René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors
Marcel Carné
Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), '' The Devil's Envoys ...
,
René Clair, and
Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late 1930s — ''
Port of Shadows
''Port of Shadows'' (french: Le Quai des brumes , "The dock of mists") is a 1938 French film directed by Marcel Carné. An example of poetic realism, it stars Jean Gabin, Michel Simon and Michèle Morgan. The screenplay was written by Jacques Pr� ...
'', ''
Hôtel du Nord'', and ''
Le Jour Se Lève'' — are widely admired examples of
poetic realism. He also directed films from 1935 to 1950. Perhaps the best-known is ''
Colonel Chabert'' (1943), which was a film adaptation of a
famous novella by
Honoré de Balzac. Le Hénaff retired from filmmaking in 1968.
Selected filmography
Editor
* ''
The Shark'' (1930)
* ''Sous les toits de Paris (
Under the Roofs of Paris)'' (1930)
* ''
À Nous la Liberté'' (1931)
* ''
Bastille Day'' (1933)
* ''Le Scandal (
The Scandal)'' (1934)
* ''
Samson'' (1936)
* ''Le Quai des brumes (
Port of Shadows
''Port of Shadows'' (french: Le Quai des brumes , "The dock of mists") is a 1938 French film directed by Marcel Carné. An example of poetic realism, it stars Jean Gabin, Michel Simon and Michèle Morgan. The screenplay was written by Jacques Pr� ...
)'' (1938)
* ''
Hôtel du Nord'' (1938)
* ''
Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939)
* ''
Beating Heart'' (1940)
* ''Le Quai des brumes (
Women Without Names)'' (1950)
* ''
L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard
''L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard'' ( en, The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.
Plot
Auguste Bard is a ...
(Strange Desire of Mr. Bard)'' (1954)
* ''
A Girl Without Boundaries
''A Girl Without Boundaries'' (German: ''Mädchen ohne Grenzen'') is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring starring Sonja Ziemann, Ivan Desny and Barbara Rütting. https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/madchen-o ...
'' (1955)
* ''Der Arzt von Stalingrad (
The Doctor of Stalingrad)'' (1958)
* ''
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Twelve or 12 may refer to:
* 12 (number)
* December, the twelfth and final month of the year
Years
* 12 BC
* AD 12
* 1912
* 2012
Film
* ''Twelve'' (2010 film), based on the 2002 novel
* ''12'' (2007 film), by Russian director and actor Nikita ...
'' (1959)
Director
* ''
Fort Dolorès'' (1939)
* ''
Colonel Chabert'' (1943)
*''
St. Val's Mystery
''St. Val's Mystery'' (original: french: Le Mystère de Saint-Val) is a 1945 French comedy film starring Fernandel directed by René Le Hénaff, Shot during the winter of 1944-1945 in the Boulogne Studios, this was the Fernandel's first film foll ...
'' (1945)
* ''
The Husbands of Leontine
''The Husbands of Leontine'' (French: ''Les maris de Léontine'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by René Le Hénaff and starring Jacqueline Gauthier, Pierre Jourdan and Gil Roland.Rège p.608
The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...
'' (1947)
References
External links
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French film editors
French centenarians
Men centenarians
1901 births
2005 deaths
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