Maurice Clavel(1920-1979)

Writer
Director
Actor

Maurice Clavel was born on 10 November 1920 in Frontignan, Hérault, France. He was a writer and director, known for Mina de Vanghel (1953), The Swashbuckler (1971) and Don Juan (1956). He was married to Elia Loyer, Sylvia Monfort and Nina Peinado. He died on 23 April 1979 in Asquin, Yonne, France.

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Known for

Mina de Vanghel

5.5

Writer

1953

The Swashbuckler

6.5

Writer

1971

Don Juan

5.8

Writer

1956

Les crimes de l'amour

5.3

Director(segment "Mina de Vanghel")

1953

Credits

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Writer

Électre
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1981
La reine de Saba
TV Movie
- Writer
- dialogue
- 1975
L'île des chèvres
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1975
Celle qu'on laisse passer
TV Movie
- French adaptation
- 1972
The Swashbuckler
6.5
- adaptation
- 1971
La route romane
- commentary
- 1970
The Hour of Truth
7.1
- adaptation and dialogue
- 1965
Cross of the Living
6.3
- dialogue
- 1962
L'île des chèvres
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1962
L'homme à femmes
5.7
- Writer
- 1960
Vers l'extase
5.6
- dialogue
- 1960
A Mistress for the Summer
5.7
- novel
- screenplay
- 1960
Leonor
TV Movie
- adaption
- 1959
Passionate Summer
5.9
- adaptation & dialogue
- 1956
Don Juan
5.8
- original idea
- screenplay
- adaptation
- 1956

Director

Actor

Personal details

Official sites
- Encyclopedia
- France's national library catalogue
Born
- November 10, 1920
- Frontignan, Hérault, France
Died
- April 23, 1979
- Asquin, Yonne, France
Spouses

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Résistant in the Chartres region during WWII, he became known as a journalist while being also a philosophy professor and author. His polemical actions can be shown in his famous « Messieurs les censeurs, bonsoir ! » on French TV in December 1971. He was one of the founders of Libération newspaper. He won the Médicis prize for one of his novels.