
The Quiet American (1958)
, 2hDirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Romance
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, La guerre d'Indochine, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll, Bruce Cabot, Yoko Tani
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
In Saigon in 1952, as Vietnamese insurgents are delivering major strikes against the French colonial rulers, an innocent and enigmatic young American economist (Audie Murphy), who is working for an international aid organization, gets caught between the Communists and the colonialists as he tries to win the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. By promising marriage, he steals away a young Vietnamese woman (Giorgia Moll) from an embittered and cynical English newspaperman (Michael Redgrave), who retaliates by spreading the word that the American is actually covertly selling arms to the anti-Communists.
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
, 1h21Directed by John Ford
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Cyril Cusack, Noel Purcell, Denis O'Dea, Tyrone Power, John Cowley, Jack MacGowran
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Police Inspector Dillon (Cyril Cusack) reluctantly sets out to see an old friend, Dan O'Flaherty (Noel Purcell). Along the way, he encounters Mickey J. (Jack MacGowran), a poitín maker who, fortunately for him, is not Dillon's target today. The inspector has the unfortunate duty of serving a warrant on O'Flaherty for striking Phelim O'Feeney (John Cowley) on the head. O'Flaherty refuses to pay the fine, as he feels he has done nothing wrong, nor will he allow O'Feeney to pay it for him. Instead, he heads off to prison.
Alexander the Great (1956)
, 2h21Directed by Robert Rossen, Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Fredric March, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Hordern, Harry Andrews
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
In the beginning of the film, Demosthenes is propagating for war to resist Philip II's takeover of Greek city-states.