Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

278 • DAGMAR, BERTHE
After his studies at the Agronomic Institute, he
was a screenwriter (1937 Maman Colibri, as coscreenwriter,
Jean Dréville; 1945 Echec au Roy, as
co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Jean-Paul Paulin; 1952
La Forêt de l’Adieu, as co-screenwriter, Ralph Habib),
assistant director (1938 Ultimatum, Robert Wiene;
La Tragédie impériale, Marcel L’Herbier; 1939 Son
Oncle de Normandie, Jean Dréville; La Brigade sauvage,
Marcel L’Herbier, Jean Dréville; Entente cordiale,
Marcel L’Herbier; 1940 Le Président Haudecoeur, Jean
Dréville; 1941 Histoire de rire / USA: Foolish Husbands,
Marcel L’Herbier; 1942 Haut le Vent, Jacques
de Baroncelli; 1943 L’Honorable Catherine / USA: The
Honorable Catherine, Marcel L’Herbier; 1945 La Vie
de Bohème / La Bohème, Marcel L’Herbier, France /
Italy, shot in 1942; 1946 L’Affaire du Collier de la Reine
/ USA: The Queen's Necklace, Marcel L’Herbier, Jean
Dréville; 1950 Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / Les Derniers
Jours de Pompéi / USA: The Last Days of Pompeii / Sins
of Pompeii, Marcel L’Herbier, Italy / France, shot in
1948; 1953 L’Homme trahi, Walter Kapps, unfi nished),
and technical adviser (1943 Le Loup des Malveneur,
Guillaume Radot). Other credit (as actor): 1946 Les
Malheurs de Sophie (Jacqueline Audry).
Filmography
1946 L’Ennemi sans Visage (Robert-Paul Dagan completed
the fi lm after the death of Maurice
Cammage)
Désarroi (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1953 Le Père de Mademoiselle (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter; co-director with Marcel
L’Herbier)
DAGMAR, BERTHE (Albertine-Marie Hamon /
1884, France–1934, France)
A tamer, a horsewoman, and an acrobatic dancer, she
was fi lmmaker Jean Durand’s wife and a member of
the Pouics, a group of actors who played in her husband’s
fi lms. From 1910 (Le Rembrandt de la Rue Lepic,
Jean Durand) to 1928 (L’Île d’Amour / Bicchi, Berthe
Dagmar, Jean Durand), she co-starred in more than
fi fty shorts, mostly comic fl icks and westerns.
Filmography
1928 L’Île d’Amour / Bicchi (co-director with Jean
Durand; also actor)
DAGUE, JEAN-CLAUDE (Jean-Claude Dagouassat
/ 1937, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, Landes, France–)
In 1955 he was a volunteer in the marines at the
beginning of the Algerian War. A former actor (1966
Espions à l’Affût / La Chaleur de Minuit / USA: Where
the Action Is / Heat of Midnight, Max Pécas), he directed
several fi lms that were commercial failures. In
December 1971, in order to refl oat his production
company, La Dague Films, he organized and failed in
a bank robbery attempt for which he spent several
years in jail. His prison experience inspired him to
write a book, Le Dénommé (Editions Olivier Orban,
1982), which he brought to the screen in 1988. Other
credit (as co-screenwriter, producer): 1992 La Dernière
Saison (Pierre Beccu, shot in 1990). Other book:
2005 Il ne me reste que l’Honneur (Editions Privé).
Filmography
1968 Le Bal des Voyous / Karin un corpo che brucia /
UK: Sin, Sun and Sex / USA: Playmates (supervised
by Louis Soulanes; also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Italy)
1969 Poussez pas Grand-Père dans les Cactus (also
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
1970 Desirella / UK: The Sextrovert (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, producer)
1971 L’Homme qui vient de la Nuit / Das Lied der
Balalaika (also co-adapter, co-dialogist; France
/ West Germany)
1990 Le Dénommé (also screenwriter, co-adapter,
dialogist; shot in 1988)
DAHAN, OLIVIER (February 15, 1967, La Ciotat,
Bouches-du-Rhône, France–)
Having graduated with a diploma in plastic expression
from the Ecole d’Art de Marseille, where he studied
from 1986 to 1991, he exhibited his paintings in
various galleries. At the same time, he began shooting
shorts. Then he signed a contract with Bandits Productions,
for which he shot video clips.
Filmography
1988 La Petite Ville (short)
1989 Mansfi eld Pizza (short)
1990 Pleine Lune (short)
Fête foraine (short)
1991 La Grande Ville (short)
1993 La Racaille (short)
1997 Les Fantômes du Samedi Soir (short; also coscreenwriter)
1998 Déjà Mort / USA: Already Dead (also coscreenwriter,
co-dialogist)