Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

RYDER, ALEXANDRE (1891, Poland–1966, France)
Polish born, he directed silent and talking movies,
including a propaganda fi lm against Adolf Hitler (1940
Après “Mein Kampf,” Mes Crimes).
Filmography
1920 Le Piège de l’Amour
1921 Le Double (also co-screenwriter)
Rose de Nice (co-director with Maurice Chaillot)
1925 La Femme aux Yeux fermés
Comment j’ai tué mon Enfant
1926 Le Criminel
1928 La Grande Epreuve / UK and USA: The Soul of
France
1930 Le Défenseur
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1931 La Ronde des Heures / USA: Round of Hours
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
Un Soir au Front
1932 L’Âne de Buridan (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
1933 Faut réparer Sophie
1935 Les Hommes oubliés
1936 Le Nouveau Testament / USA: Indiscretions (codirector
with Sacha Guitry)
1938 Mirages / Si tu m’aimes (also co-adapter)
1940 Après “Mein Kampf,” “Mes Crimes” (as Jean-
Jacques Valjean)
1945 Maria Valente (short)
1948 A la Manière de . . . (short)
1949 La Ronde des Heures (also co-adapter, codialogist)
1950 Les Compagnons de la Chanson (short)