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Pierre Kast(1920-1984)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Pierre Kast was born on 22 September 1920 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le bel âge (1960), Vacances portugaises (1963) and Les charmes de l'existence (1949). He died on 20 October 1984 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
BornSeptember 22, 1920
DiedOctober 20, 1984(64)
BornSeptember 22, 1920
DiedOctober 20, 1984(64)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Le bel âge (1960)
Le bel âge
6.8
  • Director
  • 1960
Vacances portugaises (1963)
Vacances portugaises
5.6
  • Director
  • 1963
Les charmes de l'existence
6.0
Short
  • Director
  • 1949
Merci Natercia! (1960)
Merci Natercia!
  • Director
  • 1960

Credits

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Director

  • Franca Gonella, Mijou Kovacs, Jean-Pierre Léaud, and Jean Sorel in L'herbe rouge (1985)
    L'herbe rouge
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Le jour le plus court (1983)
    Le jour le plus court
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • La guérilléra (1982)
    La guérilléra
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Le soleil en face (1980)
    Le soleil en face
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
    Un animal doué de déraison
    3.9
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Les soleils de l'île de Pâques (1972)
    Les soleils de l'île de Pâques
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Bandeira Branca de Oxalá
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Drôle de jeu (1968)
    Drôle de jeu
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Les carnets Brésiliens (1966)
    Les carnets Brésiliens
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Jacques Ferrière and Michel Muller in Présence du passé (1965)
    Présence du passé
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966
  • La brûlure de mille soleils (1965)
    La brûlure de mille soleils
    7.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Lilli Palmer in Le grain de sable (1964)
    Le grain de sable
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Vacances portugaises (1963)
    Vacances portugaises
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1963
  • P.X.O.
    Short
    • Director
    • 1962
  • The Season for Love (1961)
    The Season for Love
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1961

Writer

  • Franca Gonella, Mijou Kovacs, Jean-Pierre Léaud, and Jean Sorel in L'herbe rouge (1985)
    L'herbe rouge
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1985
  • Le jour le plus court (1983)
    Le jour le plus court
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1983
  • La guérilléra (1982)
    La guérilléra
    5.4
    • Writer
    • 1982
  • Le soleil en face (1980)
    Le soleil en face
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
    Un animal doué de déraison
    3.9
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • L'ironie du sort (1974)
    L'ironie du sort
    6.7
    • adaptation
    • 1974
  • Les soleils de l'île de Pâques (1972)
    Les soleils de l'île de Pâques
    5.9
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • Le maître du temps (1971)
    Le maître du temps
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1971
  • Le petit matin (1971)
    Le petit matin
    6.1
    • adaptation
    • 1971
  • Bandeira Branca de Oxalá
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Les carnets Brésiliens (1966)
    Les carnets Brésiliens
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • Spyros Fokas, Sami Frey, Françoise Hardy, and Jenny Karezi in A Bullet Through the Heart (1966)
    A Bullet Through the Heart
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • 1966
  • La brûlure de mille soleils (1965)
    La brûlure de mille soleils
    7.3
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Lilli Palmer in Le grain de sable (1964)
    Le grain de sable
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • Vacances portugaises (1963)
    Vacances portugaises
    5.6
    • written by
    • 1963

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)
    The French, They Are a Funny Race
    5.1
    • assistant director
    • 1955
  • French Cancan (1955)
    French Cancan
    7.3
    • assistant director
    • 1955
  • Amédée, Brigitte Fossey, and Georges Poujouly in Forbidden Games (1952)
    Forbidden Games
    8.0
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Michèle Morgan and Henri Vidal in L'étrange Madame X (1951)
    L'étrange Madame X
    6.7
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Michèle Morgan and Jean Marais in The Glass Castle (1950)
    The Glass Castle
    6.1
    • first assistant director
    • 1950
  • White Paws (1949)
    White Paws
    7.4
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1949

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 22, 1920
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • October 20, 1984
    • Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, France(cardiac arrest)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    After an accident on a Cinecittà set, he died of a heart attack during his medical repatriation by plane from Rome to Paris. According to Jean-Pierre Léaud, Pierre Kast, an alcoholic, tore out his perfusion tubes.

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