Henri Decoin
Joseph Henri Decoin (born March 18, 1890 in Paris , † July 4, 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French swimmer , water polo player , screenwriter and film director .
Life
Henri Decoin took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London as a young man . Over the 400 meter freestyle, however, he did not have a classified time. Four years later he was part of the French water polo team at the summer games in Stockholm , which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He scored one goal in the 7-2 loss to hosts Sweden .
His professional career started out as a sports journalist, wrote plays and screenplays and, first as an actor, came to film in 1925. In 1929 he became assistant director, a. a. with Carmine Gallone and Victor Tourjansky . He made his debut as a director in 1933. Decoin directed several films with his wife, actress Danielle Darrieux . The films made in the post-war period, for which Decoin often wrote the screenplay, followed the tried and tested patterns of entertainment cinema without any further claims.
His son Didier Decoin (* 1945) works as a writer.
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: Breach of trust ( Abus de confiance )
- 1939: Thieves and Love ( Battement de cœur )
- 1941: Your first rendezvous ( Premier Rendez-vous )
- 1942: The Eerie House ( Les Inconnus dans la maison )
- 1942: The Benefactor ( Le Bienfaiteur )
- 1946: The Road to Hell ( La Fille du diable )
- 1946: Not guilty ( Non coupable )
- 1947: Les Amants du Pont-Saint-Jean
- 1948: Between 11 a.m. and midnight ( Entre onze heures et minuit )
- 1950: Three telegrams ( Trois Télégrammes )
- 1951: The Truth About Our Marriage ( La Vérité sur Bébé Donge )
- 1951: We need a man ( Le Désir et L'Amour )
- 1952: The Lovers of Toledo ( Les Amants de Tolède )
- 1953: Can women be like that? ( Secrets d'alcôve ) - 1st episode
- 1953: In the big girls' dormitory (Dortoir des grandes)
- 1954: murder on the roof garden (Bonnes à tuer)
- 1955: Women who serve Satan (L'Affaire des poisons)
- 1955: Raid in Paris (Razzia sur la Chnouf)
- 1956: spat in the face of Satan (Le feu aux poudres)
- 1956: Paradise of Love (Folies Bergère)
- 1957: The sixth man (Tous peuvent me tuer)
- 1957: The Cat (La chatte)
- 1957: Cavaliers (Charmants garçons)
- 1959: Woman in Purgatory (Pourquoi viens-tu si tard?)
- 1959: Nathalie plays agent secret
- 1960: The cat shows its claws (La Chatte sort ses griffes)
- 1960: The French woman and love ( La Française et l'Amour ) - 1st episode
- 1960: Paris - City of Temptation ( Le Pavé de Paris )
- 1960: Tender, wild Elisabeth ( Tendre et violente Elisabeth )
- 1961: The House of Sin ( Maléfices )
- 1962: The iron mask ( Le Masque de fer )
- 1963: Right under the skin ( Les Parias de la gloire )
- 1964: Nick Carter beats it all together ( Nick Carter va tout casser )
Web links
- Henri Decoin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Henri Decoin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 326.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decoin, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Decoin, Joseph Henri (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French swimmer, water polo player, film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1969 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine |