Thomas Narcejac

Thomas Narcejac [ narsəʒak ] (* 3. July 1908 in Rochefort-sur-Mer , † 7. June 1998 in Nice ; actually Pierre Robert Ayraud ) was a French thriller - writer .

Life

Narcejac was a professor of literature and philosophy. He is known for his psychological crime novels , which he wrote together with Pierre Boileau as "Boileau-Narcejac". Their joint work D'entre les morts was filmed in 1958 by Alfred Hitchcock under the title Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead . Her novel Die grieernden Witwer (Les veufs) was filmed in the drama Labyrinth - Liebe ohne Ausweg (Entangled) (1993) with Judd Nelson in the lead role. After Boileau's death, Narcejac continued to write crime novels alone - under the name Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac - until his death in 1998.

Film adaptations

Literary template

• 1955: The Diabolicals (Les diaboliques) - Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 1958: Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead - Director: Alfred Hitchcock - based on the novel D'entre les morts
• 1959: Murder at 45 Tours (Meurtre en 45 tours) - Director: Étienne Périer (Director)
• 1960: Deadly Encounters (Les magiciens) - Director: Serge Friedman
• 1961: The House of Sin (Maléfices) - Director: Henri Decoin
• 1986: Letters to an unknown lover - directed by Peter Duffell - based on the novel Les louves
• 1990: The Secret of the Yellow Cheetah - Director: Carlo Rola
• 1991: Body Parts - Director: Eric Red - based on the novel Et mon tout est un homme
• 1991: Bad Awakening (Les démoniaques) - Director: Pierre Koralnik - based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus
• 1992: Labyrinth - Love without a way out (Entangled) - Director: Max Fischer - based on the novel Die grieernden Witwer (Les Veufs)
• 1992: Still Waters (Les eaux dormantes) - directed by Jacques Trefouel
• 1993: Teuflisches Spiel (House of Secrets) - Director: Mimi Leder
• 1993: Voodoo Killer - Director: Mimi Leder
• 1996: Diabolisch - Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik - New version of Die Teuflischen (1955)

script

• 1957: One died too early (Les Louves) - based on his novel - directed by Louis Saslavsky
• 1959: Their crime was love (Douze heures d'horloge)
• 1959: The house of horrors of Dr. Rasanoff (Les yeux sans visage) - Director: Georges Franju
• 1960: Midnight Murderer (Pleins feux sur l'assassin) - Director: Georges Franju
• 1961: Crime out of love (Le crime ne paie pas) - Director: Gérard Oury - Screenplay of the 3rd episode

Awards

• 1948: Prix ​​du Roman d'Aventures for La mort est du voyage
• 1974: Prix ​​Mystère de la critique (together with Pierre Boileau) for The Secret of Eunerville (Le Secret d'Eunerville)

Web links

• Thomas Narcejac in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Thomas Narcejac in the catalog of the German National Library