| Henri
Verneuil
1920
- 2002 |
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The director Henri Verneuil was born as Achod Malakian in Rodosto,
Turkey.
He was enthusiastic about the cinema at a young age and founded the
cultural newspaper "Horizons".
By the helpf of the actor Fernandel he came to the film business at
the end of the 40's and realised his first movies like "Les nouveaux misérables"
(49), "On demande un bandit" (50) and "Maldonne" (50).
In 1951 he shot the movie "La table aux crevés - Der Totentisch"
with Fernandel, it followed "Le boulanger de Valorgue - Der Bäcker
von Valorgue" (53), "Les amants du Tage" (55), "Des gens sans importance"
(55), "Maxmie" (58) and "La vache et le prisonnier" (59).
Henri Verneuil created entertainment cinema in a delicate way and he
soon counted to the guarantors for box-office hits.
The 60's marked the height of his creativty and he directed movies
like "Le président" (61), "Un singe en hiver - Ein Affe im Winter"
(62), "Cent mille dollars au soleil" (64), "La vingt-cinquième heure
- Die 25. Stunde" (67), "La bataille de San Sebastian - Die Hölle
von San Sebastian" (68) and "Le clan des Siciliens - Der Clan der Sizilianer"
(69).
His last big productions came in the 70's and 80's into being, among
them "La casse - Der Coup" (71), "Le serpent - Die Schlange" (73), "Peur
sur la ville - Angst über der Stadt" (75), "Le corps de mon ennemi
- Der Körper meines Feindes" (76), "I...comme Icare - I wie Ikarus"
(79) and "Les morfalous - Die Glorreichen" (84).
In his long-standing career he fell back on his permanent staff time
and again, to these crew belonged Fernandel with whom he shot eight movies,
Jean Gabin in five movies and especially Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Besides numerous awards he was awarded with an Oscar in 1956 for the
best script and nominated for a César in 1980. In 1996 he was awarded
with the Honorary César for his lifework.
Other movies from Henri Verneuil (Director):
Pipe chien (50) La légende de Terre-Blanche (50)
L'art d'être courtier (50) Le fruit défendu (52) Brelan d'as
(52) Carnaval (53) L'ennemi public no 1 (53) Le outon à cinq pattes
(54) Paris, Palace Hôtel (56) Une manche et la belle (57) Sois belle
et tais-toi (58) Le grand chef (59) L'affaire d'une nuit (60) La Française
et l'amour: L'adultère (60) Les lions sont lâchés (61)
Mélodie en sous-sol (63) Week-end à Zuydcoote (64) Mille
milliards de dollars (82) 588 rue paradis (93)
Writer:
Pipe chien (50) Maldonne (50) La légende de Terre-Blanche
(50) La table aux crevés (52) Le fruit défendu (52) Le mouton
à cinq pattes (54) Des gens sans importance (55) Paris, Palace Hôtel
(56) Une manche et la belle (57) Maxime (58) Le grand chef (59) La vache
et le prisonnier (59) Le président (61) Cent mille dollars au soleil
(64) La vingt-cinquième heure (67) Le clan des Siciliens (69) Le
casse (71) Le serpent - Die Schlange (73) Peur sur la ville (75) Le corps
de mon ennemi (76) I...comme Icare (79) Mille milliards de dollars (82)
Les Morfalous (84) Mayrig - Die Strasse zum Paradies (92) 588 rue paradis
(93) Mayrig - Heimat in der Fremde (93)
Producer:
Le casse (71) Le serpent - Die Schlange (73) Le corps
de mon ennemi (76) Mille milliards de dollars (82) |
