of his television work. In the book America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies, critic John Howard Reid says of Cartier's 1958 film Passionate Summer: "It's hard to believe that... anyone could make such a dull movie. Yet this is precisely what director Rudolph Cartier has done. I've never heard of Mr Cartier before or since but presumably he made this brief foray into films from that synthetic world of ugly close-ups—TV." Speaking to The Times in 1958, Cartier explained that television was still developing as a medium, and that part of his work was to help create the next generation of those who would produce television drama. "The BBC is producing producers as well as plays. They are feeling their way towards what television drama will one day be, and we are trying to create a generation of writers who study the medium." His 1994 obituary in the same newspaper judged that he had been successful in creating a lasting influence on later producers, describing his 1962 production of the opera Carmen as "an example and inspiration to a younger generation of television producers". In 1990, the BBC Two arts magazine programme The Late Show produced an edition which featured a retrospective of Cartier's work, including a new interview with the director discussing his career. A revised version of this feature was screened on BBC Two under the title Rudolph Cartier: A Television Pioneer on 1 July 1994, followed by a tribute screening of the surviving telerecording copy of the second performance of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Selected filmography Screenwriter The Game of Love (dir. Victor Janson, 1928) Tales from the Vienna Woods (dir. Jaap Speyer, 1928) Mascots (dir. Felix Basch, 1929) — based on an operetta by Georg Okonkowski and The Smuggler's Bride of Mallorca (dir. Hans Behrendt, 1929) Im Prater blühen wieder die Bäume (dir. E. W. Emo, 1929) The Tiger Murder Case (dir. Johannes Meyer, 1930) (dir. Alfred Zeisler, 1930) — based on a novel by Curt Siodmak The Copper (dir. Richard Eichberg, 1930) Täter gesucht (dir. Carl Heinz Wolff, 1931) — based on a novel by Frank Arnau (dir. Karl Grune, 1931) — based on a play by Josef Matthäus Velter (dir. Karl Grune, Robert Péguy, 1931) — based on a play by Josef Matthäus Velter Express 13 (dir. Alfred Zeisler, 1931) Tropical Nights (dir. Leo Mittler, 1931) — based on Victory by Joseph Conrad