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Robert Muller

1925 – 1998

German screenwriter and journalist

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Lived 1925 – 1998 (aged 72). Robert Muller was a German screenwriter, journalist and writer.

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.

Selected works Novel Virginities (1982) Film Woman of Straw (1964) The Beauty Jungle (1964) I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969) The Roaring Fifties (1983)

Television London Playhouse: "Jane Clegg" (dir. Peter Cotes, 1956) Armchair Theatre: "The Night Conspirators" (Philip Saville, 1962) 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, 1964) Story Parade: "The World That Summer" (Peter Sasdy, 1965) Armchair Mystery Theatre: "Man and Mirror" (Patrick Dromgoole, 1965) Armchair Theatre: "A Cold Peace" (Don Leaver, 1965) Mystery and Imagination: "The Body Snatcher" (Toby Robertson, 1966) ( and , 1966, TV miniseries) — based on a non-fiction book by The Wednesday Play: "The Executioner" (Michael Hayes, 1966) Die Unberatenen (Peter Zadek, 1966) — based on a novel by Out of the Unknown: "The Prophet" (Naomi Capon, 1967) — based on "Reason" by Isaac Asimov Armchair Theatre: "Easier in the Dark" (Don Leaver, 1967) Armchair Theatre: "A World of Time" (Don Leaver, 1967) Theatre 625: "Henry IV" (Michael Hayes, 1967) — based on Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV Haunted: "After the Funeral" (Don Leaver, 1967) The Wednesday Play: "Death of a Private" (James Ferman, 1967) — loosely based on Woyzeck Man in a Suitcase: "The Bridge" (Pat Jackson, 1967) Armchair Theatre: "You and Me" (Kim Mills, 1968) Nana (John Davies, 1968, TV miniseries) Mystery and Imagination: "Frankenstein" (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" (Rudolph Cartier, 1969) Mystery and Imagination: "The Suicide Club" (Mike Vardy, 1970) Take Three Girls (1971, TV series, 4 episodes) Bel Ami (John Davies, 1971, TV miniseries) — based on Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami Die Sonne angreifen (Peter Lilienthal, 1971) — based on a novel by Witold Gombrowicz Public Eye: "Shades of White" (Piers Haggard, 1971) Man of Straw (Herbert Wise, 1972, TV miniseries) — based on Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann Van der Valk und das Mädchen (Peter Zadek, 1972) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling The Song of Songs (Peter Wood, 1973, TV miniseries) (Wolfgang Petersen, 1973) — based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling Colditz: "Chameleon" (Philip Dudley, 1974) Fall of Eagles: "Indian Summer of an Emperor" (Donald McWhinnie, 1974) Omnibus: "The Need for Nightmare" (Harley Cokeliss, 1974) Churchill's People: "The Lost Island" (Philip Saville, 1975) — based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples A Legacy (Derek Martinus, 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, 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: "Ghosts of Venice" (Claude Whatham, 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 Supernatural: "Night of the Marionettes" (Alan Cooke, 1977) Supernatural: "Dorabella" (Simon Langton, 1977) Prince Regent (Michael Simpson and Michael Hayes, 1979, TV miniseries) The World That Summer (, 1980) Exil (Egon Günther, 1981, TV miniseries) — based on a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (, 1982, TV miniseries) Russian Night... 1941 (Desmond Davis, 1982) — based on a story by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Peter Weck, 1982) — based on Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico Nachruf auf Othello (, 1983) — based on a novel by Storyboard: "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)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Robert Muller?

German screenwriter and journalist (1925–1998)

When was Robert Muller born?

Robert Muller was born on 1 September 1925 in Hamburg.

When did Robert Muller die?

Robert Muller died on 27 May 1998 in London.

What was Robert Muller's occupation?

Robert Muller was a screenwriter, journalist and writer.

What nationality was Robert Muller?

Robert Muller was German.

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· Wikipedia: Robert Muller

· Wikidata: Q20980114

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