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Charles Spaak(1903-1975)

  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
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Charles Spaak was born on 25 May 1903 in Brussels, Belgium. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Grand Illusion (1937), Before the Deluge (1954) and Panique (1946). He was married to Janine Adrienne Andrée Contet, Lucie Hélène Elisabeth De Waersegger, Claude Marcy and Claudie Clèves. He died on 4 March 1975 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
BornMay 25, 1903
DiedMarch 4, 1975(71)
BornMay 25, 1903
DiedMarch 4, 1975(71)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion
8.0
  • Writer
  • 1937
Before the Deluge (1954)
Before the Deluge
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1954
Panique (1946)
Panique
7.9
  • Writer
  • 1946
Le grand jeu (1934)
Le grand jeu
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1934

Credits

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Writer

  • Bloody Murder (1974)
    Bloody Murder
    6.1
    • screenplay: adaptation and dialogue
    • 1974
  • Alena Johnston and Sabine Sun in War Goddess (1973)
    War Goddess
    4.8
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Le tricorne (1972)
    Le tricorne
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1972
  • Estudio 1 (1965)
    Estudio 1
    7.8
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1965
  • Diamonds Are Brittle (1965)
    Diamonds Are Brittle
    5.5
    • adaptation and dialogue
    • 1965
  • Blague dans le coin (1963)
    Blague dans le coin
    5.4
    • dialogue
    • 1963
  • Germinal (1963)
    Germinal
    6.4
    • adaptation and dialogue
    • 1963
  • Mathias Sandorf (1963)
    Mathias Sandorf
    5.8
    • dialogue
    • 1963
  • Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, André Cayatte, Henri Jeanson, Renato Salvatori, and Charles Spaak in Two Are Guilty (1962)
    Two Are Guilty
    6.8
    • adaptation
    • 1962
  • The Elusive Corporal (1962)
    The Elusive Corporal
    7.0
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale in Cartouche (1962)
    Cartouche
    6.5
    • collaboration
    • 1962
  • The Burning Court (1962)
    The Burning Court
    6.4
    • scenario
    • dialogue
    • 1962
  • Ruy Furtado, Anna Paula, and Armando Caldas in O Ausente (1961)
    O Ausente
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1961
  • Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
    Love and the Frenchwoman
    6.2
    • scenario
    • dialogue (segment "Le Divorce", segment "Le Divorce")
    • 1960
  • Vers l'extase (1960)
    Vers l'extase
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 1960

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Gaston Modot in Conte cruel (2026)
    Conte cruel
    7.2
    Short
    • assistant director
    • 2026
  • Fred Louis Lerch and Raquel Meller in Carmen (1926)
    Carmen
    6.6
    • second assistant director
    • 1926

Director

  • Le mystère Barton (1949)
    Le mystère Barton
    • Director
    • 1949

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 25, 1903
    • Brussels, Belgium
  • Died
    • March 4, 1975
    • Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France(complications from an arterial operation)
  • Spouses
      Janine Adrienne Andrée Contet1966 - March 4, 1975 (his death)
  • Children
      Catherine Spaak
  • Relatives
      Paul Henri Spaak(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of Catherine Spaak and Agnès Spaak. Grandfather of Sabrina Capucci and Gabriele Guidi (Catherine's children).
  • Quotes
    [on Erich von Stroheim] I believe that he was a man profoundly wounded, profoundly abused, who stubbornly insisted on acting, to offer an image of himself, an image which producers could purchase and for which he had the greatest contempt. In his personal life, he was a megalomaniac.

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