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Jean Dréville
Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
As director
The Sleeping Sentinel
Nights of Farewell
Lafayette
Normandy - Neman
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
The Lady and the Gipsy
The Suspects
Intermediate Landing in Paris
Queen Margot
Endless Horizons
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Girl with the Whip
The Big Meeting
Return to Life
The Spice of Life
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
Carbon Copy
Tainted
A Cage of Nightingales
Hanged Man's Farm
Les Cadets de l'océan
The Roquevillards
Tornavara
Business Is Business
Annette and the Blonde Woman
President Haudecoeur
His Uncle from Normandy
The Chess Player
White Nights in Saint Petersburg
