Henri Verneuil

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Henri Verneuil (born: Achod Malakian ; born October 15, 1920 in Rodosto , today Tekirdağ, Turkey ; † January 11, 2002 in Bagnolet , Seine-Saint-Denis , France ) was a French director , screenwriter and film producer of Armenian origin who For decades he was one of the most commercially successful French directors.

Life

Verneuil's family had emigrated to France from their homeland after the Armenian genocide . He took an early interest in cinema and after successfully studying engineering at Arts et Métiers in Aix-en-Provence, he came to film with the help of the actor Fernandel in the late 1940s and made his first films such as Les nouveaux misérables (1949) , On demande un bandit (1950) and Maldonne (1950).

The 1960s marked the height of his work, he made exceptional, both artistically and commercially successful films such as A Monkey in Winter (1962), Silent As The Night (1963), The 25th Hour (1967), The Hell of San Sebastian (1968) and The Sicilian Clan (1969). His films The Coup (1971), The Snake (1973), Fear Over the City (1975), The Body of My Enemy (1976), I Like Icarus (1979) and The Glorious (1984) were made in the 1970s and 1980s .

Verneuil often worked with a regular crew in front of and behind the camera during his career. In addition to long-time friend and actor Fernandel, this included Jean Gabin and especially Jean-Paul Belmondo , with whom he worked regularly for more than two decades. For Verneuil, the biggest stars of French film have repeatedly appeared in front of the camera, including Alain Delon , Lino Ventura , Yves Montand , Bernard Blier , Philippe Noiret , Jeanne Moreau , Louis de Funes and Patrick Dewaere .

Verneuil was nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay in 1956 and for César in 1980 . In 1996 Verneuil received the Honorary César for his life's work. In 1999 Verneuil was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

From the mid-1980s Verneuil was hardly active as a director. His last two films Mayrig - Heimat in der Fremde and Mayrig - 588 rue paradis were autobiographical and less commercially oriented than most of his other films. They tell of the genocide of family members, of the flight and his growing up abroad.

His daughter Gaya Verneuil (* 1989) is an actress and his son Sevan Malakian (* 1985), both from his second marriage to Véronique Sedro, is a rapper.

Honors

Filmography

Director:

  • 1949: Les Nouveaux misérables based on the novel by Victor Hugo
  • 1950: L'Art d'être courtier
  • 1950: La Légende de Terre-Blanche
  • 1950: Maldonne
  • 1950: On demande un bandit
  • 1950: Pipe chien
  • 1952: The table of death (La Table aux crevés)
  • 1952: Full House (Brelan d'as)
  • 1952: Forbidden Fruit (Le Fruit défendu)
  • 1953: The baker of Valorgue (Le Boulanger de Valorgue)
  • 1953: my wife cheats on me (Carnaval)
  • 1953: Public enemy No. 1 (L'Ennemi public N ° 1)
  • 1954: The mutton with five legs (Le Mouton à cinq pattes)
  • 1955: The road to ruin (Des gens sans importance)
  • 1955: Nights in Lisbon (Les Amants du Tage)
  • 1956: Paris, Palace Hotel (Paris, Palace Hotel)
  • 1957: Intoxicated by the senses (Une Manche et la belle)
  • 1958: The affairs of Madame M. (Maxime)
  • 1959: Holidays for the model boy (Le Grand chef)
  • 1959: Me and the cow (La Vache et le prisonnier)
  • 1960: Affair One Night (L'Affaire d'une nuit)
  • 1960: French women and love (La Française et l'amour)
  • 1961: The President (Le Président)
  • 1961: A warning is given about salon lions (Les Lions sont lâchés)
  • 1962: A Monkey in Winter (Un singe en hiver)
  • 1963: As silent as the night (Mélodie en sous-sol)
  • 1964: 100,000 dollars in the sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil)
  • 1964: Dunkirk, June 2, 1940 (Week-end à Zuydcoote)
  • 1967: The 25th hour (La Vingt-cinquième heure)
  • 1967: Hell of San Sebastian (La Bataille de San Sebastian)
  • 1969: The Clan of Sicilians (Le Clan des Siciliens)
  • 1971: The Coup (Le Casse)
  • 1973: The snake (Le serpent)
  • 1975: fear of the city (Peur sur la ville)
  • 1976: The Body of My Enemy (Le Corps de mon ennemi)
  • 1979: I like Ikarus (I ... comme Icare)
  • 1982: one thousand billion dollars (Mille milliards de dollars)
  • 1984: The Glorious (Les Morfalous)
  • 1992: Mayrig - home away from home (Mayrig)
  • 1993: Mayrig - The road to paradise (Mayrig: 588 rue paradis)

literature

  • Daniel Winkler: Transit Marseille. Film history of a Mediterranean metropolis . transcript, Bielefeld 2007, p. 215ff: L'americano: Henri Verneuil between Armenia, Marseille and Hollywood.

Web links

Commons : Henri Verneuil  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les gens du cinéma
  2. ↑ 100,000 dollars in the sun - a fictional film by Henri Verneuil ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . arte . October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  3. ^ Portrait in Le Parisien. Retrieved March 27, 2016 . |
personal data
SURNAME Verneuil, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ashod Malakian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Tekfurdağı , today Tekirdağ, Turkey
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2002
Place of death Bagnolet , France