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Jules Barbier(1825-1901)

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  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Jules Barbier was born on 8 March 1825 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), Jojo Rabbit (2019) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011). He died on 16 January 1901 in Paris, France.
BornMarch 8, 1825
DiedJanuary 16, 1901(75)
BornMarch 8, 1825
DiedJanuary 16, 1901(75)
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Known for

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life Is Beautiful
8.6
  • Soundtrack("Belle nuit (Barcarolle)" (1881))
  • 1997
Sam Rockwell, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Rebel Wilson, Thomasin McKenzie, and Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Jojo Rabbit
7.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 2019
Jamie Bell and Joe Starr in The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin
7.3
  • Soundtrack("Ah, je veux vivre")
  • 2011
Moira Shearer and Ludmilla Tchérina in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
The Tales of Hoffmann
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1951

Credits

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Writer

  • Royal Opera House: The Tales of Hoffmann (2025)
    Royal Opera House: The Tales of Hoffmann
    • libretto
    • 2025
  • Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Opernhaus Zürich (2023)
    Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Opernhaus Zürich
    4.3
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 2023
  • Hamlet, opéra en cinq actes, Oper in fünf Akten (2023)
    Hamlet, opéra en cinq actes, Oper in fünf Akten
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 2023
  • Adam Palka, Juan Diego Flórez, and Nicole Car in Faust (2021)
    Faust
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 2021
  • Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2020)
    Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
    Video
    • libretto
    • 2020
  • A. Thomas: Hamlet (2019)
    A. Thomas: Hamlet
    Video
    • libretto
    • 2019
  • Hamlet (2019)
    Hamlet
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 2019
  • Hoffmanns Erzählungen
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 2019
  • Royal Opera House: Faust (2019)
    Royal Opera House: Faust
    7.7
    • libretto by
    • 2019
  • Alexandre Duhamel and Marion Grange in Philémon et Baucis (2018)
    Philémon et Baucis
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 2018
  • Roméo et Juliette (2018)
    Roméo et Juliette
    • libretto by
    • 2018
  • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
    8.9
    TV Series
    • libretto by
    • based on the play by
    • libretto
    • 2007–2017
  • Les contes d'Hoffmann
    Video
    • libretto
    • play
    • 2016
  • Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (2016)
    Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
    Video
    • libretto
    • 2016
  • Gounod: Faust (2016)
    Gounod: Faust
    Video
    • libretto
    • 2016

Music Department

  • Faust
    TV Movie
    • librettist
    • 1996
  • May Robson in Grand Old Girl (1935)
    Grand Old Girl
    5.4
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1935

Soundtrack

  • Sam Rockwell, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Rebel Wilson, Thomasin McKenzie, and Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit (2019)
    Jojo Rabbit
    7.9
    • lyrics: "Waltz & Chorus from Faust"
    • 2019
  • Escapada (2018)
    Escapada
    6.2
    • lyrics: "Connais-tu le pays où fleurit l'oranger ?"
    • 2018
  • Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath (2016)
    Goliath
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Le Veau D'Or" (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • Hylas (2014)
    Hylas
    Short
    • writer: "Belle nuit, O nuit d'amour"
    • 2014
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
    Lincoln
    7.3
    • lyrics: "O Nuit d'Amour!"
    • 2012
  • Jamie Bell and Joe Starr in The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
    The Adventures of Tintin
    7.3
    • Soundtrack ("Ah, je veux vivre")
    • 2011
  • Tableau Vivant of the Delirium Constructions - Skylight One Hanson, 2011
    7.7
    Video
    • writer: "C'est L'Amour Vainqueur"
    • 2011
  • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack ("Manon, Act III")
    • 2008
  • Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy in The Girl in the Café (2005)
    The Girl in the Café
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Soundtrack ("Barcarolle (Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour)", uncredited)
    • 2005
  • He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
    He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
    7.1
    • Soundtrack ("Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)", uncredited)
    • 2002
  • Les contes d'Hoffmann (2000)
    Les contes d'Hoffmann
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Soundtrack ("Les contes d'Hoffmann")
    • 2000
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    Life Is Beautiful
    8.6
    • Soundtrack ("Belle nuit (Barcarolle)" (1881))
    • 1997
  • Fantom (1994)
    Fantom
    • lyrics: "Le Veau d'Or est Toujours Debout"
    • 1994
  • Susan Roman and Thierry Wermuth in The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
    The Adventures of Tintin
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack ("Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir (Jewel Song)" (1859), uncredited)
    • 1992
  • Bang! (1977)
    Bang!
    5.7
    • Soundtrack ("Ombre légère qui suis mes pas" (from the opera "Dinorah, ou Le pardon de Ploërmel"))
    • 1977

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • J. Barbier
  • Born
    • March 8, 1825
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • January 16, 1901
    • Paris, France(undisclosed)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

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    French librettist and playwright.

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