Ralph Habib (Paris, 29 June 1912 – Paris, 27 June 1969) was a French film director of
Lebanese origin. He started his film career with
Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest ...
. He later worked as assistant director notably Jean Dréville and Jean-Paul Le Chanois before directing his own films.
Filmography
*1951 : ''
Rue des Saussaies
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...
''
*1952 : ''La Forêt de l'adieu''
*1953 : ''
Les Compagnes de la nuit''
*1954 : ''
La Rage au corps'' (English title ''
Tempest in the Flesh
''La Rage au corps'' (US title: ''Tempest in the Flesh'', UK title: ''Fire in the Blood'') is a 1954 French drama film directed by Ralph Habib, based on story by Jean-Claude Aurel and Jacques Companéez. The film tells the story of a nymphomaniac, ...
'')
*1954 : ''
The Bed''
*1954 : ''Crainquebille''
*1955 : ''
Men in White''
*1956 : ''
La Loi des rues'' (English title ''
Law of the Streets
''Law of the Streets'' (french: La Loi des rues) is a French drama film from 1956 directed by Ralph Habib, written by Jean Ferry and starring Raymond Pellegrin and Louis de Funès.
Cast
* Raymond Pellegrin : 'Jo le Grec", a procurer
* Silvana ...
'')
*1956 : ''
Women's Club
The woman's club movement was a social movement that took place throughout the United States that established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While women's organizations had always been a par ...
''
*1957 : ''
Escapade''
*1959 : ''
The Black Chapel
''The Black Chapel'' (German: ''Geheimaktion schwarze Kapelle'') is a 1959 political thriller film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck and Ernst Schröder. It is based on the novel ''Die schwarze Kapelle'' by Olav ...
'' based on the novel ''Die schwarze Kapelle'' by Olaf Herfeldt
**French title - ''R.P.Z. appelle Berlin''
**German title - ''Geheimaktion schwarze Kapelle''
**Italian title - ''I sicari di Hitler''
*1960 : ''
The Nabob Affair
''The Nabob Affair'' (French: ''Au voleur!'', German: ''Affäre Nabob'') is a 1960 French-West German comedy film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Paul Guers, Perrette Pradier and O.E. Hasse.Rège p.489
Cast
* Paul Guers as Serge
* Perrett ...
''
*1966 : Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque
*1967 : ''
Hotel Clausewitz
''Hotel Clausewitz'' (German: ''Pension Clausewitz'') is a 1967 West German comedy film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Wolfgang Kieling, Maria Brockerhoff and Friedrich Schoenfelder.
Plot
The main character of the story, Stemmka, through ...
''
;Joint film with
Lee Robinson
*1958 : ''
The Stowaway'' (English version) / ''Le Passager clandestin'' (French version)
;Joint film with Gérard Sire
*1967-1968 : ''Un taxi dans les nuages''
External links
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1912 births
1969 deaths
French people of Lebanese descent
Film directors from Paris