Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

158 • BURGER, AUGUSTIN
1972 Le Charme discret de la Bourgeoisie / Il fascino
discreto della borghesia / El discreto encanto de
la burguesia / USA: The Discreet Charm of the
Bourgeoisie (also screenwriter, dialogist, sound
effects; France / Italy / Spain)
1974 Le Fantôme de la Liberté / Il fantasma della
libertà / UK: The Phantom of Liberty / USA:
The Specter of Freedom (also co-screenwriter,
cameo, sound effects; France / Italy / Spain)
1977 Cet Obscur Objet du Désir / Este oscuro objeto
del deseo / USA: That Obscure Object of Desire
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist;
France / Spain)
BURGER, AUGUSTIN (1953, Algeria–)
Having graduated with a master’s degree in French
literature and a bachelor’s degree in linguistics, he directed
many plays written by such authors as Brecht,
Musset, Fassbinder, Corneille, Marivaux, Euripide, and
Georges Bataille. He teaches the history and aesthetics
of cinema at the Florent drama school.
Filmography
1997 Sarah et Djemila (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1999 Cours Belsunce (short; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2005 Avant l’Oubli (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2006 Le Drap (short; also screenwriter, dialogist;
Belgium)
BURGUET, CHARLES (Charles Henry Lévy /
May 26, 1878, Paris, France–June 9, 1946, Le Kremlin-
Bicêtre, Val-de-Marne, France)
After being a stage actor (1894–1906), he ran the
Réjane theater (1906–1908). Then he was artistic
director of Nice, Vichy, and Evian until August 1914.
In 1912, he created his own production company in
Nice, Les Films Azur. During the shooting of Gosse de
Riche in 1920, he went through a car crash (his actress
Suzanne Grandais and cinematographer Marcel
Ruette died in the accident). He resumed his career
two years later. From 1925 to 1940, he was president
of the Société des Auteurs.
Filmography
1912 Beau Pompier (short)
La Dette (short)
Un Drame de l’Honneur (short)
L’Epreuve tragique (short)
Le Fils de l’Innocent (short)
La Haine du Sorcier (short)
La Montagne d’Or (short)
Sacrilège (short)
La Saltarella (short)
Secrets d’Etat (short)
L’Utile Dévouement (short)
1914 Gills (short)
1915 L’Emeraude (short)
Par Jalousie (short)
Pour servir (short)
Près d’un Berceau (short)
Le Troisième Larron (short)
Vers le Travail (short)
La Pépite d’Or (short)
1916 Quand Minuit sonna (short)
Le Fils (short)
Gold Silver et Cie (short)
Ruse de Grand-Père / La Ruse du Grand-Père
(short)
Bou-Bouf pour les Dames (short)
L’Or de l’Avare (short)
Bou-Bouf enterre sa Vie de Garçon (short)
Bou-Bouf se rase (short)
Bou-Bouf veut maigrir (short)
Le Double Jeu (short; also screenwriter)
Les Yeux qui accusent (two parts short)
Remember (one prologue and two-part short;
also screenwriter)
Les Filles d’Eve (short)
Serments (short)
1917 Bou-Bouf et César (short)
L’Autre Visage (short)
Les Deux Amours (also adapter)
Les Deux Serments
Gaby en Auto (short)
Son Héros
1918 Au Paradis des Enfants
L’Âme de Pierre (also screenwriter, adapter)
La Course du Flambeau (also screenwriter,
adapter)
1919 Un Ours
La Sultane de l’Amour (two parts; co-director
with René Le Somptier; rereleased in 1923 in
a shortened version colored with the stencil
key set)
1920 Le Chevalier de Gaby (short)
Suzanne et les Brigands (also screenwriter)
Gosse de Riche (also co-screenwriter)