# Victor Skutezky

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Austrian film producer and author (1893–1981)

Victor Skutezky Born (1893-01-15)15 January 1893 Brünn, Austro-Hungarian Empire Died 1981(1981-00-00) (aged 87–88) London, United Kingdom Other name Viktor Skutezky Occupations Producer, screenwriter Years active 1929–1958 (film)

**Victor Skutezky** (15 January 1893 – 1981) was an Austrian-born British [film producer](/source/Film_producer), [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter) and [production manager](/source/Unit_production_manager). He was born in [Moravia](/source/Moravia) when it was part of the [Austro-Hungarian Empire](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Empire), but moved to [Berlin](/source/Berlin) after the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). He was employed in the [German film industry](/source/Cinema_of_Germany) during the [Weimar Republic](/source/Weimar_Republic), but fled following the [Nazi takeover](/source/Nazi_takeover) due to his [Jewish](/source/Jewish_people) background.[1] He settled in Britain as a refugee. He was a key filmmaker at [Associated British Picture Corporation](/source/Associated_British_Picture_Corporation) where he was a staff producer then had his own production company, Marble Arch Films.[2]

## Selected filmography

- *[The Call of the North](/source/The_Call_of_the_North_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[Sinful and Sweet](/source/Sinful_and_Sweet)* (1929)

- *[The Man Without Love](/source/The_Man_Without_Love)* (1929)

- *[Daughter of the Regiment](/source/Daughter_of_the_Regiment_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[The Schlemihl](/source/The_Schlemihl)* (1931)

- *[It Happened One Sunday](/source/It_Happened_One_Sunday)* (1944) – screenplay

- *[Quiet Weekend](/source/Quiet_Weekend)* (1946) – screenplay, producer

- *[Temptation Harbour](/source/Temptation_Harbour)* (1947) – producer

- *[Landfall](/source/Landfall_(1949_film))* (1949) – producer

- *[For Them That Trespass](/source/For_Them_That_Trespass)* (1949) – producer

- *[Murder without Crime](/source/Murder_without_Crime)* (1951) – producer

- *[Young Wives' Tale](/source/Young_Wives'_Tale)* (1951) – producer

- *[Father's Doing Fine](/source/Father's_Doing_Fine)* (1952) – producer

- *[The Yellow Balloon](/source/The_Yellow_Balloon_(film))* (1953) – producer

- *[The Weak and the Wicked](/source/The_Weak_and_the_Wicked)* (1954) – producer

- *[It's Great to be Young!](/source/It's_Great_to_be_Young!)* (1956) – producer

- *[Alive and Kicking](/source/Alive_and_Kicking_(1959_film))* (1958) – producer

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Prawer p.211

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Sue Harper, Vincent Porter *British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference* Oxford University Press, 2003 p79-80

## Bibliography

- Prawer, S.S. *Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933*. Berghahn Books, 2005.

## External links

- [Victor Skutezky](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804975/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Victor Skutezky](https://web.archive.org/web/20160810040236/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9848cfe) at BFI

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