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Pierre de Hérain (24 July 1904 – 25 September 1972) was a French film director. de Hérain was born as Pierre Déhérain on 24 July 1904 in
Avilly-Saint-Léonard Avilly-Saint-Léonard is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Population See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 680 Communes of France, communes of the Oise Departments of France, departm ...
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Oise Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...
, France. His father, François de Hérain, was a painter. His mother, Eugénie Hardon, later married Marshal
Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (; 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain (, ), was a French marshal who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Collaboration with Nazi Ger ...
, who became his stepfather. De Hérain began his career in film as an assistant director of '' Itto'', a 1934 film directed by
Jean Benoît-Lévy Jean Benoît-Lévy (1888–1959) was a French film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the ...
and
Marie Epstein Marie-Antonine Epstein (; 14 August 1899 – 24 April 1995) was a French actress, scenarist, film director, and film preservationist. Her career is distinguished by three important collaborations. Throughout the 1920s, she acted in and wrote ...
. In 1935, he was an assistant director to ''
Divine Divinity (from Latin ) refers to the quality, presence, or nature of that which is divine—a term that, before the rise of monotheism, evoked a broad and dynamic field of sacred power. In the ancient world, divinity was not limited to a singl ...
'', directed by
Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer ( , ; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls ( , , ) or simply Ophuls, was a German and French film director and screenwriter. He was known for his opulent and lyrical visual style, with heavy use of trac ...
. In 1938, he was an assistant director of ''
Monsieur Coccinelle ''Monsieur Coccinelle'' is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and starring Pierre Larquey, Jane Loury and Jeanne Provost. The film's sets were designed by Boris Bilinsky. The plot was based on an original story wri ...
'', directed by
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps "Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by Belgian singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest an ...
. De Hérain directed five films in the 1940s. One of them, ''
Monsieur des Lourdines ''Monsieur des Lourdines'' is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Raymond Rouleau, Germaine Dermoz and Mila Parély. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by th ...
'', was based on a novel by
Alphonse de Châteaubriant Alphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant (; 25 March 1877 – 2 May 1951) was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1911 for his novel ''Monsieur de Lourdines'' and Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for '' La Brière'' in 192 ...
. De Hérain died on 25 September 1972 in Paris.


Filmography

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Monsieur des Lourdines ''Monsieur des Lourdines'' is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Raymond Rouleau, Germaine Dermoz and Mila Parély. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by th ...
'' (1943) * '' Pamela'' (1945) * ''
Love Around the House ''Love Around the House'' (French: ''L'amour autour de la maison'') is a 1947 French-Belgian drama film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Pierre Brasseur, María Casares and Julien Carette.Thys p. 301 It was shot at the Billancourt Studi ...
'' (1947) * ''
The Murdered Model ''The Murdered Model'' (French: ''Le mannequin assassiné'') is a 1948 French-Belgian comedy crime film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Gilbert Gil and Julien Carette.Goble p. 440 It is based on the 1932 novel ''The ...
'' (1948) *''
Marlene Marlene may refer to: People * Marlene (given name), including a list of people with the name * Marlene (Burmese businesswoman), Nang Kham Noung (born 1991) * Marlene (Japanese singer) (born 1960), a Filipina jazz singer active in Japan Film * Ma ...
'' (1949)


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* 1904 births 1972 deaths People from Oise French film directors {{France-film-bio-stub