Robert Dorfmann
Robert Dorfmann (born March 3, 1912 in Paris ; † August 11, 1999 there ) was a French film producer who was responsible for some of the most historically significant and box office productions in his country.
Life
Dorfmann first made contact with film when he founded a traveling cinema in 1932. Until the end of the war, Dorfmann worked occasionally as a producer, but mostly as a film distributor . In 1935 he founded Silver Films for the first time, eleven years later the same company again. In 1945 Dorfmann was one of the founders and from 1951 managing director of Corona Films.
Robert Dorfmann produced mostly pure entertainment with great success: comedies as well as solid crime films, dramas and action films, for which he was able to win experienced directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville , René Clément and Terence Young . But he was also involved in the creation of some notable productions of French cinema art. Dorfmann produced André Cayatte's judicial film classic Jury Court (1950), René Cléments war drama from the perspective of two children Forbidden Games (1952), Costa-Gavras ' settlement with Stalinism The Confession (1970), Luis Buñuel's attack on society Tristana (1970), Melville's semi-documentary The narrative style of the Resistance piece Army in the Shadow (1969) and Jacques Tati's late work Trafic (1971), a satirical, mild parody of the fetish of today's mobile people, the car.
In fact, all French post-war stars were on Dorfmann's payroll: Alain Delon as well as Bourvil , Jean Gabin as well as Lino Ventura , Louis de Funès as well as Gérard Philipe . At the beginning of the 70s, Dorfmann brought Charles Bronson to France for two productions. After his most ambitious work, the US production Papillon , which featured prominently and expensively with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman , Robert Dorfmann largely withdrew from film production in 1973.
In 1978 he received an honorary César for his life's work. His son Jacques Dorfmann (* 1945) also worked as a film producer.
Filmography (selection)
- 1950: Without giving the address (Sans laisser d'address)
- 1950: Miquette et sa mère
- 1950: jury court (Justice est faite)
- 1950: Ship in God's hands (Maître après dieu)
- 1951: The Adventures of Captain Fabian / La taverne de New Orléans
- 1951: Le Dindon
- 1951: marriage brokerage (Agence matrimoniale)
- 1951: smugglers at work (La Maison dans la dune)
- 1951: Three daughters of Eve (Trois femmes, trois âmes)
- 1952: Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits)
- 1954: When night falls in Paris (Touchez pas au Grisbi)
- 1954: The Air of Paris (L'Air de Paris)
- 1955: Village magique
- 1955: The dam (La Meilleure part)
- 1957: Behind blind windows (Méfiez-vous, fillettes)
- 1957: Nights in Tahiti (Le Passager clandestin)
- 1958: Houla-Houla
- 1958: Those who deceive themselves (Les Tricheurs)
- 1959: Dedicated to the devil (L'Ambitieuse)
- 1960: Fortunat
- 1961: The Princess of Cleve (La Princesse de Clèves)
- 1962: Virginie
- 1963: Everything in butter (La Cuisine au beurre)
- 1963: A castle in Sweden (Un château en Suède)
- 1964: Hot things for Monsieur (Le corniaud)
- 1966: Three break pilots in Paris (La Grande vadrouille)
- 1967: Baldwin, the dry swimmer (Le Petit Baigneur)
- 1968: His prisoner (La Prisonnière)
- 1968: Mayerling
- 1968: Unrestrained Manon (Manon 70)
- 1968: Baldwin - the night ghost (Le Tatoué)
- 1968: Quanto costa morire
- 1969: Army in the Shadow (L'Armée des ombres)
- 1969: Pascal (L'Arbre de Noël)
- 1970: The Confession (L'Aveu)
- 1970: The road to Salina (La Route de Salina)
- 1970: Tristana
- 1970: Cold sweat (De la part des copains)
- 1970: Four in the red circle (Le Cercle rouge)
- 1971: Trafic
- 1971: Rivals under the red sun (Soleil rouge)
- 1971: The house under the trees (La Maison sous les arbres)
- 1972: The Boss (Un flic)
- 1973: Papillon
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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 432.
Web links
- Robert Dorfmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dorfmann, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1999 |
Place of death | Paris |