Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

192 • CAVALIER, ALAIN
1945 Dead of Night (co-director with Charles
Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer; segments
“Christmas Party,” “The Ventriloquist’s
Dummy”; UK)
1947 Nicholas Nickleby / The Life and Adventures of
Nicholas Nickleby (UK)
They Made Me a Fugitive / USA: I Became a
Criminal (UK)
1948 The First Gentleman / USA: Affairs of a Rogue
(UK)
1949 For Them That Trespass (UK)
1952 Simao, o caolho / USA: Simon the One-Eyed
(also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer;
Brazil)
O canto do mar / USA: Song of the Sea (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer; Brazil)
1954 Mulher de Verdade / UK: Woman of Truth /
USA: A Real Woman (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, producer; Brazil)
1957 Die Windrose / A Rosa-dos-Ventos (Russian
segment; East Germany / Brazil / USSR; also
screenwriter, art director)
Le Château des Capathes (unfi nished)
1959 Les Noces vénitiennes / La prima notte (France
/ Italy)
1960 Herr Puntilla und sein Knecht Matti (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter; West Germany /
Austria; shot in 1956)
1961 The Monster of Highgate Ponds (UK)
1962 Yerma (documentary; medium-length; also
screenwriter, adapter)
1966 Ainsi parlait Theodor Herzl (documentary)
1967 Story of Israel (documentary; medium-length;
Israel)
1977 Um Homem e o Cinema (documentary; also
actor; Brazil)
Television Filmography
1969 Les Empaillés
1971 La Visite de la vieille Dame
CAVALIER, ALAIN (Alain Fraissé / September 14,
1931, Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France–)
Having graduated from the IDHEC, he was assistant to
director Louis Malle (1958 Ascenseur pour l’Echafaud /
UK: Lift to the Scaffold / USA: Frantic; Les Amants / UK
and USA: The Lovers) and co-wrote several fi lms (1959
Chronique provinciale, Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Le Second
Souffl e, short, as adapter, Yannick Bellon; 1962 La Croix
des Vivants / Het Kruis der Levenden, as co-screenwriter,
Yvan Govar, Robert Mazoyer, shot in 1960–1961,
France / Belgium; L’Homme à Femmes / US TV: Murder
by Two, as co-screenwriter, Jacques-Gérard Cornu;
1966 La Vie de Château / UK: Gracious Living / USA: A
Matter of Resistance, as co-screenwriter, Jean-Paul Rappeneau).
He authored the commentary of Entre Ciel et
Terre (documentary, short, Carlos Vilardebó, 1959) and
appeared as himself in a few documentaries (1996 Cinéma
de notre Temps, episodes “Sept Chapitres,” “Cinq
Jours,” “2 Pièces Cuisine,” Jean-Pierre Limosin; 2004
Epreuves d’Artistes, Samuel Faure, Gilles Jacob; 2005
Roger Diamantis ou La vraie Vie, Elise Girard). He was
married to actress Irène Tunc (1934–1972) and fi lm
editor Denise de Casabianca. His daughter is actress
and director Camille de Casabianca (b. 1957).
Filmography
1958 Un Américain (short; also screenwriter)
1962 Le Combat dans l’Île / USA: Fire and Ice (also
screenwriter)
1964 L’Insoumis (also screenwriter, co-adapter)
1967 Mise à Sac / Una notte per cinque rapine (also
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)
1968 La Chamade / USA: Heartbeat (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)
1976 Le Plein de Super (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1979 Martin et Léa (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
shot in 1977–1978)
Ce Répondeur ne prend pas de Messages (also
screenwriter)
1981 Un Etrange Voyage (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1986 Thérèse (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1988 La Dame des Lavabos (documentary; also actor
as himself, interviewer)
1993 Libera me (also co-screenwriter)
1996 La Rencontre (also screenwriter, cinematographer,
editor)
2000 Vies / USA: Lives (documentary; also screenwriter,
cinematographer, sound engineer,
editor)
2002 René (also screenwriter, cinematographer,
editor)
2005 Le Filmeur (also screenwriter, cinematographer,
actor as himself)
Television Filmography
1982 Cinéma, Cinémas (documentary; short; episode
“Alain Cavalier: Lettre d’un Cinéaste”)
2007 Lieux saints (documentary; short)