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Robert Merle(1908-2004)

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Robert Merle
Robert Merle was born on 28 August 1908 in Tébessa, Constantine, France [now Algeria]. He was a writer, known for L'île (1987), The Day of the Dolphin (1973) and Weekend at Dunkirk (1964). He died on 27 March 2004 in Grosrouvre, Yvelines, France.
BornAugust 28, 1908
DiedMarch 27, 2004(95)
BornAugust 28, 1908
DiedMarch 27, 2004(95)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

L'île (1987)
L'île
7.0
TV Mini Series
  • Writer
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
The Day of the Dolphin
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1973
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Spaak in Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Weekend at Dunkirk
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1964
Death Is My Trade (1977)
Death Is My Trade
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1977

Credits

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Writer

  • Nicolas Duvauchelle, Grégory Fitoussi, Guillaume Gouix, Isabelle de Hertogh, Lou Lampros, Simon Zampieri, Marcel Thompson, David Ayala, Blandine Bellavoir, Lucie Debay, Louis Durant, and Angelina Woreth in Fortune de France (2024)
    Fortune de France
    6.8
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 2024
  • Die geschützten Männer (2024)
    Die geschützten Männer
    4.6
    • novel
    • 2024
  • Malevil (2009)
    Malevil
    4.5
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 2009
  • Le propre de l'homme (1996)
    Le propre de l'homme
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1996
  • L'île (1987)
    L'île
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • dialogue
    • novel
    • 1987
  • Malevil (1981)
    Malevil
    6.5
    • novel (uncredited)
    • 1981
  • Death Is My Trade (1977)
    Death Is My Trade
    7.1
    • novel "Der Tod ist mein Beruf"
    • 1977
  • The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
    The Day of the Dolphin
    6.0
    • novel "Un animal doué de raison"
    • 1973
  • Flamineo (1965)
    Flamineo
    TV Movie
    • pièce
    • 1965
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Spaak in Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
    Weekend at Dunkirk
    6.9
    • novel
    • dialogue
    • 1964
  • Les Sonderling (1963)
    Les Sonderling
    TV Movie
    • pièce
    • 1963
  • Shoestring Theatre
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • author
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 28, 1908
    • Tébessa, Constantine, France [now Algeria]
  • Died
    • March 27, 2004
    • Grosrouvre, Yvelines, France(cardiac arrest)
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