Georges Lampin

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Georges Lampin (born October 14, 1901 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , † May 8, 1979 in Pau , Pyrénées-Atlantiques , France ) was a Russian-born French film director , screenwriter and film producer . He became known with films such as The Idiot , Guilt and Atonement or The King's Best Man .

life and career

Born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Georges Lampin emigrated to France at the age of twenty , where he first worked as an assistant to Abel Gance and René Clair . In the 1930s he finally made a name for himself as a producer of films by Pierre Billon , Marcel L'Herbier , Maurice Gleize and Jeff Musso . One of his better-known productions from this period was the adventure film The Night of Retribution with Viviane Romance , directed by director Jean Choux . In the 1940s he then mostly appeared as a director himself.

In 1946 he made his directorial debut with the literary film adaptation The Idiot based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Dostoyevsky . Edwige Feuillère , Lucien Coëdel and Gérard Philipe played the leading roles .

In the decades that followed, Georges Lampin made over ten films, including dramas such as Return to Life with Serge Reggiani , crime films such as Smugglers at Work with Ginette Leclerc and, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, adventure films such as The King's Best Man with Jean Marais or The Citadel von San Marco with Louis Jourdan in the male lead, where he wrote the script for the film himself. Then he retired from the film business.

Georges Lampin died on May 8, 1979 at the age of 77 in Pau.

Filmography (selection)

As a director

  • 1946: The Idiot (L'idiot)
  • 1948: Éternel conflit
  • 1949: Le paradis des pilotes perdus
  • 1949: Return to life ("Le Retour d'Antoine" segment) (Retour à la vie)
  • 1950: Les anciens de Saint-Loup
  • 1951: Passion
  • 1952: Smugglers at work (La maison dans la dune)
  • 1953: Suivez cet homme
  • 1956: Rencontre à Paris
  • 1956: Crime et châtiment
  • 1958: The king's best man (La Tour, prends garde!)
  • 1963: The Citadel of San Marco (Mathias Sandorf)

As a screenwriter

  • 1935: Le voyage imprévu
  • 1950: Les anciens de Saint-Loup
  • 1951: Passion
  • 1958: The king's best man (La Tour, prends garde!)
  • 1963: The Citadel of San Marco (Mathias Sandorf)

literature

  • Georges Lampin. In: Mike Kaplan: Variety international show business reference. , Garland Pub., 1981, p. 1125

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georges Lampin. In: Olivier Barrot: L'ami posthume, Gérard Philipe (1922-1959). , Grasset, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Lampin, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1979
Place of death Pau , Pyrénées-Atlantiques department , France