Russian-born French writer (1898–1985)
André Beucler |
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![]() Plaque on Beucler's former residence in Paris. |
| Born | 24 February 1898
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| Died | 26 February 1985 (aged 87)
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
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| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, journalist |
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| Years active | 1933–1948 (film) |
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André Beucler (1898–1985) was a Russian-born French journalist, novelist, screenwriter and film director.[1][2][3] He was born in Saint Petersburg to a French father and grew up speaking Russian.[4] During the 1930s he worked on a number of films produced by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, the French subsidiary of the German company UFA. He was awarded the SGDL Grand Prix for Literature in 1957.
Selected filmography
References
- ^ Tilburg p.240
- ^ Pitts p.83
- ^ Crisp p.196
- ^ Cate p.272
Bibliography
- Cate, Curtis. André Malraux: A Biography. Fromm International Publishing Corporation, 1997.
- Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Pitts, Michael R. Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1936. McFarland, 2018.
- Tilburg, Patricia. Working Girls: Sex, Taste, and Reform in the Parisian Garment Trades, 1880–1919. Oxford University Press, 2019.
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