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Pierre Chenal(1904-1990)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Editor
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Pierre Chenal was born on 5 December 1904 in Brussels, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Crime and Punishment (1935), Native Son (1951) and El ídolo (1952). He was married to Florence Marly. He died on 23 December 1990 in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
BornDecember 5, 1904
DiedDecember 23, 1990(86)
BornDecember 5, 1904
DiedDecember 23, 1990(86)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

Crime and Punishment (1935)
Crime and Punishment
6.8
  • Director
  • 1935
Native Son (1951)
Native Son
6.2
  • Director
  • 1951
El ídolo (1952)
El ídolo
6.6
  • Director
  • 1952
Il fu Mattia Pascal
  • Director
  • 1937

Credits

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Director

  • Le hasard mène le jeu (1985)
    Le hasard mène le jeu
    5.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Les libertines (1970)
    Les libertines
    3.6
    • Director (as Dave Young)
    • 1970
  • L'assassin connaît la musique... (1963)
    L'assassin connaît la musique...
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Gianna Maria Canale and Edmund Purdom in The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
    The Night They Killed Rasputin
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1960
  • La bête à l'affût (1959)
    La bête à l'affût
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Dangerous Games (1958)
    Dangerous Games
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Sinners of Paris (1958)
    Sinners of Paris
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Section des disparus (1956)
    Section des disparus
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Confesiones al amanecer
    • Director
    • 1954
  • El ídolo (1952)
    El ídolo
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Native Son (1951)
    Native Son
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1951
  • Scandals of Clochemerle (1948)
    Scandals of Clochemerle
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Devil and the Angel (1946)
    Devil and the Angel
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Viaje sin regreso
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Guillermo Battaglia, Sebastián Chiola, Homero Cárpena, Elsa O'Connor, Ricardo Passano, and Silvana Roth in Se abre el abismo (1945)
    Se abre el abismo
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1945

Writer

  • Le hasard mène le jeu (1985)
    Le hasard mène le jeu
    5.4
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Les libertines (1970)
    Les libertines
    3.6
    • screenplay
    • story (as Dave Young, uncredited)
    • 1970
  • L'assassin connaît la musique... (1963)
    L'assassin connaît la musique...
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Gianna Maria Canale and Edmund Purdom in The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
    The Night They Killed Rasputin
    5.9
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • La bête à l'affût (1959)
    La bête à l'affût
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1959
  • Dangerous Games (1958)
    Dangerous Games
    5.8
    • adaptation
    • 1958
  • Sinners of Paris (1958)
    Sinners of Paris
    6.7
    • adaptation
    • 1958
  • Section des disparus (1956)
    Section des disparus
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • El ídolo (1952)
    El ídolo
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1952
  • Native Son (1951)
    Native Son
    6.2
    • screen play
    • 1951
  • El muerto falta a la cita (1944)
    El muerto falta a la cita
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1944
  • Louis Jouvet and Viviane Romance in Sirocco (1938)
    Sirocco
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Il fu Mattia Pascal
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • The Man from Nowhere (1937)
    The Man from Nowhere
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Les mutinés de l'Elseneur (1936)
    Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
    4.2
    • Writer
    • 1936

Editor

  • Guillermo Battaglia, Sebastián Chiola, Homero Cárpena, Elsa O'Connor, Ricardo Passano, and Silvana Roth in Se abre el abismo (1945)
    Se abre el abismo
    6.5
    • Editor
    • 1945
  • The Man from Nowhere (1937)
    The Man from Nowhere
    6.8
    • Editor (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Les petits métiers de Paris
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1932
  • Paris-Cinéma (1929)
    Paris-Cinéma
    7.2
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1929

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Pierre Cohen
  • Born
    • December 5, 1904
    • Brussels, Belgium
  • Died
    • December 23, 1990
    • La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Florence Marly1938 - 1955 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Autobiography: "Pierre Chenal: souvenirs du cineaste, filmographie, temoignages, documents" by Pierre Chenal, Paris : Dujarric, 1987.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    As a French Jew, he was forced to abandon a flourishing career as a director, fleeing from Nazi-occupied France for Argentina in 1942. He resumed work after the war, but with considerably less success.

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