Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907,

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– 23 March 1990,

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) was a French

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and

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. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''

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'' (1947) he won a 1948 Special

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,'' a dramatization of the life of

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that starred

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, won the Academy Award in 1947 for best foreign film. It also was honored as the best film in France that year. Mr. Cloche, whose career spanned more than a half-century, also made spy thrillers and films with religious and social themes. His best-known films include ''La Cage aux Oiseaux'' (''The Bird Cage''); ''Le Docteur Laennec,'' the story of the inventor of the stethoscope; ''Ne de Pere Inconnu'' (''Father Unknown'') and ''La Cage aux Filles (''The Girl Cage''). In 1940, Mr. Cloche founded a film society for young talent. It later became France's leading film school, the Institute of Advanced Film Studies. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, then at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, before going to the cinema as an actor in 1933. He became artistic director and became director by shooting several short films. He created a production company and made his first feature film in 1937. After the

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, he is best known as a writer of films about great figures of Christian charity, hence his reputation in the profession of official Catholic filmmaker. He does not neglect the social subjects, nor even the series B. Maurice Cloche also realizes several documentaries on art: Terre d'amour, Symphonie graphique, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Gothic images. In 1940, in the southern zone, he participated with Paul Legros (general director) and Pierre Gérin (deputy director), at the founding of the artistic and technical center of the young people of the cinema of which he ensures the artistic direction. 2009, Hôtel de Sully, National Gallery of the Jeu de Paume (collective exhibition). He died on 20 March 1990, at his home in Bordeaux after a long illness. He was 82 years old and had

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disease.

Selected filmography

* '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''

Girl with Grey Eyes ''Girl with Green Eyes'' (French: ''La fille aux yeux gris'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Jean Faurez and starring Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard and Claude Génia. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. I ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Eleventh Hour Guest ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (French: ''L'invité de la onzième heure'') is a 1945 French mystery film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Roger Pigaut.Rège p.229 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in P ...

'' (1945) * ''

Rooster Heart ''Rooster Heart'' (French: ''Coeur de coq'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Fernandel, Gisèle Alcee and Jean Témerson.Quinlan p.178 The film's sets were designed by Robert Giordani. Plot A man is too shy t ...

'' (1946) * ''

Women's Games ''Women's Games'' (French: ''Jeux de femmes'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Hélène Perdrière and Saturnin Fabre.Rège p.229 The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond N ...

'' (1946) * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * '' Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1950) * '' Domenica'' (1952) * '' The Sparrows of Paris'' (1953) * ''

A Missionary ''A Missionary'' (French: ''Un missionnaire'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Yves Massard, Marie-France Planeze and René Blancard. It was shot in Guinea and Cameroon.Crisp p.157 The film is in Eastmancolor. ...

'' (1955) * ''

Girls of the Night ''Girls of the Night'' (French: ''Filles de nuit'', German: ''Denn keiner ist ohne Sünde'') is a 1958 drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Georges Marchal, Nicole Berger and Claus Holm.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.275 It was made as a ...

'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Cocagne'' (1961) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1963) * ''

Agent X-77 Orders to Kill ''Agent X-77 Orders to Kill'' (french: Baraka sur X 13, es, Operación Silencio, it, Agente X77 ordine di uccidere, also known as ''Baraka for Secret Service'') is a 1966 French-Spanish-Italian spy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring G ...

'' (1966) * '' The Viscount'' (1967) *''

The Killer Likes Candy ''The Killer Likes Candy'' ( it, Un killer per sua maestà, french: Le tueur aime les bonbons, german: Zucker für den Mörder) is a 1968 Italian-French-German Eurospy film directed by Maurice Cloche and Federico Chentrens and starring Kerwin Ma ...

'' (1968)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cloche, Maurice 1907 births 1990 deaths People from Commercy French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs alumni Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners 20th-century French male writers