Jean Dréville
Directing
Born: 1906-09-20 · Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France
Died: 1997-03-05
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
🎬 Movies (30)
1940: Taking over French Cinema
2019
Self (archive footage)
Jean Dréville, l'aimant du cinéma
2017
Lui-même
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
1953
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Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
1952
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The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
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The Girl with the Whip
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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A Cage of Nightingales
1945
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Hanged Man's Farm
1945
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Les Cadets de l'océan
1945
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The Roquevillards
1943
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Tornavara
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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