Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

KAHANE, ROGER (September 20, 1932, Bois-
Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
The son of a university professor, he was fascinated
with fi lms since his childhood and read all the movie
magazines and reviews of the 1940s and 1950s from
L’Ecran français to Les Cahiers du Cinéma. He spent a
lot of his time in cine-clubs. Having graduated from
the IDHEC, he began his career as an assistant director
to Christian-Jaque (1955 Nana, France / Italy) and
René Clair (Les Grandes Manoeuvres / Grandi manovre
/ UK: Summer Manœuvres / USA: The Great Maneuver,
France / Italy). A TV (since 1960) and fi lm (since
1964) director, he also authored several plays he
directed (Le Petit Chat est mort, Demandez la Chanson
du Film, L’Epouvantail) and wrote books (1979 L’Affaire
Peiper, co-written by Georges Arnaud, Atelier Marcel
Jullian, Le Livre de Poche; Promenade, Mademoiselle,
Club Zero; 2003 Le Petit Chat est mort, Editions La
Femme Pressée). His credits as TV co-screenwriter
include 1990 Les Cinq dernière Minutes (episode “Sang
à l’Heure,” Nicole André); 1999 L’Instit’ (episode
“Juliette et Roméo,” Chantal Picault); 2000 L’Instit’
(episode “Ting Ting,” Pascale Dallet); 2001 L’Instit’ (episode
“L’Ange des Vignes,” Antoine Lorenzi); 2002 Le
Tuteur (episode “La Belle et la Bête,” Alain Schwartzstein);
2005 Le Tuteur (episode “Il fera beau Demain,”
José Pinheiro); 2006 Le Tuteur (episode “Le Pêcheur
de Miracles,” François Velle).
Filmography
1964 Le Cirque au Village (short)
1968 L’Enfant de la haute Mer (short)
1970 Sortie de Secours (also co-screenwriter)
Madly / Madly, il piacere dell’uomo / USA: The
Love Mates (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter,
co-dialogist; France / Italy)
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1988 La Peau et les Pépins (short)
1998 Je suis vivante et je vous aime / US festival: I’m
Alive and I Love You (also co-screenwriter;
France / Belgium)
Television Filmography
1960 L’Âne et le Ruisseau
1962 La Nuit du Temps
Henri Cartier-Bresson (documentary; short)
Athalie
Le Mariage
1963 Un Amour électronique
Le Canari
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
Les Eaux dérobées
1964 Ebauche d’un Roman
Façade
L’Histoire pittoresque (10 40'; co-director
only)
1965 Sens interdit
1966 Jeanne au Bûcher
Oblomov
La Péri
Chaka
Ainsi font, font, font
1967 L’Enfant et les Sortilèges
1968 Le Tribunal de l’Impossible (episode “Les Rencontres
du Trianon ou La Dernière Rose”)
Kandinsky et la Découverte de l’Art abstrait
(documentary)
Le Fils prodigue
1970 L’Etoile
1971 Les Femmes aussi ont perdu la Guerre
1973 La Fille de Madame Angot
Fantasio
1974 Beau François