Charles Spaak

Charles Spaak (born May 25, 1903 in Brussels , † March 4, 1975 in Nice ) was a Belgian screenwriter and film director .

Life

His father was the poet Paul Spaak , his mother Marie Janson was a daughter of Paul Janson and sister of the former Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Émile Janson . Charles Spaak was a brother of Paul-Henri Spaak and a brother-in-law of Suzanne Spaak .

Spaak grew up in a wealthy, educated middle class family in Brussels and moved to France in 1928 . There he was hired as private secretary by his compatriot Jacques Feyder . He offered him a share in the film adaptation of Robert Flers' play , Les nouveaux messieurs . Spaak was, alongside Jacques Prévert, the most influential writer of poetic realism in French film of the 1930s.

He was married to Claude Marcy , their children are the actresses Catherine and Agnès Spaak . In November 1943 he was arrested by the Gestapo " Rote Kapelle " detachment in Paris .

Filmography

Scripts

• 1928: Conte Cruel - Director: Gaston Modot
• 1929: The New Gentlemen (Les Nouveaux Messieurs) - Director: Jacques Feyder
• 1930: Little Lise ( La Petite Lise ) - Director: Jean Grémillon
• 1931: Dainaj la Métisse - Director: Jean Grémillon
• 1931: Un Coup de Téléphone - Directed by Georges Lacombe
• 1932: Pan! Pan! - Directed by Georges Lacombe
• 1932: Affaire classée - Directed by Charles Vanel
• 1932: Ce cochon de Morin - Director: Georges Lacombe
• 1933: L'Abbé Constantin - Director: Jean-Paul Paulin
• 1934: the last stage (Le Grand Jeu)
• 1934: La Maison dans la Dune - Directed by Pierre Billon and Christian Matras
• 1935: Game in Monte Carlo (Pension Mimosas)
• 1935: The wise women (La Kermesse héroïque)
• 1935: The Beautiful Days ( Les Beaux Jours ) - Director: Marc Allégret
• 1935: Between Evening and Morning ( Veille d'armes ) - Director: Marcel L'Herbier
• 1936: Guild gang ( La Belle Équipe ) - directed by Julien Duvivier
• 1936: Night Asylum (Les Bas-fonds) (dialogues only)
• 1936: The Man of the Day ( L'Homme du jour ) - Director: Julien Duvivier
• 1936: Les Loups entre eux - Director: Léon Mathot
• 1936: La Porte du large - Director: Marcel L'Herbier
• 1936: Le Secret de Polichinelle - Directed by André Berthomieu
• 1936: La Terre qui meurt - Director: Jean Vallée
• 1937: The Great Illusion ( La Grande Illusion ) - Director: Jean Renoir
• 1937: A face to fall in love with ( Gueule d'amour ) - Director: Jean Grémillon
• 1937: Aloha, le chant des îles - Director: Léon Mathot
• 1937: The Strange Monsieur Victor ( L'Étrange Monsieur Victor ) - Director: Jean Grémillon
• 1937: Mollenard - Director: Robert Siodmak
• 1937: Une femme sans importance - Director: Jean Choux
• 1938: L'Entraîneuse - Director: Albert Valentin
• 1938: Le Récif de corail - Director: Maurice Gleize
• 1939: Le Dernier tournant - Director: Pierre Chenal
• 1939: Retirement (La Fin du jour)
• 1939: La Piste du Nord - Director: Jacques Feyder
• 1940: Untel Père et Fils - Director: Julien Duvivier
• 1941: barges ( Remorques )
• 1941: The First Ball ( Premier bal ) - Director: Christian-Jaque
• 1942: A la belle frégate - directed by Albert Valentin
• 1943: L'Escalier sans fin - Director: Georges Lacombe
• 1943: Leap in the Clouds ( Le Ciel est à vous ) - directed by Jean Grémillon
• 1944: Le Père Goriot - Directed by Robert Vernay
• 1945: The Queen's Collar ( L'Affaire du collier de la Reine ) - Director: Marcel L'Herbier
• 1945: Jéricho - Director: Henri Calef
• 1945: Shadow over a woman's heart ( La Part de l'ombre ) - Director: Jean Delannoy
• 1947: Eternel conflit - Director: Georges Lampin
• 1948: From human to human ( D'homme à hommes ) - Director: Christian-Jaque
• 1948: Return to life (episodes Le Retour d'Antoine - directed by Georges Lampin , Le Retour de René - directed by Jean Dréville, Le Retour de tante Emma - directed by André Cayatte )
• 1950: The Black Jack ( Black Jack ) - Director: Julien Duvivier
• 1950: Jury Court ( Justice est faite ) - Director: André Cayatte
• 1952: lovable women? ( Adorables Créatures ) - Director: Christian-Jaque
• 1952: The Smugglers' Banquet ( Le Banquet des fraudeurs ) - Directed by Henri Storck
• 1952: We are all murderers ( Nous sommes tous des assassins ) - directed by André Cayatte
• 1953: Before the Flood ( Avant le déluge ) - Director: André Cayatte
• 1953: The Last Stage ( Le Grand jeu ) - Director: Robert Siodmak
• 1954: The Scandal ( La Spiaggia ) - Director: Alberto Lattuada
• 1955: The Black File ( Le Dossier noir ) - Director: André Cayatte
• 1953: Thérèse Raquin - You shall not commit adultery ( Thérèse Raquin ) - Director: Marcel Carné
• 1955: Meine Lausejungs ( Scuola elementare ) - Director: Alberto Lattuada
• 1956: Paris, Palace Hotel - Director: Henri Verneuil
• 1956: Crime et châtiment - Directed by Georges Lampin
• 1957: Cavaliers ( Charmants Garçons ) - Director: Henri Decoin
• 1957: Let killers ask ( Quand la femme s'en mêle ) - Director: Yves Allégret
• 1958: Christine - Directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
• 1959: Katja, the uncrowned Empress ( Katia ) - Director: Robert Siodmak
• 1959: Normandie - Njemen ( Normandie-Niemen ) - directed by Jean Dréville and Damir Viatich Berejnykh
• 1960: Under the spell of ecstasy ( L'Extase )
• 1960: The French woman and love ( La Française et l'amour , episode: Le Divorce ) - Director: Christian-Jaque
• 1962: Cartouche, the Bandit ( Cartouche ) - Director: Philippe de Broca
• 1962: The corporal in the noose ( Le Caporal épinglé )
• 1965: Diamond billiards ( Un milliard dans un billard )
• 1973: The Severed Hand ( La Main à couper ) - Director: Étienne Périer (Director)

Dialogue author

• 1932: Le Martyre de l'obèse - Directed by Pierre Chenal
• 1935: Company of the Lost ( La Bandera ) - Director: Julien Duvivier
• 1935: Les époux scandaleux - Director: Georges Lacombe
• 1935: Sous la griffe - Director: Christian-Jaque
• 1936: Les Bas-fonds - Director: Jean Renoir
• 1936: Le Mioche - Director: Léonide Moguy
• 1939: Wisps of the Border ( L'Empreinte du Dieu ) - Director: Léonide Moguy
• 1941: Murder on Christmas Eve ( L'Assassinat du Père Noël ) - directed by Christian-Jaque
• 1941: La Maison des sept jeunes filles - Director: Albert Valentin
• 1941: Péchés de jeunesse - Director: Maurice Tourneur
• 1942: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo - Director: Robert Vernay
• 1942: Le Lit à colonnes - Director: Roland Tual
• 1943: The easy life ( La Vie de plaisir ) - Director: Albert Valentin
• 1944: Les Caves du Majestic - Director: Richard Pottier
• 1946: The Idiot ( L'Idiot ) - directed by Georges Lampin
• 1946: Les Chouans - Director: Henri Calef
• 1946: The Eternal Husband ( L'Homme au chapeau rond ) - Director: Pierre Billon
• 1946: Panik ( Panique ) - Director: Julien Duvivier
• 1946: Late Revenge ( La Revanche de Roger la Honte ) - Director: André Cayatte

Film director

• 1948: The Secret of Mr. Barton (Le Mystère Barton)

Chanson writer

• 1931: Un coup de téléphone (for Georges Lacombe)
• 1936: Bas-Fonds for Jean Renoir

literature

• Janine Spaak: Charles Spaak, mon mari . Edition France-Empire, Paris 1977.
• Mario Bernat, Jacqueline Van Nypelseer: Charles Spaak. Les Années d'apprentissage, 1919-27 . IEE, Brussels 1993, ( Les cahiers du scénario 10-11, 1993).

Web links

• Charles Spaak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Charles Spaak in the "L'encyclopédie du cinéma"
• Charles Spaak on filmreference.com
• Charles Spaak in the Lexicon of International Films