FILM DIRECTOR

Rudolph Maté

1898 - 1964

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Rudolph Maté (born Rudolf Mayer; 21 January 1898 – 27 October 1964) was a Polish-Hungarian cinematographer who worked in Hungary, Austria, Germany, and France. He collaborated with notable directors including Fritz Lang, René Clair, and Carl Theodor Dreyer, attracting notable recognition for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Vampyr (1932). In 1935, he relocated to the United States serving as a cinematographer on notable Hollywood films, including Dodsworth (1936), Foreign Correspondent (1940), and Gilda (1946). By 1947, Maté became a film director, with notable titles such as D.O.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Maté has received more than 127,578 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Maté is the 728th most popular film director (down from 696th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Poland (down from 709th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Over the past year Rudolph Maté has had the most page views in the with 16,268 views, followed by Italian (3,046), and French (3,000). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (58.79%), Azerbaijani (37.74%), and Finnish (37.01%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rudolph Maté ranks 728 out of 2,041. Before him are Maurice Tourneur, Jack Arnold, Emile Ardolino, Clyde Geronimi, Alexei Uchitel, and Dan O'Bannon. After him are Hans Hass, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Konrad Wolf, Jaromil Jireš, Pupi Avati, and Karel Lamač.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Rudolph Maté ranks 151. Before him are Alfons Gorbach, Franz Bäke, Vladimir Dekanozov, Alfred Sauvy, Louis Adamic, and Armand Hammer. After him are Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Katarzyna Kobro, Helene Engelmann, Sami al-Hinnawi, and Ninette de Valois. Among people deceased in 1964, Rudolph Maté ranks 105. Before him are Ernst Toch, Ary Barroso, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Joseph Schildkraut, Aloïse Corbaz, and Alvin York. After him are Henry Maitland Wilson, Olga Desmond, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Marx, Maksym Rylsky, and Adolfo Díaz.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Rudolph Maté ranks 771 out of 1,694. Before him are Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Holger Czukay (1938), Katja Ebstein (1945), and Jan Kiepura (1902). After him are Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), Sam Warner (1887), Marcin Kromer (1512), Marlene Schmidt (1937), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), and Haroun Tazieff (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Rudolph Maté ranks 18. Before him are Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Andrzej Munk (1921), and Wojciech Has (1925). After him are Boris Kaufman (1906), Max Fleischer (1883), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), Dariusz Wolski (1956), Janusz Kamiński (1959), and Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949).

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Filmography

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Director
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
Apr 21o 19287.994 / 10
To Be or Not to Be
Director
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Mar 5o 19427.9 / 10
Gilda
Director
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
Apr 25o 19467.527 / 10