Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1968 Le Neveu de Rameau
Lorenzaccio
La Grammaire (also adapter)
Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“La Maison du Juge”)
1969 En votre Âme et Conscience (episode “L’Affaire
Lacoste”)
Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“L’Ombre chinoise”)
L’Hercule sur la Place
1970 Les Vipères
Monsieur Octave
1971 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret et son Fantôme”)
1972 L’Aquarium
Les Boussardel (4 100')
1973 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret et l’Homme du Banc”)
L’Avare
Les Pirates du Rhône
1974 Cavalier seul
Le Prix
1975 Les Enquêtes du Commisaire Maigret (episode
“La Guinguette à Deux Sous”)
1976 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Crime en Hollande”)
1977 Histoires de la Grandeur et de la Décadence de
César Birotteau (4 80' and 4 90')
1978 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret et l’Affaire Nahour”)
Les Eygletière (co-director with Louis A. Pascal;
France / Belgium / Canada)
1979 Une Fille seule (6 52')
Petite Madame
1981 Une Aurore boréale
1983 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“Maigret s’amuse”)
1984 La Double Inconstance
LUITZ-MORAT (Maurice Radiguet / June 5, 1884,
Geneva, Switzerland–August 11, 1929, Paris, France)
He gave up his studies in medicine to dedicate himself
to the stage. From 1907 to 1913, he performed
the classics, notably at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre.
In 1913, he married an actress, Madeleine Ramey,
who introduced him to directors Louis Feuillade
and Henri Fescourt. They hired him, and he played
in about thirty fi lms (from 1910 Le Secret du Corsaire
rouge, Louis Feuillade, to 1927 La Petite Chocolatière,
René Hervil). In 1914, he directed his fi rst movie for
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Gaumont. During the shooting of La Vierge folle, he
caught a cold and died at age fi fty-four.
Filmography
1914 Le Coffre aux Diamants (short)
1920 Sa Majesté le chauffeur de Taxi (short)
Rien à louer (short)
Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits (also producer,
actor)
Le Petit Ange (co-director with Pierre Régnier;
also screenwriter, producer)
Monsieur Lebureau (short; also producer)
1922 La Terre du Diable (also co-screenwriter, producer)
Le Sang d’Allah / UK: The Blood of Allah (also
co-screenwriter, producer)
Au Seuil du Harem
1923 Petit Ange et son Pantin (also co-screenwriter,
producer)
1924 La Cité foudroyée / USA: The City Struck by
Lightning
1925 Surcouf (eight episodes: “Le Roi des Corsaires,”
“Les Pontons anglais,” “Les Fiançailles
tragiques,” “Un Cœur de Héros,” “La
Chasse à l’Homme,” “La Lettre à Bonaparte,”
“La Morsure du Serpent,” “La Réponse de
Bonaparte”)
La Course du Flambeau
1926 Jean Chouan (eight chapters: “La Patrie en
Danger,” “La Bataille des Cœurs,” “Sur le Pont
de Pyrmil,” “L’Otage,” “La Citoyenne Maryse
Fleurus,” “Le Comité de Salut Public,” “La
Grotte aux Fées,” “Les Soldats de France”)
Le Juif errant (fi ve chapters: “Prologue—Les
Ardents,” “Monsieur Rodin,” “Carnaval,” “Le
Treize Février,” “Le Justicier”; also screenwriter,
adapter)
1928 La Ronde infernale
Odette (shot in Berlin under the title Mein
Leben für das Deine; France / Germany)
1929 La Vierge folle (also screenwriter, adapter)
LUMIÈRE, LOUIS (October 5, 1864, Besançon,
Doubs, France–June 6, 1948, Bandol, Var, France)
The son of a former sign painter turned photographer,
he saved the family fi rm conceiving a photographic
plate, “Etiquette bleue,” which brought in a
lot of money. In February 1895, his brother Auguste
(1862–1954) and he patented the “Cinématographe.”
The fi rst public projection of fi lms less than one