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Anatole Litvak

Anatole Litvak

Director, producer and writer, also editor · Died December 15, 1974, aged 72 · Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]

Anatole Litvak (May 10, 1902 – December 15, 1974) was a Ukrainian-born filmmaker of Jewish heritage who wrote, directed, and produced films in a various countries and languages. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Snake Pit (1948). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anatole Litvak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 10, 1902
Died
December 15, 1974 (aged 72)
From
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
Works as
Director, producer and writer, also editor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 52 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 40% in 30 days

What are Anatole Litvak's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Morality
19%
Power
19%
Self
14%
Survival
11%
Society
4%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 7 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 12 · Intense 15

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 4

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 16

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
18
Dread
10
Romantic
6
Hopeful
6
Other
13

How their films linger

Bittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous6
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anatole Litvak's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anatole Litvak's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

52 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun(1970)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Night of the Generals(1967)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • 10:30 P.M. Summer(1966)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Five Miles to Midnight(1962)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Goodbye Again(1961)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Journey(1959)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Mayerling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Director · Producer

  • Anastasia(1956)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Deep Blue Sea(1955)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Act of Love(1953)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Decision Before Dawn(1951)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Snake Pit(1948)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Sorry, Wrong Number(1948)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Long Night(1947)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Meet Me at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Story

  • War Comes to America(1945)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Your Job in Germany (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Why We Fight: The Battle of China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • The Battle of Russia(1943)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • The Nazis Strike(1943)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Why We Fight(1942)

    Director · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • This Above All(1942)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Blues in the Night(1941)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Out of the Fog(1941)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • City for Conquest(1940)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • All This, and Heaven Too(1940)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Castle on the Hudson(1940)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • 'Til We Meet Again(1940)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Confessions of a Nazi Spy(1939)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director · Associate Producer · Producer

  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Tovarich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director · Producer

  • The Woman I Love(1937)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Mayerling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Flight Into Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director · Writer

  • Sleeping Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director · Story

  • One Night's Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director · Supervising Art Director

  • The Old Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director · Writer

  • Tell Me Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The Song of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Lilac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director · Writer

  • Calais-Douvres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director · Screenplay

  • No More Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Dolly is making a career (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • The White Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Assistant Director · Production Manager

  • Secrets of the Orient (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Assistant Director

  • Casanova(1927)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Napoleon(1927)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Joyless Street(1925)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Le chant de l'amour triomphant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Assistant Director

Career shape

A full career of 51 titles from 1923 to 2000.

Biggest box office

10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)

$8.5K worldwide

Highest rated

The Snake Pit (1948)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

The Night of the Generals (1967)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing43 of 51: 19 only directing, 24 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdWriting7 of 51: 1 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing18 of 51: 1 only producing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stEditing1 of 51: 1 only editing, 0 with another roleOther crew6 of 51: 5 only other crew, 1 with another role

51 titles, 24 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 17 of them.

By decade

1920s5 · crew1930s17 · crew1940s17 · crew1950s6 · crew1960s4 · crew1970s1 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Anatole Litvak's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 30; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th17

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · director

The Woman I Love (1937)

70th percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

The Snake Pit (1948)

Midcredits 94th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Anatole Litvak work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anatole Litvak's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hal B. Wallis shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers