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Rudolph Monter was born on 6 March 1903 in Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a producer and production manager, known for Voice in the Wind (1944), General Electric Theater (1953) and Gunman in the Streets (1950). He died on 5 December 1953 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Producer, Production Manager, Additional Crew
- March 6, 1903
- Rudolph Monter
- December 5, 1953
Bosley Crowther, the film critic for The New York Times, liked the film, writing, "A dark and distressing motion picture, bravely called Voice in the Wind, which deeply laments the violation of all things beautiful in this brutal modern world, is the offering with which Arthur Ripley and Rudolph Monter, a new producing team, are presenting ...
While 1946’s The Chase is more traditional and accessible in story and style, Voice in the Wind is best described as an early art film for noir lovers. Set primarily on the island of Guadeloupe (with significant flashbacks to elsewhere), the film is weird, melodramatic, gritty, transcendent, and grim all at the same time, like a dirge in the ...
Feb 15, 2019 · Produced independently by Rudolph Monter, a Jewish refugee lawyer from Prague who became a minor film producer in Hollywood, and written by Friedrich Torberg, one of Austria’s most famous writers, Voice in the Wind, like Casablanca, follows the fate of refugees from war-torn Europe.
Voice in the Wind was Ripley's and Monter's first and only production, and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Sound Recording and Best Score. According to a May 1944 Hollywood Reporter news item, author May Davies Martenet filed a motion to restrain United Artists from distributing the film on the grounds that the title and theme were ...
- Arthur Ripley
- Francis Lederer
Jul 22, 2023 · The 1944 film Voice in the Wind is a romantic film noir thriller about two escapees – Czech concert pianist Jan Foley (Francis Lederer) and lovely young Marya (Sigrid Gurie) – from wartime Germany re-encountering tragically on the island of Guadelupe. ‘A Strange new kind of picture’.
Synopsis. Strange music…strange madness…strange men in a symphony of terror…and of love! Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe. Cast. Crew.
