Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress

Martine Carol Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress. Career Born Maryse Mourer (or Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer) in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, (France), she studied acting und ...

, who starred in several of his films, including ''

Lucrèce Borgia ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (also known as ''Lucretia Borgia'' or ''Sins of the Borgias'') is a 1953 French drama film starring Martine Carol and Pedro Armendáriz. The film was directed by Christian-Jaque, who co-wrote screenplay with Cécil Saint-Laur ...

'' (1953), ''

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'' (1954), and ''

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'' (1955). Christian-Jaque's 1946 film ''

A Lover's Return ''A Lover's Return'' (french: Un revenant, french: Le revenant) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Jean-Jacques Sauvage, a theater director believed dead by everyone, ...

'' was entered into the

1946 Cannes Film Festival The 1st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946. Twenty-one countries presented their films at the "First Cannes International Film Festival", which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. Only one year after t ...

. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler ''

Fanfan la Tulipe ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' is a 1952 French comedy adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque. It has also been categorized under swashbuckler films. The film starred Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida. The film was remade in 2003 with Penélope ...

''. At the

2nd Berlin International Film Festival The 2nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 June 1952. The FIAPF prohibited the festival from awarding any official prizes by a jury (which only Cannes and Venice were qualified to do so), instead awards were given ...

, he won the Silver Bear award for the same film. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the

1st Moscow International Film Festival The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film ''Destiny of a Man'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) * Antonin Br ...

. Christian-Jaque began his motion picture career in the 1920s as an art director and production designer. By the early 1930s, he had moved into screenwriting and directing. He continued working into the mid-1980s, though from 1970 on, most of his work was done for television. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the

11th Moscow International Film Festival The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film '' Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film '' Siete días de enero'' directed ...

. Christian-Jaque was born in

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. He died at

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the Parisian area, located from its Kilometre zero, centre. It is a Subprefectures in ...

in 1994.

Selected filmography

Director

* '' Josette'' (1937) * ''Francis The First'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) * ''

Rail Pirates ''Rail Pirates'' (French: ''Les pirates du rail'') is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in the Cama ...

'' (1938) * ''

Ernest the Rebel ''Ernest the Rebel'' (French: ''Ernest le rebelle'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Pierre Alcover, Mona Goya and Arthur Devère.Blakeway p.198 It is based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Jacques ...

'' (1938) * ''

First Ball ''First Ball'' (French: ''Premier bal'') is a 1941 French romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux and Raymond Rouleau.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.309 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1941) * ''

Who Killed Santa Claus? ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (french: L'Assassinat du père Noël) is a 1941 French comedy-drama film by Christian-Jaque. This adaptation of Pierre Véry's novel of the same name was the first film produced by Continental Films. Cast * Harry Baur ...

'' (1941) * '' La Symphonie fantastique'' (1942) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' (1942) * ''

Voyage Without Hope ''Voyage Without Hope'' (French: ''Voyage sans espoir'') is a French 1943 French crime drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Simone Renant, Jean Marais and Paul Bernard. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's ...

'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1945) *'' The Bellman'' (1945) * ''

'' (1946) * '' The Charterhouse of Parma'' (1948) * ''

Man to Men ''Man to Men'' (French: ''D'homme à hommes'' is a 1948 French-Swiss historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier and Hélène Perdrière. Plot The film depicts Henri Dunant and the founding ...

'' (1948) * '' Singoalla'' (1949) * '' Lost Souvenirs'' (1950) * ''Barbe-Bleue'' (1951) and German-language version '' Bluebeard'' (1951) * ''

Adorable Creatures ''Adorable Creatures'' (french: Adorables créatures, it, Quando le donne amano) is a 1952 romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. A French-Italian co-production, it stars Daniel Gélin, Antonella Lualdi, Danielle Darrieux and Martine ...

'' (1952) * ''

'' (1953) * ''

Destinées ''Daughters of Destiny'' (UK title: ''Love, Soldiers and Women'', French title: ''Destinées'' and Italian title: ''Destini di donne'') is a 1954 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy drama directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delanno ...

'' (1954) * ''

If All the Guys in the World ''If All the Guys in the World'' (original French title: ''Si tous les gars du monde'') is a 1956 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring André Valmy, Jean Gaven, Marc Cassot, Georges Poujouly, Doudou Babet. Plot A Frenc ...

'' (1955) * ''

'' (1955) * '' Nathalie'' (1957) * ''

The Law Is the Law ''The Law Is the Law'' (french: La loi, c'est la loi, it, La legge è legge) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the village of Assola, divi ...

'' (1958) * ''

Babette Goes to War ''Babette Goes to War'' (french: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre) is a 1959 French CinemaScope film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes. Plot In 1940, during the German inv ...

'' (1959) * ''

Love and the Frenchwoman ''Love and the Frenchwoman'' is the US title of a 1960 French anthology film originally entitled ''La française et l'amour''. It starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Dany Robin. The movie was a big hit in France with admissions of 3,056,736.

'' (segment "Le Divorce") (1960) * ''

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'' (1961) * ''

Don't Tempt the Devil ''Don't Tempt the Devil'' (french: Les Bonnes Causes, it, Il delitto Dupré) is a 1963 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Bourvil, Marina Vlady, Virna Lisi and Pierre Brasseur. It is based on the nov ...

'' (1963) * '' The Black Tulip'' (1964) * '' Le repas des fauves'' (1964) * ''

Le gentleman de Cocody ''Man from Cocody'' (French: ') is a French adventure film from 1965 set in Cocody, Ivory Coast. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, written by Christian-Jaque, , Jean Ferry and Jacques Emmanuel, starring Jean Marais. The film was known under the ...

'' (1965) * ''

The Dirty Game ''The Dirty Game'' (german: Spione unter sich, french: Guerre secrète, it, La guerra segreta) is a 1965 anthology spy film starring Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan. Robert Ryan as American General Bruce is the link between three different spy stor ...

'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1966) * ''

Le Saint prend l'affût ''Le Saint prend l'affût'' () is a French adventure drama film from 1966. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, written by Jean Ferry, starring Jean Marais. Cast * Jean Marais as Simon Templar * Jess Hahn as Hoppy Uniatz * Jean Yanne as Muel ...

'' (1966) * '' Dead Run'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1968) * ''

The Legend of Frenchie King ''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (french: Les Pétroleuses) or Petroleum Girls is a 1971 French, Spanish, Italian and British international co-production western comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Claudia Cardinale and Brig ...

'' (1971) * ' (1975) * '' Parisian Life'' (1977)

Art director

* ''

The Great Passion ''The Great Passion'' (French: ''La grande passion'') is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Lil Dagover, Rolla Norman and Patricia Allen.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.208 The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...

'' (1928) * '' The Wedding March'' (1929) * ''

Levy and Company ''Levy and Company'' (French: ''Lévy et Cie'') is a 1930 French comedy film directed by André Hugon starring Léon Belières, Charles Lamy and Alexandre Mihalesco .Hayward p.153 The film takes place on a Ocean liner, liner which is sailing for ...

'' (1930) * '' Tenderness'' (1930) * ''

The Levy Department Stores ''The Levy Department Stores'' (French: ''Les galeries Lévy et Cie'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Léon Belières, Charles Lamy and Alexandre Mihalesco.Rège p.511 It was the first of three sequels to the ...

'' (1932)

Actor

* ''

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'' (1932)

References

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* * 1904 births 1994 deaths Film directors from Paris Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners César Honorary Award recipients Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery {{France-film-director-stub