Marcel L'Herbier

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Marcel L'Herbier (born April 23, 1888 in Paris , † November 26, 1979 ibid) was a French film director , author , screenwriter and film producer . He was the founder and first president of the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques .

Life

Marcel L'Herbier attended the Collège Stanislas in Paris and later studied law at the University of Paris . He then worked as an author of plays, poems and essays. During the First World War he was active in the auxiliary service for three years; In 1917/18 he served in the film department of the French army and directed two films.

After the war he remained loyal to this activity. From 1919 to 1922 he made several films for Gaumont Série Pax , including L'Homme du large (1920) and El Dorado (1921). At the latest with the films Résurrection and especially L'Inhumaine , which were then produced in his own film company Cinégraphic , he was considered one of the most important representatives of the avant-garde of French film . In 1926 he filmed the novel Die Wandlungen des Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello with Iwan Mosschuchin in the lead role. Marcel L'Herbier's magnum opus became the more than three-hour film Das Geld from 1928, a film adaptation of the Émile Zola novel of the same name . Brigitte Helm , Marie Glory , Yvette Guilbert , Pierre Alcover and Alfred Abel played the leading roles in this German-French co-production . In L'Herbier's film company, Alberto Cavalcanti and Claude Autant-Lara , among others, worked as production designers and gained experience for their own directing activities later on.

Grave on the Cimetière Montparnasse

In 1930 L'Herbier made his sound film debut with L'Enfant de l'amour . During the 1930s he created numerous mainstream productions. In 1937 he was a co-founder of the CGT film technicians union, of which he later became general secretary and president. His most important contribution to the French film industry was the founding of the film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) , which he initiated in 1943 . L'Herbier was its president for 25 years.

From 1952 to 1962, L'Herbier worked for French, Luxembourg and Swiss television. He wrote for newspapers and established the cinema column in Le Monde , among other things . In 1978 he published his memoir under the title La Tête qui tourne .

Filmography

Unless otherwise stated, the films are listed according to their French premiere dates. The Italian versions listed were filmed by L'Herbier parallel to the French version.

Silent films

L'inhumaine

Sound films

  • 1930: L'Enfant de l'amour
  • 1930: La Femme d'une nuit (Italian version: La donna di una notte, 1931)
  • 1930: Le Mystère de la chambre jaune
  • 1931: Le Parfum de la dame en noir
  • 1933: L'Épervier
  • 1934: Le Scandale
  • 1934: Le Bonheur
  • 1934: L'Aventurier
  • 1935: La Route Impériale
  • 1935: Veille d'armes
  • 1936: Children's Corner, cinéphonie (short film)
  • 1936: La Porte du large
  • 1936: The new men (Les Hommes nouveaux)
  • 1937: Nuits de feu
  • 1937: La Citadelle du silence
  • 1937: Branded (Forfaiture)
  • 1938: Rasputin (La Tragédie impériale)
  • 1938: Sacrifice d'honneur
  • 1938: Adrienne Lecouvreur
  • 1938: Terre de feu (published in 1942; Italian version: Terra di fuoco, published in 1939)
  • 1939: La Brigade sauvage
  • 1939: Entente cordiale
  • 1939: La Mode rêvée (short film)
  • 1940: Happiness (La Comédie du bonheur , Italian version: Ecco la felicità)
  • 1941: Histoire de rire
  • 1942: The Fantastic Night (La Nuit Fantastique)
  • 1943: The Honorable Catherine (L'Honorable Catherine)
  • 1943: La Vie de bohème (published 1945)
  • 1946: To little luck (Au petit bonheur)
  • 1946: The Queen's Collar (L'Affaire du Collier de la Reine)
  • 1948: La Revoltée
  • 1950: The last days of Pompeii (Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi)
  • 1953: Le Père de Mademoiselle

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SURNAME L'Herbier, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director, writer, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1979
Place of death Paris