Noël Calef

Noël Calef (* 1907 in Bulgaria , † May 10, 1968 in France ) was a French-speaking writer.

Calef published six detective novels . He became known through the film adaptation of the book Elevator to the Scaffold , which was also produced as a detective radio play by Südwestrundfunk in 1999 and published as an audio book (Der Audio Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89813-249-8 ).

Works

• Ascenseur pour l'échafaud . 1956 (German elevator to the scaffold , translated by Paul Baudisch, 1958; new edition Heine, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-453-10447-1 )
• Echec au porteur . (German death in hand , translated by Ralph von Stedman, 1959)
• Les Oursseloups . (Eng. The secret of "Juanita" , translated by HF Gottwald, 1960)
• Recours en grâce . (German request for grace , translated by Bruno Berger, 1961)
• Return to Sorrente . (German. Back to Sorrento , translated by Bruno Berger, 1962)
• Le Sang d'un bœuf anonymous . (Eng. A bull should bleed , translated by Bruno Berger, 1965)

Film adaptations

script

• 1957: Police Action Dynamite ( Échec au porteur )
• 1960: Before the light goes out ( L'imprévu )

Literary template

• 1951: Giacomo ( Imbarco a mezzanotte ) - based on the story La bouteille de lait
• 1957: Elevator to the scaffold ( Ascenseur pour l'échafaud )

Web links

• Noël Calef in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Noël Calef in crime authors A – Z (German)