Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval ( June 27, 1895 - December 19, 1972 ) was a French playwright and director .
life and work
His best-known piece is Towarisch , premiered in 1933 with Elvire Popescu and filmed in 1937 by Anatole Litvak with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer . Dans sa candeur naive was filmed in 1932 with Buster Keaton as Whoever does not indulge others in love . Deval also became known in Germany with the play Mademoiselle , which u. a. directed by Max Reinhardt in 1932.
Jacques Deval himself filmed Tovaritch (1935), Club des femmes (1936, with Danielle Darrieux ) and L'invité du mardi (1950, with Bernard Blier ). Deval arranged the 1931 novel Marie Galante as a stage play with the music of Kurt Weill . Henry King filmed Marie Galante in 1934 with Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy .
For the TV series Au théâtre ce soir , 19 of his plays were filmed between 1967 and 1984, including Etienne (1968, with Jean-Pierre Lamy); Et l'enfer, Isabelle (1970, with Françoise Christophe ); Une histoire de brigands (1971, with Gisèle Casadesus ); Charmante soirée (1973, with Michel Creton ), Il ya longtemps que je t'aime (1974, with Claude Jade ); Il était une gare (1975, with Renée Faure ) and La prétentaine (1980, with Michel Creton)
Many of his plays were also made into films in Germany, such as family papers with Carl-Heinz Schroth and Beloved impostor with Nadja Tiller , Walter Giller and Elke Sommer in 1961 . Wolfgang Liebeneiner filmed Towarisch in 1966 with Karin Hübner , Peter Weck and Gitte Hænning .
Honors
Pieces
- 1920: Une faible femme (A Weak Woman)
- 1926: Dans sa candeur naïve
- 1932: Mademoiselle
- 1933: Tovaritch
- 1933: Prière pour les vivants (Prayer for the living)
- 1950: Ce soir à Samarcande (Tonight in Samarkand)
- 1948: KMX Labrador
- 1957: La Prétentaine (The Strolling Around)
- Il ya longtemps que je t'aime (I've loved you for a long time)
- L'âge de Juliette (The Age of Juliette)
- Et l'enfer, Isabelle? (And hell, Isabelle?)
- Le soleil de minuit (The midnight sun)
- Etienne
- Miam miam
Books
- 1931: Marie Galante , novel; 1934 as a play arranged with music by Kurt Weill and filmed in the USA
- 1964: Les Voyageurs (The Travelers), novel
- 1969: Afin de vivre bel et bien (To live beautifully and well), memories
Filmography (selection)
- script
- 1939: Balalaika
- 1949: L'Invité du Mardi - also director
- 1951: Beloved Domenica (Domenica)
- 1953: And none was spared (Quand tu liras cette lettre) - also actors
- Literary template
- 1934: Marie Galante - directed by Henry King
- 1937: Tovarich
- 1961: Beloved impostor
- 1966: Towarisch (TV movie)
- 1976: Help, she loves me (L 'altra meta del cielo)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jacques Deval in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jacques Deval in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deval, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French playwright and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1895 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1972 |