Robert Krasker

Director Of Photography

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Bob Krasker

Birth Place

Australia

Born

August 21, 1913

Died

August 16, 1981

Biography

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Accomplished cinematographer who collaborated several times with Carol Reed and is best known for the director's shadow-ridden masterpiece, "The Third Man" (1949)....

Filmography

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Cry Wolf (1980)

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Director of Photography

The Trap (1967)

Director of Photography

The Heroes of Telemark (1966)

Director of Photography

The Collector (1965)

Director of Photographer, British staff

The Epic That Never Was (I, Claudius) (1965)

Camera Operator ("I, Claudius")

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Billy Budd (1962) -- (Movie Clip) What Was His Crime?

Billy Budd (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Too Much Perfection

Biography

Accomplished cinematographer who collaborated several times with Carol Reed and is best known for the director's shadow-ridden masterpiece, "The Third Man" (1949).

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Cry Wolf (1980)

Director Of Photography

Director of Photography

The Trap (1967)

Director of Photography

The Heroes of Telemark (1966)

Director of Photography

The Collector (1965)

Director of Photographer, British staff

The Epic That Never Was (I, Claudius) (1965)

Camera Operator ("I, Claudius")

The Heroes of Telemark (To Be Deleted) (1965)

Director Of Photography

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

The Running Man (1963)

Director of Photography

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

The Concrete Jungle (1962)

Director of Photography

Billy Budd (1962)

Director of Photography

Guns of Darkness (1962)

Director of Photography

Romanoff and Juliet (1961)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)

Director of Photography

The Quiet American (1958)

Behind The Mask (1958)

Director Of Photography

The Rising of the Moon (1957)

Director of Photography

The Story of Esther Costello (1957)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Alexander the Great (1956)

Director of Photography

That Lady (1955)

Director of Photography

Romeo and Juliet (1954)

Director Of Photography

Never Let Me Go (1953)

Director of Photography

The Malta Story (1953)

Director Of Photography

Another Man's Poison (1952)

Director of Photography

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

Director Of Photography

State Secret (1950)

Director Of Photography

The Third Man (1949)

The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)

Rose of Tralee (1942)

Camera Operator

Murder on Diamond Row (1937)

Camera Operator

Men Are Not Gods (1937)

Camera Operator

Things to Come (1936)

Camera Operator

Rembrandt (1936)

Camera Operator

The Rise Of Catherine The Great (1934)

Camera Assistant

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

Odd Man Out (1947)

Uncle Silas (1947)

Caesar And Cleopatra (1945)

Brief Encounter (1945)

The Lamp Still Burns (1943)

The Gentle Sex (1943)

One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1941)

Additional Photography

Life Events

1932

Moved to Great Britain, working and training under Georges Perinal at London Films (date approximate)

Videos

Billy Budd (1962) -- (Movie Clip) What Was His Crime? The merchant ship from which he was pressed still on the horizon, title character Terence Stamp is made to witness the administration of punishment by Master-At-Arms Claggart (Robert Ryan), Peter Ustinov (who also directed and co-wrote) in command, Melvyn Douglas as veteran seaman Dankser, in BIlly Budd, 1962, from the Herman Melville novel.

Billy Budd (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Too Much Perfection With officers Seymour (Paul Rogers) and Ratcliffe (John Neville), Peter Ustinov (who also directed and co-wrote) as Captain Vere considers the promotion of the the title character (Terence Stamp, not seen) and the challenge posed by his abusive Master-At-Arms, on a British fighting ship, ca. 1800, in BIlly Budd, 1962, from the Herman Melville novel.

Billy Budd (1962) -- (Movie Clip) To Subdue All Things Committing the body of a sailor whose death was caused by the cruelty of one commander (Robert Ryan as Claggart), Peter Ustinov as Captain Vere officiates, also directing, from his co-written screenplay, Melvyn Douglas joining the liturgy as Dansker, Terence Stamp as the title character reflects, Victor Brooks and Thomas Heathcote his jaded colleagues, in Billy Budd from the Herman Melville novel.

Billy Budd (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Is It Ignorance Or Irony? Part of a notable exchange, pivotal in the original Herman Melville novel, Terence Stamp as the ingenuous title character converses with his cynical Master-At-Arms Claggart (Robert Ryan), whose role in the death of a colleague he earlier exposed, on board a British man-of-war during the Napoleonic wars, in BIlly Budd, 1962, directed by co-star Peter Ustinov.

Henry V (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Upon The King Director and title character Laurence Olivier elects to offer this segment of the famous speech as interior monologue, on the eve of Agincourt, from act four, scene one of the Shakespeare, interrupted by Erpingham (Morland Graham), from the partly government-financed 1944 production of Henry V.

Brief Encounter (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Idle Gossip Opening scenes, Godby (Stanley Holloway) working bar girl Myrtle (Joyce Carey), Dolly (Everley Gregg) intruding on Laura (Celia Johnson) and Alec (Trevor Howard) who, director David Lean will reveal, are in a desperate private moment, from Brief Encounter, 1945.

Never Let Me Go (1953) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Seeing Molotov On Monday Thwarted thus far seeking permission to marry, American newsman Sutherland (Clark Gable) visits the ambassador in Moscow (Robert Henderson) and introduces the eager Marya (Gene Tierney), in Delmer Daves' Never Let Me Go, 1953.

Brief Encounter (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Noel Coward's Brief Encounter Opening credit sequence for David Lean's acclaimed film from the Noel Coward original screenplay, Brief Encounter, 1945, starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson.

Brief Encounter (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Lucky Escape Still narrating in her flashback in her imagined confession, Laura (Celia Johnson) feels contrition if no shame over her visit with new friend Alec, arriving to discover an emergency at home, husband Fred (Cyril Raymond) helping her through, in David Lean's Brief Encounter, 1945.

Brief Encounter (1945) -- (Movie Clip) I Killed Two Patients Laura (Celia Johnson), well into her internal imagined confession to her husband, recalling her first proper sit-down with doctor Alec (Trevor Howard), at her usual luncheon on her Thursday shopping trip, in David Lean's Brief Encounter, 1945.

Brief Encounter (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Romance, I Think Having persuaded husband Fred (Cyril Raymond) that she's not upset over her fainting spell, some poignant chat leads Laura (Celia Johnson) into her narrated flashback in earnest, in Brief Encounter, 1945, directed by David Lean from a Noel Coward play.

Rising Of The Moon, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Not Be Needin' The Cork Inspector Dillon (Cyril Cusack) with Dan (Noel Purcell) whom he doesn't want to arrest, moonshiner Mickey (Jack MacGowran) glad he's not the target, in the first segment of John Ford's Irish pastoral The Rising Of The Moon, 1957.

Story of Esther Costello, The - (Original Trailer) A bitter divorcee (Joan Crawford) works to educate a deaf and blind girl in The Story of Esther Costello (1957).

Doctor's Dilemma, The - (Original Trailer) A woman tries to convince the medical profession to save her ill husband despite his lack of character in The Doctor's Dilemma (1958), starring Leslie Caron and Dirk Bogarde.

Henry V (1944) - (Re-issue Trailer) Shakespeare's tale of the warrior king (Laurence Olivier) who learns the meaning of heroism during a daring invasion of France.

Trapeze - (Original Trailer) A trapeze star (Burt Lancaster) loses his grip when he and his partner (Tony Curtis) fall for the same woman (Gina Lollobrigida) in Trapeze, 1956, directed by Carol Reed.

Birdman of Alcatraz - (Original Trailer) Burt Lancaster stars as Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), featuring a music score by Elmer Bernstein.

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