René Moulaert

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René Moulaert (born November 7, 1901 in Brussels , Belgium , † January 16, 1965 in Ablon-sur-Seine , France ) was a Belgian set designer and film architect for French cinema.

Live and act

Moulaert studied in his hometown Brussels in the early 1920s at the École des Beaux-Arts there and then worked as a set designer for the Vlaamse Volkstoneel (Flemish People's Theater). In 1927 Moulaert went to Paris, where he was allowed to work as a film architect for the first time at the beginning of the sound film era. Nevertheless, the stage (especially the Théâtre Populaire de Paris) initially remained his main field of activity in the French capital, where he worked several times with the actor Louis Jouvet . With the beginning of the occupation (from 1940) Moulaert's cinema career gained momentum. In his professional career, the Belgian has worked for numerous leading entertainment film directors in France. Initially, he mainly designed the sets for Marcel L'Herbier's productions , several times in collaboration with his more experienced colleague Marcel Magniez , and later Moulaert also worked with L'Herbier's colleagues Louis Daquin , Jacques Tati and Julien Duvivier .

In the course of the 1950s and 1960s Moulaert's oeuvre flattened. From now on he equipped mostly simple entertainment films for the masses, especially the routine works by Bernard Borderie , in which Eddie Constantine played the leading roles. Recently Created Moulaert the plush scenes first to Borderies two Angélique - adventure romances. Moulaert's most important work was created immediately after the end of the war in 1945: for Jean Cocteau's film fairy tale " Once Upon a Time " , he created "dream-lost, beautiful fantasy worlds at the side of his younger colleague Lucien Carré , which revealed a high degree of ingenuity, poetry and imagination."

Filmography

  • 1932: Le mariage de Mlle Beulemans
  • 1933: The Cardsharp ( L'épervier )
  • 1939: Dédé la musique
  • 1939: Happiness ( La comédie du bonheur )
  • 1941: La nuit fantastique
  • 1942: Madame et le mort
  • 1942: Le voyageur de la Toussaint
  • 1943: Fräulein vom Amt ( Service de nuit )
  • 1945: Patrie
  • 1945: Once upon a time ( La belle et la bête )
  • 1946: Here the judiciary was wrong ( Contre-enquête )
  • 1946: Histoire de chanter
  • 1947: Tati's shooting festival ( Jour de fête )
  • 1947: Rocambole
  • 1947: La vie en rose ( La vie en rose )
  • 1948: The lovers of Verona ( Les amants de Vérone )
  • 1948: Vire-vent (also co-script)
  • 1949: Histoires extraordinaires
  • 1949: A saint among sinful women ( Au royaume des cieux )
  • 1949: No holidays for the good Lord ( Plus des vacances pour le bon dieu )
  • 1949: Véronique
  • 1950: His Majesty the Seal ( Mon phoque et elles )
  • 1950: Under the sky of Paris ( Sous le ciel de Paris )
  • 1951: Chief Physician Dr. Delius ( Un grand patron )
  • 1951: Seuls au monde
  • 1951: So take my hands ( La nuit est mon royaume )
  • 1952: Brelan d'as
  • 1952: The snow was dirty ( La neige était sale )
  • 1953: Under the spell of blond Satan ( Le môme vert le gris )
  • 1953: The doctor and the girl ( Le guérisseur )
  • 1953: Serenade for two pistols ( Les femmes s'en balancent )
  • 1953: love without mercy ( L'esclave )
  • 1953: Can women be like that? ( Secrets d'alcôve )
  • 1954: King of the Desert (Fortune Carrée) (also costumes)
  • 1955: The heroes are tired ( Les héros sont fatigués )
  • 1956: The Witches of Salem ( Les sorcières de Salem )
  • 1956: Hot kisses, sharp shots ( Incognito )
  • 1957: Morphine, murder and saucy moths ( Ces dames prefèrent le mambo )
  • 1957: Casino de Paris ( Casino de Paris , also costumes)
  • 1957: Nights in Tahiti ( Le passager clandestin )
  • 1958: Trapped ( Délit de fuite )
  • 1958: The first night ( La prima notte )
  • 1959: The gorilla strikes ( La valse du gorille )
  • 1959: Sergent X
  • 1960: Eddie goes all out ( Comment qu'elle est! )
  • 1960: The boss and his angel ( Le caïd )
  • 1960: Before man goes to the devil ( La fête espagnole )
  • 1960: The Sahara is on fire ( Le Sahara brûle )
  • 1961: The three musketeers ( Les trois mousquetaires )
  • 1962: The Scarlet Musketeer ( Le chevalier de Pardaillan )
  • 1963: Blue beans for dessert ( A toi de faire, Mignonne )
  • 1963: Be careful, ladies ( Méfiez-vous, mesdames )
  • 1963: The Triumph of the Musketeer (Hardi Pardaillan)
  • 1964: Hot Hell Bangkok ( Banco pour Bangkok à OSS 117 )
  • 1964: Angélique ( Angélique, marquis des Anges )
  • 1964: Angélique, Part 2 ( Angélique II )

literature

  • 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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 569.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 569.

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personal data
SURNAME Moulaert, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian film architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1965
Place of death Ablon-sur-Seine , France