Born in 1901, Claude Autant-Lara falls in love with the cinema as soon as he enters secondary school. After graduating from the National School of Decorative Arts, he becomes a set designer for the theatre and art director for the cinema, and works with Renoir, Lehmann and L'Herbier. The latter produces his first film Faits-divers, a short in which he directs his mother. An atypical director and fascinated by new techniques, Claude Autant-Lara experiences difficult beginnings. It's by directing actress Odette Joyeux that he realises his first successes with films such as Le Mariage de Chiffon and Sylvia and the Ghost. In 1945, he directs Devil in the Flesh starring Micheline Presle and Gérard Philippe. Judged immoral, the film gives rise to sharp reactions by audiences and critics. The story of the two lovers is nevertheless considered symbolic of the young generation and consecrates Autant-Lara as a nonconformist and provocative director. He then shoots his greatest successes, including The Trip Across Paris in 1951 with the greatest French actors of the day: Gabin, Bourvil and de Funès. But the New Wave, supported by the critics of the Cahiers du Cinéma make Autant-Lara the very emblem of the old-fashioned cinema. He nevertheless directs films until 1970s before devoting himself to writing, memoirs and pamphlets.
Biography
Filmography (62)
The Red Inn
(2007)
Gloria
(1977)
Potatoes
(1969)
Franciscan of Bourges
(1967)
Humour noir
(1966)
Paris Today
(1966)
The Oldest Profession
(1966)
Une femme en blanc se révolte (Nouveau journal d'une femme en blanc)
(1966)
La Bestiole
(1965)
A Woman in White
(1965)
Josefa's Loot
(1963)
Enough Rope
(1962)
Thou Shalt Not Kill
(1961)
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1961)
Vive Henri IV, vive l'amour !
(1961)
Lovers' Wood
(1960)
The Regattas San Francisco
(1960)
The Green Mare
(1959)
The Gambler
(1958)
Love Is my profession / In Case of Adversity
(1958)
The Trip Across Paris
(1956)
Marguerite of the Night
(1955)
Rouge et Noir / Scarlet and Black
(1954)
The Game of Love
(1953)
Le Bon Dieu sans confession
(1953)
Les 7 péchés capitaux
(1951)
The Red Inn
(1951)
Look After Amelie / Oh, Amelia
(1949)
Devil in the Flesh
(1946)
Sylvie and the Ghost
(1946)
Love Story
(1943)
Love Letters
(1942)
Le Mariage de Chiffon
(1942)
Fric-Frac
(1939)
The Stream
(1938)
Courier of Lyons
(1937)
Ciboulette
(1933)
Invite monsieur à dîner
(1932)
La Dame d'en face
(1932)
La Peur des coups
(1932)
Le Gendarme est sans pitié
(1932)
Monsieur le duc
(1932)
Un client sérieux
(1932)
L'athlète incomplet
(1932)
Pur-sang
(1931)
Buster se marie
(1931)
Boul se met au verre
(1929)
Soluble dans l'eau
(1929)
Construire un feu
(1928)
The Devil in the Heart / Little Devil May Care
(1928)
Apaches of Paris
(1927)
Vittel
(1926)
Nana
(1926)
The Imaginary Voyage
(1926)
The New Enchantment / L'Inhumaine
(1924)
Fait-divers
(1923)
Paris Asleep / The Crazy Ray
(1923)
Le Marchand de plaisirs
(1923)
Don Juan et Faust
(1922)
Villa Destin
(1921)
The Judgment of the Deep
(1920)
Le Carnaval des vérités
(1920)
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