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person_profile-Pierre Chenal

Pierre Chenal Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Pierre Chenal

Date of Birth:

Dec 05, 1904

Country of birth:

Belgique

Died:

Dec 23, 1990

Biography of

Pierre Chenal

    Pierre Chenal was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s.

    He was born in 1904 in Brussels, Belgium as Pierre Cohen. Chenal was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film L'Alibi, where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made Le Dernier Tournant, the first of many film treatments of James M. Cain's celebrated novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice.

    He was also known for Crime and Punishment (1935), Native Son (1951) and Versatile Lovers (1970).

    Chenal was Jewish and was forced to flee occupied France for South America in 1942. He made a number of films while living in Argentina and more in France after the war; but his post-war work never achieved the success and popularity of his pre-war efforts.

    He was married to Florence Marly.

    He died on December 23, 1990 in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

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Pierre Chenal

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Filmography of

Pierre Chenal

Found 21 Movies in total

... 1970

... 1963

... 1960

... 1959

... 1958

... 1958

The Idol

Screenplay

... 1952

Native Son

Screenplay

... 1951

... 1946

... 1946

... 1945

... 1944

A Real Man

Director

... 1943

Sirocco

Director

... 1938

... 1938

... 1937

... 1936

... 1935

... 1935

... 1934

Paris Cinéma

Self ( Actor )

Editor

... 1929