Robert Muller (1 September 1925 – 27 May 1998) was a German-born British journalist and screenwriter, who mainly worked in television. Since his father was Jewish, he emigrated to Britain in 1938 as a thirteen-year-old refugee from

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

Selected works

Film

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Woman of Straw ''Woman of Straw'' is a 1964 British crime thriller directed by Basil Dearden and starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. It was written by Robert Muller (screenwriter), Robert Muller and Stanley Mann, adapted from the 1954 novel ''La Femme ...

'' (1964) * '' The Beauty Jungle'' (1964) * '' I'm an Elephant, Madame'' (1969) * '' The Roaring Fifties'' (1983)

Television

* '' London Playhouse: "''Jane Clegg" (dir.

Peter Cotes Peter Cotes (19 March 1912 – 10 November 1998) was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager. Cotes was born as Sydney Boulting in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His brothers John and Roy Boulting became noted film makers. He ...

, 1956) * ''

Armchair Theatre ''Armchair Theatre'' is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968. The Ca ...

: "''The Night Conspirators" (

Philip Saville Philip Saville (28 October 1927 – 22 December 2016) was a British director, screenwriter and former actor whose career lasted half a century. The British Film Institute's Screenonline website described Saville as "one of Britain's most prolifi ...

, 1962)BFI screenonline Armchair Theatre (1956–74) page
Retrieved 25 February 2020. It was presented as a stage play in London and UK tour in 1963. * ''Armchair Theatre:'' " Afternoon of a Nymph" (1962) * ''Armchair Theatre: "''Thank You and Goodnight" (1962) * ''Armchair Theatre:'' " The Paradise Suite" (1963) * '' Playdate: "''The Night Conspirators" (1963) * ''Armchair Theatre: "''Pleasure Is Where She Finds It" (

Charles Jarrott Charles Jarrott (16 June 19274 March 2011) was a British film and television director. He was best known for costume dramas he directed for producer Hal B. Wallis, among them '' Anne of the Thousand Days'', which earned him a Golden Globe for B ...

, 1964) * ''Story Parade: "''The World That Summer" ( Peter Sasdy, 1965) * ''

Armchair Mystery Theatre ''Armchair Mystery Theatre'' is a 60-minute UK television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960–1965. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White. It was a spin-off from the successful '' Armchai ...

: "''Man and Mirror" (Patrick Dromgoole, 1965) * ''Armchair Theatre: "''A Cold Peace" ( Don Leaver, 1965) * ''

Mystery and Imagination ''Mystery and Imagination'' is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 by the ITV network and produced by ABC and (later) Thames Television. Outline The se ...

:'' "

The Body Snatcher "The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish people, Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in ''The Pall Mall Gazette'' in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of the surgeon Robert Knox ...

" ( Toby Robertson, 1966) * ' ( and , 1966, TV miniseries) — based on a non-fiction book by * ''

The Wednesday Play ''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of United Kingdom, British television plays which ran on BBC One, BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic ...

: "''The Executioner" ( Michael Hayes, 1966) * ''Die Unberatenen'' (

Peter Zadek Peter Zadek (; 19 May 1926 – 30 July 2009) was a German director of theatre, opera and film, a translator and a screenwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater. Biography Peter Zadek was born on 19 May ...

, 1966) — based on a novel by * ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction and horror anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were dramatisations of s ...

: "''The Prophet" ( Naomi Capon, 1967) — based on "

Reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, religion, scien ...

" by

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...

* ''Armchair Theatre:'' "Easier in the Dark" (Don Leaver, 1967) * ''Armchair Theatre:'' "A World of Time" (Don Leaver, 1967) * ''

Theatre 625 ''Theatre 625'' is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production an ...

:'' "Henry IV" (Michael Hayes, 1967) — based on

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...

's '' Henry IV'' * '' Haunted:'' "After the Funeral" (Don Leaver, 1967) * ''The Wednesday Play:'' "Death of a Private" ( James Ferman, 1967) — loosely based on ''

Woyzeck ''Woyzeck'' () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil F ...

'' * ''

Man in a Suitcase ''Man in a Suitcase'' is a British television private eye thriller series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It originally aired in the United Kingdom on ITV (TV network), ITV from 27 September 1967 to 17 April 1968. American Broadcast ...

:'' "The Bridge" (

Pat Jackson Patrick Douglas Selmes Jackson (26 March 1916 – 3 June 2011) was an English film and television director. Biography Born in Eltham to a formerly affluent family which was severely affected by the Wall Street crash in 1929, Jackson's formal ...

, 1967) * ''Armchair Theatre:'' "You and Me" (Kim Mills, 1968) * '' Nana'' ( John Davies, 1968, TV miniseries) * ''Mystery and Imagination:'' "

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a Sapience, sapient Frankenstein's monster, crea ...

" ( Voytek, 1968) * ''Out of the Unknown:'' "Beach Head" ( James Cellan Jones, 1969) — based on a story by Clifford D. Simak * ''Out of the Unknown:'' "

The Naked Sun ''The Naked Sun'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, the second in his ''Robot'' series. Like its predecessor, '' The Caves of Steel'', this is a whodunit story. It was first published in book form in 1957 after being ...

" (

Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, excl ...

, 1969) * ''Mystery and Imagination:'' " The Suicide Club" (Mike Vardy, 1970) * ''

Take Three Girls ''Take Three Girls'' is a British comedy-drama television series that aired on BBC1 from 17 November 1969 to 1 January 1971. It follows three young women sharing a flat in "Swinging London" (located at 17 Glazbury Road, West Kensington, W14). I ...

'' (1971, TV series, 4 episodes) * ''Bel Ami'' (John Davies, 1971, TV miniseries) — based on

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and s ...

's '' Bel-Ami'' * ''Die Sonne angreifen'' ( Peter Lilienthal, 1971) — based on a novel by

Witold Gombrowicz Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalism, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, ...

* '' Public Eye:'' "Shades of White" ( Piers Haggard, 1971) * '' Man of Straw'' ( Herbert Wise, 1972, TV miniseries) — based on '' Der Untertan'' by

Heinrich Mann Luiz Heinrich Mann (; March 27, 1871 – March 11, 1950), best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German writer known for his sociopolitical novels. From 1930 until 1933, he was president of the fine poetry division of the Prussian Academy ...

* ''Van der Valk und das Mädchen'' (Peter Zadek, 1972) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling * ''

The Song of Songs The Song of Songs (), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five ("scrolls") in the ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, it is erotic poe ...

'' ( Peter Wood, 1973, TV miniseries) * ' (

Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a German film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. His international breakthrough was the 1981 war film (1981), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Directo ...

, 1973) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling * ''

Colditz Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig (district), Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C prisoner-of-war camp, POW camp for officers in World War II. Geography Colditz is situa ...

:'' "Chameleon" (Philip Dudley, 1974) * ''

Fall of Eagles Autumn, also known as fall (especially in US & Canada), is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere ...

:'' "Indian Summer of an Emperor" ( Donald McWhinnie, 1974) * '' Omnibus:'' "The Need for Nightmare" (

Harley Cokeliss Harley Cokeliss (born Harley Louis Cokliss, February 11, 1945) is an American director, writer and producer of film and television. Early life Originally brought up in Chicago, he moved to Britain in 1966 to study at the London Film School ...

, 1974) * ''

Churchill's People ''Churchill's People'' is a series of 26 historical dramas produced by the BBC, based on Winston Churchill's '' A History of the English-Speaking Peoples''. They were first broadcast on BBC1 in 1974 and 1975. It was produced to mark the centena ...

:'' "The Lost Island" (Philip Saville, 1975) — based on ''

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples ''A History of the English-Speaking Peoples'' is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the e ...

'' * '' A Legacy'' (

Derek Martinus Derek Buitenhuis (4 April 1931 – 27 March 2014Michael Billington and Toby HadokObituary: Derek Martinus ''The Guardian'', 1 April 2014), known professionally as Derek Martinus, was an English television and theatre director. Originally an actor ...

, 1975, TV miniseries) * ''Private Affairs:'' "A Dream of Living" (Philip Saville, 1975) * ''Van der Valk und die Toten'' (, 1975) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling * ''Ten from the Twenties:'' "Motherlove" (Mark Cullingham, 1975) — based on a story by J. D. Beresford * ''Ten from the Twenties:'' "Her Wedding Morn" (

Barry Letts Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of ''Doctor Who'' from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, ...

, 1975) — based on a story by Sheila Kaye-Smith * ''Ten from the Twenties:'' "The Fifty Pound Note" (Mark Cullingham, 1975) — based on a story by A. E. Coppard * ''

Supernatural Supernatural phenomena or entities are those beyond the Scientific law, laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin 'above, beyond, outside of' + 'nature'. Although the corollary term "nature" has had multiple meanin ...

:'' "Ghosts of Venice" (

Claude Whatham Claude Whatham (7 December 1927 – 4 January 2008) was an English film and television director, mainly known for his work on dramas. Early life In 1940, Whatham, a teenage evacuee art student, had been commissioned to paint fairytale pictures ...

, 1977) * ''Supernatural:'' "Countess Ilona" ( Simon Langton, 1977) * ''Supernatural:'' "The Werewolf Reunion" (Simon Langton, 1977) * ''Supernatural:'' "Mr Nightingale" ( Alan Cooke, 1977) * ''Supernatural:'' "Lady Sybil" (Simon Langton, 1977) * '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (Alan Cooke, 1977) — based on ''

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (, originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which features prominently throughout the novel. I ...

'' * ''Supernatural:'' "Night of the Marionettes" (Alan Cooke, 1977) * ''Supernatural:'' "Dorabella" (Simon Langton, 1977) * ''

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'' (Michael Simpson and Michael Hayes, 1979, TV miniseries) * '' The World That Summer'' (, 1980) * '' Exil'' (

Egon Günther Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017)
in: Tagesspiegel, 31 August 2017. ...

, 1981, TV miniseries) — based on a novel by

Lion Feuchtwanger Lion Feuchtwanger (; 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Republic, Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht. ...

* '' Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler'' (, 1982, TV miniseries) * ''Russian Night... 1941'' (

Desmond Davis Desmond Stanley Tracey Davis (24 May 1926 – 3 July 2021) was a British film and television director, best known for his 1981 film ''Clash of the Titans (1981 film), Clash of the Titans''. Early life and career Desmond Davis was born in Wandsw ...

, 1982) — based on a story by

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and Soviet dissidents, dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag pris ...

* ' (

Peter Weck Peter Weck (born 12 August 1930) is an Austrian film director and actor. In addition to his about 130 film and television acting credits between 1954 and 2015, he worked as a director on more than 50 productions between 1969 and 2007. Biography ...

, 1982) — based on '' Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris'' by

Paul Gallico Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.Ivins, Molly,, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. ...

* ''Nachruf auf Othello'' (, 1983) — based on a novel by * ''

Storyboard A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of simple illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding proce ...

:'' "Secrets" ( Peter Sasdy, 1983) * ' (, 1984) — based on ''Der letzte Sonntag'' by Milo Dor * ''Die Fräulein von damals'' ( Dietrich Haugk, 1986) * ''Albert Schweitzer'' (, 1987, TV miniseries) * '' Rothenbaumchaussee'' ( Dietrich Haugk, 1991)

References

Bibliography

* Anthony Grenville. ''Refugees from the Third Reich in Britain''. Rodopi, 2002.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Robert 1925 births 1998 deaths Writers from Hamburg British male screenwriters British male television writers Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom 20th-century British screenwriters Jewish screenwriters British people of German-Jewish descent