Jean Dréville
Biography
Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
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Movies (48)
1940: Taking over French Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Jean Dréville, l'aimant du cinéma
as Lui-même
2017
Cinématon XVI
as N°155
1982
The Sleeping Sentinel
Director (Directing)
1966
Nights of Farewell
Director (Directing)
1965
Lafayette
Director (Directing)
1962
Normandy - Neman
Director (Directing)
1960
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
Director (Directing)
1958
The Lady and the Gipsy
Director (Directing)
1958
The Suspects
as Commentator (uncredited)
1957
Intermediate Landing in Paris
1955
Queen Margot
Director (Directing)
1954
Endless Horizons
Director (Directing)
1953
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
Director (Directing)
1952
The Girl with the Whip
Director (Directing)
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
Director (Directing)
1952
The Big Meeting
Director (Directing)
1950
Return to Life
Director (Directing)
1949
The Spice of Life
Director (Directing)
1948
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
Director (Directing)
1948
Carbon Copy
Director (Directing)
1947
Tainted
Director (Directing)
1946
Hanged Man's Farm
Director (Directing)
1945
Les Cadets de l'océan
Director (Directing)
1945
A Cage of Nightingales
Director (Directing)
1945
Tornavara
Director (Directing)
1943
The Roquevillards
Director (Directing)
1943
Business Is Business
Director (Directing)
1942
Annette and the Blonde Woman
Screenplay (Writing)
1942
President Haudecoeur
Director (Directing)
1940
His Uncle from Normandy
Director (Directing)
1939
Savage Brigade
Assistant Director (Directing)
1939
The Chess Player
Director (Directing)
1938
White Nights in Saint Petersburg
Director (Directing)
1938
Mama Hummingbird
Director (Directing)
1937
Troïka sur la piste blanche
Director (Directing)
1937
Les Petites Alliées
Director (Directing)
1936
Coup de vent
Director (Directing)
1936
Touche-à-tout
Director (Directing)
1935
A Man and His Woman
Director (Directing)
1934
Le Bonheur
Assistant Director (Directing)
1934
Trois pour cent
Director (Directing)
1934
Candy Apple
Director (Directing)
1932
Creosote
Director (Directing)
1932
Romania, land of love
Cinematography (Crew)
1931
Physiopolis
Director (Directing)
1930
Autour de l'argent
Director (Directing)
1929
Cagliostro
Technical Supervisor (Crew)
1929
