Jean Dréville
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 Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
Intermediate Landing in Paris
as uncreditedMichèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly...
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1940: Taking over French Cinema
as Self (archive footage)Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put...
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