Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

220 • CHRISTIAN-JAQUE
1936 Paris (also co-screenwriter)
1937 Une Femme sans Importance
Miarka, la Fille à l’Ourse (also screenwriter)
1938 La Glu (also co-adapter)
Paix sur le Rhin (also co-screenwriter)
1940 Le Café du Port (also screenwriter)
Angélica / Rosa di sangue / USA: Blood Red Rose
(also co-adapter; France / Italy)
La nascita di Salomé / El nacimento de Salomé
(also co-screenwriter; Italy / Spain)
1942 La Femme perdue
1943 Port d’Attache
1946 L’Ange qu’on m’a donné (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
CHRISTIAN-JAQUE (Christian Maudet / September
4, 1904, Paris, France–July 8, 1994, Boulogne-
Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Intending to become an architect, he studied at the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs.
From 1927 to 1930, he was a fi lm journalist,
notably at Cinegraf. He drew movie posters with his
friend Jaque Cabraison and created his pseudonym
combining their fi rst names. He entered fi lms as a
production designer (1928 Balançoires, Noël Renard;
Une Java, Jean de Size; La Grande Passion, André Hugon;
1929 La Marche nuptiale, as art director, André
Hugon; Le Tourbillon de Paris / USA: The Maelstrom
of Paris, Julien Duvivier; La Meilleure Maîtresse, René
Hervil; Les Trois Masques, André Hugon; La Vie miraculeuse
de Thérèse Martin / USA: The Miraculous Life of
Teresa of Lisieux, as art director, Julien Duvivier; 1930
Maman Colibri, Julien Duvivier; Au Bonheur des Dames,
as set designer, Julien Duvivier; Princes de la Cravache,
Marcel L. Wion; La Tendresse, André Hugon; 1931 La
Femme et le Rossignol, André Hugon; Le Marchand de
Sable / El Guelmouna, Marchand de Sable, André Hugon;
1932 La Croix du Sud, also actor, André Hugon;
Les Galeries Lévy et Cie, André Hugon). A fi lm director
since 1931, he supervised the shooting of On ne
roule pas Antoinette (Paul Madeux). Other credits (as
actor): 1932 Les Croix de Bois / UK and USA: Wooden
Crosses (uncredited, Raymond Bernard); 1957 Un
Amour de Poche / UK: Nude in His Pocket / USA:
Girl in His Pocket (Pierre Kast). He was married to
actresses Christiane Delyne (1902–1966), Simone
Renant (1911–2004), Renée Faure (1918–2005), and
Martine Carol (1920–1967).
Filmography
1932 Le Bidon d’Or
Adhémar Lampiot
1933 L’Article 382 (short)
L’Atroce Menace (medium-length)
Ca colle (short)
La Montre (short)
Le Tendron d’Achille (short)
Vilaine Histoire (medium-length)
1934 Le Père Lampion
Un Bœuf sur la Langue (short)
1935 Compartiment de Dames seules
La Sonnette d’Alarme
Voyage d’Agrément
La Famille Pont-Biquet
Sacré Léonce
Sous la Griffe
1936 L’Ecole des Journalistes
Un de la Légion
Rigolboche / Reine de Paris
Monsieur Personne
Josette
1937 La Maison d’en Face / USA: House Across the
Street (also adapter)
Les Dégourdis de la 11ème
Les Perles de la Couronne / UK and USA: The
Pearls of the Crown (co-director with Sacha
Guitry)
A Venise, une Nuit
François 1er / USA: Francis the First
1938 Les Pirates du Rail (also co-screenwriter)
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil / UK and USA: Boy’s
School
Ernest le Rebelle
1939 Raphaël le Tatoué
Tourelle 3 (unfi nished; the shooting was interrupted
after the declaration of war)
1940 Le Grand Elan / USA: They Met on Skis
L’Enfer des Anges
1941 Premier Bal
L’Assassinat du Père Noël / UK: The Killing of
Santa Claus / USA: Who Killed Santa Claus?
1942 La Symphonie fantastique / UK and USA: The
Fantastic Symphony
1943 Voyage sans Espoir (also co-adapter)
1944 Carmen (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter;
France / Italy; shot in 1943)
1945 Boule de Suif / USA: Angel and Sinner (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)