Alain Franck

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Alain Franck (* 1927 in Paris ; † March 21, 2014 in Provins , Seine-et-Marne ) was a French (screenwriter) writer and director . His stage name was Franck Legris ( nom de plume ).

Life

Franck was a bookseller and journalist before becoming one of the most successful crime writers on French radio and television. He wrote more than 30 pieces for radio and wrote numerous scripts for feature films. Franck also worked as a director and producer for feature films and TV series and worked as a translator. In 1974 he received the Prix ​​Italia for his television play Josse . In addition, Franck wrote children's books, police novels and plays.

Radio plays

Franck's radio plays are often exciting and open up deep insights into human coexistence. The Südwestdeutsche Rundfunk produced numerous of its radio play crime novels. As with many French crime writers, Franck does not focus on the crime and the circumstances surrounding it, but on the people who were directly or indirectly involved. In his work he avoids the classic stylistic devices of a crime novel, such as chases, killing scenes and investigative work. Rather, his thrillers are psychological analyzes of developmental contexts that precede the crime and often take astonishing turns and provide insights. His characters are drawn in depth and differentiated. In doing so, Franck tries to trace the deliberate or accidental contradictions and to depict the social and individual constraints. His radio plays also contain echoes of French society and its conventions. As contributions to the series Les Maîtres du Mystère , Les Auditeurs mènent l'enquête and Détectives en pantoufles , his radio plays were broadcast in France on the radio a. a. broadcast on France Inter . His radio plays were translated into German by Maria Frey.

Memberships in associations and associations

Franck, a member since 1962, worked for the French writers' association Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD) between 1990 and 2001 , an association of around 50,000 authors, including in leading positions. He is the holder of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature).

Works

Radio plays (author)

  • 1967: At the bridges of the Marne - Director: Ludolf Bode (SDR), length: 54'10
  • 1967: The Marne near Charenton - Director: Klaus Mehrländer (WDR), Length: 46'00
  • 1968: Edwards Erben - Director: Reinhard Winkler (SDR), length: 58'00
  • 1968: On a Sunday in August - Director: Cläre Schimmel (SDR), Length: 67'00
  • 1968: Notar Jasseron - Director: Manfred Brückner (WDR), length: 47'50
  • 1968: Edwards Neffen - Director: Klaus Groth (SR), Length: 44´30
  • 1969: Dangerous Game - Director: Alexander Pestel (RIAS), Length: 60'45
  • 1969: Jasseron, lawyer and notary - director: Edmund Steinberger (BR), length: 56'15
  • 1969: Jasseron, lawyer and notary - director: Robert Bichler (SR / DRS), length: 50'02
  • 1969: The Other - Director: Cläre Schimmel (SDR), Length: 54'30
  • 1969: The Truth - Director: Otto Düben and Dieter Carls (SDR) Length: 54'38
  • 1970: Act of Despair - Director: Andreas Weber-Schäfer (SDR), length: 59'55
  • 1971: On the Track - Director: Cläre Schimmel (SDR), Length: 56'40
  • 1971: Without hatred and fear - Director: Gustav Burmester (WDR), length: 48'50
  • 1971: Do you have a cat, Commissioner? - Director: Manfred Brückner (WDR), length: 53'45
  • 1971: Warning! Dangerous Laboratory - Director: Andreas Weber-Schäfer (HR), Length: 44'40
  • 1972: On the wrong track - director: Heiner Schmidt (SR), length: 41'15
  • 1972: Faux pas - Director: Hans Gerd Krogmann (SDR), length: 53'20
  • 1972: Father and Son - Director: Otto Düben (SWF), Length: 44'00
  • 1972: A beautiful summer day - director: Edward Rothe (WDR), length: 47'15
  • 1973: Three months later - Director: Robert Bichler (SR / DRS), Length: approx. 50 '
  • 1976: Operation Minerva - director: Günther Sauer (SDR), length: 54'10
  • 1977: If you could start all over again ... - Director: Klaus Groth (BR), Length: approx. 50 '
  • 1980: The Dark Point - Director: Heinz Wilhelm Schwarz (WDR), Length: 52'30
  • 1985: Der Kanadier - director and speaker: Bernd Duszynski (SR), length: 18'32
  • 1985: The shot - director and speaker: Bernd Duszynski (SR), length: 15'33
  • 1985: Death in the vegetable garden - director and speaker: Bernd Duszynski (SR), length: 13'45
  • 1988: Feine Menschen - Director: Otto Düben (SDR), Length: 58'50

Scripts (author)

  • "Les dossiers du professeur Morgan" (1970)
  • "L'homme au cerveau greffé" (1972)
  • "A dossiers ouverts" (1974)
  • "Désiré Lafarge" (1977)
  • "Marion" (1982)
  • "Espionne et tais-toi" (1986)

Feature films (director)

Series (director)

  • "Erreurs judiciaires"
  • "Messieurs les jurés"
  • "Les cinq dernières minutes"

Plays (author)

  • "Cinq poissons pour un week-end" (1968) - for which he won the "Théâtre du Casino d'Enghien" award. The play was produced and broadcast for television.

Translations (translators)

  • "Crossing Jerusalem" by Julia Pascal , 2004 (French title: La traversée de Jérusalem)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Franck, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French (screenwriter) writer and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2014
Place of death Provins , Seine-et-Marne department