Robert Siodmak
German-born American film director (1900-1973)
2.06body-of-work score · ranked #513 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 8, 1900 · Dresden
- Died
- March 10, 1973 · Locarno
- Nationality
- Germany, United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 11.001 citation
- 2
1946 · United States · crime, film-noir, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.503 citations - 3People on SundayMenschen am Sonntag
1930 · Germany · silent, drama
Criterion Collection spine #569 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.272 citations - 40.171 citation
- 50.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 59 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1930Farewell
- 1930People on Sunday
- 1930The fight with the dragon or: The tragedy of the lodger
- 1931About an Inquest
- 1931Inquest
- 1931The Man in Search of His Murderer
- 1932Quick
- 1932Storms of Passion
- 1932Tumultes
- 1933The Burning Secret
- 1933The Weaker Sex
- 1934The Crisis is Over
- 1936Compliments of Mister Flow
- 1936Parisian Life
- 1936Parisian Life
- 1936Symphonie D'Amour
- 1937White Cargo
- 1938Mollenard
- 1938Ultimatum
- 1939Personal Column
- 1941West Point Widow
- 1942Fly-by-Night
- 1942My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- 1942The Night Before the Divorce
- 1943Someone to Remember
- 1943Son of Dracula
- 1944Christmas Holiday
- 1944Cobra Woman
- 1944Phantom Lady
- 1944The Suspect
- 1945The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
- 1946The Dark Mirror
- 1946The Killers
- 1946The Spiral Staircase
- 1947Time Out of Mind
- 1948Cry of the City
- 1949Criss Cross
- 1950Deported
- 1950The File on Thelma Jordon
- 1950The Great Sinner
- 1951The Whistle at Eaton Falls
- 1952The Crimson Pirate
- 1954Flesh and the Woman
- 1955Die Ratten
- 1956My Father, the Actor
- 1957The Devil Came at Night
- 1959Dorothea Angermann
- 1959The Magnificent Sinner
- 1959The Rough and the Smooth
- 1960Mein Schulfreund
- 1961The Nina B. Affair
- 1962Escape from East Berlin
- 1964The Shoot
- 1965Der Schatz der Azteken
- 1965Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes
- 1968Custer of the West
- 1968Kampf um Rom
- 1968The Last Roman
- 1969Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat