Jean Dréville

Jean Dréville

Born September 20, 1906 · Died March 5, 1997

Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France

Biography

Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Cho...

Filmography

Nights of FarewellLafayetteNormandy - NemanQueen MargotThe Seven Deadly SinsReturn to LifeThe Spice of LifeOperation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy WaterCarbon CopyHanged Man's FarmA Cage of NightingalesWhite Nights in Saint PetersburgMama HummingbirdLe BonheurCagliostro
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