Jean Epstein
Directing
Born: 1897-03-25 · Warszawa, Russian Empire [now Poland]
Died: 1953-04-02
Biography
Jean Epstein (French: [ɛp.ʃtajn]; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, he directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He is often associated with French Impressionist Cinema and the concept of photogénie. Epstein was born in Warsaw, Kingdom
🎬 Movies (30)
Tempest
2021
Original Story
Song of Armorica
2016
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The Fires of the Sea
2016
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Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
2011
Self (archive footage)
Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself
1978
(archival footage)
Efforts de productivité dans la fonderie
1953
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The Storm-Tamer
1947
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Artères de France
1939
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Eau vive
1938
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La relève
1938
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The Builders
1938
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The Woman at the End of the World
1938
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Vive la vie
1937
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La Bourgogne
1936
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Heart of Tramp
1936
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La Bretagne
1936
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Marius and Olive in Paris
1935
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The Lady of Lebanon
1934
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La Vie d'un grand journal
1934
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Gold of the Seas
1933
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The Man with the Hispano
1933
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The Cradles
1932
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Le Cor
1932
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The Villanelle of Ribbons
1932
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La chanson des peupliers
1932
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Le vieux chaland
1931
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Notre-Dame de Paris
1931
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The Sea of Ravens
1930
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Le pas de la mule
1930
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Finis Terræ
1929
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