Georges Franju

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Georges Franju (born April 12, 1912 in Fougères , Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, † November 5, 1987 in Paris ) was a French film director .

In 1935 Franju founded the Cinémathèque française together with Henri Langlois in Paris . He first gained fame as a director of short films such as Métro (1934) and Le sang des bêtes (1949), a documentary about the Paris slaughterhouses. Other themes his films picked up were the Paris War Museum and Notre Dame Cathedral .

Franju's first feature film was La tête contre les murs (1958) based on a novel by Hervé Bazin . Later known works were Eyes Without a Face (1960), Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962), Judex (1963), Thomas l'imposteur (1964) and The Man Without a Face (1974). Under the title L'homme sans visage , Franju brought his feature film The Man Without a Face , which, like Judex, is based on the silent film series by Louis Feuillade , also in France in an extended form as an eight-part television series.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1949: The Blood of Animals (Le sang des bêtes) (short film; also screenplay)
  • 1951: The Dome of Invalides (Hôtel des Invalides) (short film)
  • 1952: Le Grand Méliès
  • 1957: The first night (La première nuit) (short film)
  • 1958: With your head against the walls (La tête contre les murs)
  • 1960: Eyes without a face (formerly: The house of horrors of Dr. Rasanoff ) (Les yeux sans visage)
  • 1960: Midnight Murderer (Pleins feux sur l'assassin) (also screenplay)
  • 1962: The act of Thérèse D. (Thérèse Desqueyroux) (also screenplay)
  • 1963: Judex (also screenplay)
  • 1964: Thomas the Imposteur (Thomas l'imposteur) (also screenplay)
  • 1965: The moment of peace (Les rideaux blancs) (Episode Les rideaux blancs )
  • 1970: The Sin of the Abbé Mouret (La faute de L'Abbé Mouret) (also screenplay)
  • 1972: The shadow line (La ligne d'ombre) (also screenplay)
  • 1974: The man without a face (Nuits rouges) (also music)
  • 1977: The last melodrama (Le dernier mélodrame) (also screenplay)

literature

  • Marie-Magdeleine Brumagne: Franju. Impressions et aveux . Lausanne: Editions L'âge d'homme 1977.
  • Kate Ince: Georges Franju . Manchester: Manchester University Press 2005 (Series: French Film Directors). ISBN 0719068282 .

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personal data
SURNAME Franju, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Fougères
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 1987
Place of death Paris