Albert Dieudonné
Albert Dieudonné was a French actor,screenwriter, film director and novelist. Dieudonné was born in Paris, France, and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908 for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, with musical score by Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1924, he directed the film drama Catherine, in which he also appeared as a major character. Jean Renoir acted as his assistant director on the film. Between 1915 and 1916, Dieudonné acted in five films for director Abel Gance, including the 1915 film La Folie du Docteur Tube and the 1916 film Le périscope. In 1927 he was hired back to star in the title role in Gance's epic film, Napoléon. In 1929 Dieudonné wrote a novel that was made into a 1930 musical comedy film titled "La Douceur D'Aimer" (Sweetness of Love), and he wrote the script for the 1936 La Garçonne. Albert Dieudonné died in Paris in 1976.
Napoleon (1927)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the ... (more)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the ... (more)
The Madness of Dr. Tube (1915)
A scientist develops a powder that he believes will have the effect of distorting reality for those who take it. To test its effect tries it out on his assistant, a dog, himself and two young couples. (more)
A scientist develops a powder that he believes will have the effect of distorting reality for those who take it. To test its effect tries it out on his assistant, a dog, himself and two young couples. (more)
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound. (more)
A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound. (more)
Madame Sans-Gêne (1941)
Deals with the ordeals of a crude washerwoman in the chic court of Napoleon the First. Based on the play of the same name. (more)
Deals with the ordeals of a crude washerwoman in the chic court of Napoleon the First. Based on the play of the same name. (more)
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite (1968)
BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance. (more)
BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance. (more)
The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908)
The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered. (more)
The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered. (more)
Backbiters (1927)
About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men. (more)
About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men. (more)
Alsace (1916)
French war propaganda in the form of a family drama in the German government. Nationalist sentiments severely test the young marriage between a French and a German. Directed by Henri Pouctal. (more)
French war propaganda in the form of a family drama in the German government. Nationalist sentiments severely test the young marriage between a French and a German. Directed by Henri Pouctal. (more)
Le périscope is a 1928 film (more)
L'héroïsme de Paddy is a 1915 silent film (more)
Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film (more)
