Victor Trivas (July 9, 1896 – April 12, 1970) was a

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, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'',

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(2007), p. 211

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and

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. He was nominated at the

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for Best Story for the film '' The Stranger''.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' ( rus, Братья Карамазовы, Brat'ya Karamazovy, ˈbratʲjə kərɐˈmazəvɨ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly ...

'' (1931) * '' Mirages de Paris'' (1933) * ''

The Mayor's Dilemma ''The Mayor's Dilemma'' (French: ''Les otages'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annie Vernay, Saturnin Fabre and Fernand Charpin. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Chézy- ...

'' (1939) * ''

Song of Russia ''Song of Russia'' is a 1944 American war film made and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The picture was credited as being directed by Gregory Ratoff, though Ratoff became ill near the end of the five-month production, and was replaced by L� ...

'' (1944) * '' The Stranger'' (1946) (story and adaptation only) * '' Boom in the Moon'' (1946) * ''

Where the Sidewalk Ends ''Where the Sidewalk Ends'' is a 1974 children's poetry collection written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. It was published by Harper and Row Publishers. The book's poems address common childhood concerns and also present fanciful stories ...

'' (1950) * ''

The Secret of Convict Lake ''The Secret of Convict Lake'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore and Zachary Scott. The film was a critical and commercial success. The story is fiction, based on ...

'' (1951)

Director

* '' Call of the Blood'' (1929) * '' Hell on Earth'' (1931) * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * '' The Head'' (1959)

Art director

* '' The Woman from Berlin'' (1925) * ''

Eve's Daughters ''Eve's Daughters'' (; ) is a 1928 Czech-German silent film, silent drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra, Karel Lamač and Wolfgang Zilzer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Victor Trivas. Cast * Anny Ond ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov ''The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov'' () is a 1931 German drama film directed by Erich Engels and Fedor Ozep, starring Fritz Kortner and Anna Sten. It tells the story of a lieutenant who is suspected of having murdered his father. The film is based ...

'' (1931)

Bibliography

* Langman, Larry. Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking''. McFarland & Co, 2000. * Phillips, Alastair. ''City of Darkness, City of Light: émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939''. Amsterdam University Press, 2004

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* 1896 births 1970 deaths Russian male screenwriters Russian Jews Russian film directors German-language film directors Mass media people from Saint Petersburg 20th-century Russian screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers {{Russia-film-director-stub