Jean Dréville

Director

Born: September 20, 1906
Died: March 5, 1997 (age 90)
From: Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France

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…

Filmography (44)

1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Jean Dréville, l'aimant du cinéma (2017)
Lui-même
Cinématon XVI
Cinématon XVI (1982)
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The Sleeping Sentinel (1966)
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Nights of Farewell (1965)
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Lafayette (1962)
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Normandy - Neman (1960)
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A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik (1958)
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The Lady and the Gipsy (1958)
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The Suspects (1957)
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Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955)
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Queen Margot (1954)
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Endless Horizons
Endless Horizons (1953)
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Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1952)
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The Girl with the Whip (1952)
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
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The Big Meeting (1950)
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Return to Life (1949)
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The Spice of Life (1948)
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
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Carbon Copy (1947)
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Tainted (1946)
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Hanged Man's Farm (1945)
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Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
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A Cage of Nightingales (1945)
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Tornavara (1943)
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The Roquevillards (1943)
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Business Is Business (1942)
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Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
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President Haudecoeur (1940)
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