Robert Muller (screenwriter)

British screenwriter and journalist (1925–1998)

Robert Muller
Born	1 September 1925 Hamburg, Germany
Died	27 May 1998 (aged 72) London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1956–1991 (film & TV)

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

Selected works

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)^[2]
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)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse [de] (John Olden [de] and Claus Peter Witt [de], 1966, TV miniseries) — based on a non-fiction book by Henry Kolarz [de]
The Wednesday Play: "The Executioner" (Michael Hayes, 1966)
Die Unberatenen (Peter Zadek, 1966) — based on a novel by Thomas Valentin [de]
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)
Van der Valk und die Reichen [de] (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 (Marcel Cravenne [fr], 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 (Ilse Hofmann [de], 1980)
Exil (Egon Günther, 1981, TV miniseries) — based on a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger
Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (Bernd Fischerauer [de], 1982, TV miniseries)
Russian Night... 1941 (Desmond Davis, 1982) — based on a story by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ein Kleid von Dior [de] (Peter Weck, 1982) — based on Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
Nachruf auf Othello (Michael Braun [de], 1983) — based on a novel by Nino Erné [de]
Storyboard: "Secrets" (Peter Sasdy, 1983)
Weltuntergang [de] (Imo Moszkowicz [de], 1984) — based on a novel by Milan Dor [de]
Die Fräulein von damals (Dietrich Haugk, 1986)
Albert Schweitzer (Michael Braun [de], 1987, TV miniseries)
Rothenbaumchaussee (Dietrich Haugk, 1991)

References

^ Grenville, p. 64
^ 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.