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Robert Kramer

Date of birth: 1939-06-22

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Directing

Also known as: ロバート・クレイマー

Robert Kramer

Biography

Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999) was a left leaning American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999, most of them political cinema made from a left-wing point of view. His film À toute allure was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Kramer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Movie Credits

The State of Things
3.2

The State of Things

1982-03-22

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman

Ice
3.2

Ice

1970-10-15

An underground revolutionary group struggles against internal strife to stage urban guerilla attacks

Troublemakers
2.6

Troublemakers

1966-12-01

Machover and Fruchter's intimate documentary follows the trials and tribulations of a group of Stude

Wundkanal
3

Wundkanal

1984-08-29

An old man is kidnapped. His interrogation uncovers the biography of a mass murderer: The 80 years o

Gestures and Fragments
3.3

Gestures and Fragments

1983-02-22

"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures & Fragme

L'ennui
2.6

L'ennui

1998-11-14

A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspec

Effraction
1.6

Effraction

1983-04-06

During a robbery that goes wrong, Valentin Tralande kills his accomplices and bank customers.

Interview with Robert Kramer
0

Interview with Robert Kramer

2015-01-01

This last testimony of Robert Kramer (1939-1999) is a moving documentary with the independent Americ

Le p'tit bleu
0

Le p'tit bleu

2000-11-08

Lucien Lourmel, in his fifties, lonely and tired, runs the nightclub "P'tit Bleu", where young talen

Looking for Robert
4.5

Looking for Robert

2024-03-29

“I talk about my 20 years of work with the filmmaker Robert Kramer, who died in 1999. It is an accou

Modern Life
2.8

Modern Life

2000-03-01

The lives of three people faced with an uncertain future. Marguerite, 17, is uncomfortable with her

Room 666
3.3

Room 666

1982-06-02

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at

When
0

When

A very rare film "manifesto" by Mekas made in 1968 in New York, in the activist spirit of positive r

My Conversations on Film
1.6

My Conversations on Film

2013-10-13

This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be mi

Cinématon
2.1

Cinématon

1978-12-20

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest

Leeward
2.5

Leeward

1991-12-31

The French Ministry of Culture commissioned films on the cultural decade "en chantiers". Robert Kram

Philippe Garrel à Digne (Second voyage)
0

Philippe Garrel à Digne (Second voyage)

2010-01-29

On the occasion of the 7th meetings of Digne, Pour un autre cinéma, organized by Pierre Queyrel and

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
0

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

2002-01-26

Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group o

Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe
4

Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe

1978-09-01

A woman translates the front page of H.P. Lovecraft's book “The Silver Key”. Her husband, a journali

Guns
2.8

Guns

1980-11-18

The film concerns a group of disparate types who support themselves by running guns to the Arabs. On

Dear Doc
0

Dear Doc

1990-01-01

Lyrical video letter by Robert Kramer to his friend Paul McIsaac captured during the editing of “Rou

Another Country
3.8

Another Country

2000-10-29

The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographer

Swing troubadour
0

Swing troubadour

1991-07-24

In Brazzaville, in 1944, Alex Emmerich was sentenced to wander the seas by Hélène Latray, the wife o

Cinématon XIII
0

Cinématon XIII

1981-11-08

Reel 13 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Cinématon n°122 : Robert Kramer
0

Cinématon n°122 : Robert Kramer

1981-11-08

The Glacier Film
0

The Glacier Film

1971-06-17

The Edge
2.5

The Edge

1968-03-26

A troubled antiwar activist plans to assassinate the President of the United States. His resolve for