André Berthomieu

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André Émile Jean Berthomieu (born February 16, 1903 in Rouen , France , † April 10, 1960 in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin ) was a French film director and screenwriter .

Live and act

Berthomieu began his professional career as an accountant, but had always been interested in the show stage and also appeared as an amateur singer. In the second half of the 1920s he made contact with the film industry and began assisting several directors, including Julien Duvivier . Even in the silent film era, in 1928, he was able to present his first directorial work. In the following years, Berthomieu turned film on film - light-weight, artistically completely ambitious entertainment food that showed him to be an experienced craftsman. In 1946 he even published an essay in which he expressly spoke out against artistic and revolutionary tendencies in film. Berthomieu was considered an extremely hard-working cinema confectioner: In around three decades of his creative time, the Frenchman directed almost 70 films, for which he often wrote the script.

André Berthomieu remained almost unknown in Germany, as only three of his productions were shown in German post-war cinemas. Despite its limited reputation, a considerable number of (rather later) stars appeared in Berthomieu films, including Annabella , Raimu , Danielle Darrieux , Michel Simon , Jean-Louis Barrault , Jules Berry , Bourvil , Louis de Funès and the very young Brigitte Bardot . André Berthomieu also held functionary posts: he temporarily headed the Syndicat des techniciens and was head of the Association des Auteurs de films from 1945 to 1955.

Filmography

  • 1928: Pas si bête
  • 1929: Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard
  • 1929: Rapacité
  • 1931: Gagne ta vie
  • 1931: Coquecigrole
  • 1931: Mon ami Victor
  • 1932: Le Crime du Bouif
  • 1932: Barranco, Ltd
  • 1933: Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme
  • 1933: Les Ailes brisées
  • 1934: L'Aristo
  • 1934: La Femme ideal
  • 1935: Jim la Houlette
  • 1936: La Flamme
  • 1936: Le Mort en Fuite
  • 1937: The Girl in the Taxi
  • 1937: La Chaste Suzanne
  • 1938: Les Nouveaux Riches
  • 1938: Le Train pour Venise
  • 1939: Eusèbe député
  • 1939: Dédé la musique
  • 1942: La Neige sur les pas
  • 1942: Promise of a stranger (Promesse à l'inconnue)
  • 1943: The Secret of Madame Clapain (Le Secret de Madame Clapain)
  • 1944: Angel of the Night (L'Ange de la nuit)
  • 1945: J'ai dix-sept ans
  • 1946: Pas si bête
  • 1946: Father worries (Gringalet)
  • 1947: Carré de valets
  • 1948: Blanc comme neige
  • 1948: L'Ombre
  • 1949: Le Bal des pompiers
  • 1949: La Femme nue
  • 1950: La Petite Chocolatière
  • 1950: Le Roi Pandore
  • 1951: Le Roi des camelots
  • 1951: Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme
  • 1952: Allô ... je t'aime
  • 1953: Belle Mentalité!
  • 1953: Le Portrait de son père
  • 1954: Scènes de manage
  • 1955: Les deux font la paire
  • 1955: Quatre jours à Paris
  • 1956: Duraton family (Les Duraton)
  • 1956: La Joyeuse Prison
  • 1957: À la Jamaïque
  • 1957: Cinq millions comptant
  • 1958: Sacrée Jeunesse
  • 1958: Night falls in Montmartre (En Légitime défense)
  • 1960: Préméditation

literature

  • Jean-Loup Passek: Dictionnaire du cinéma, Paris 2001 p. 134
  • Paul Vecchiali: L'encinéclopédie. Cinéastes français des années 1930 et leur œuvre ', 2nd edition, Éditions de l'Œil, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Berthomieu, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berthomieu, André Émile Jean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen , France
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1960
Place of death Vineuil-Saint-Firmin