Palau

1883-1966

Biography: life and films

Palau was a French actor whose birth name was Pierre Léon Palau del Vitri. He was born in Paris, France on 13th August 1883 and died in Meudon, France on 3rd December 1966, aged 83.

His best films as an actor include Alexandre Ryder's comedy Faut réparer Sophie (1933), Serge de Poligny's La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945), Michel Boisrond's Amours célèbres (1961) and Philippe de Broca's Le Farceur (1961).

Palau appeared in 87 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Richard Pottier (6 films), Jean-Devaivre (3), Roger Richebé (2), Roger Goupillières (2), René Guissart (2), René Clair (2), Pierre Chenal (2), Philippe de Broca (2), Maurice Labro (2), Maurice Cammage (2), Marcel L'Herbier (2), Marc Allégret (2), Julien Duvivier (2), Jean Dréville (2), Jacques de Baroncelli (2), Jacques Daniel-Norman (2), Henri-Georges Clouzot (2), Henri Decoin (2), Henri Calef (2), Guillaume Radot (2), Claude Autant-Lara (2) and Christian-Jaque (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (42 films), comedy (29), comedy-drama (9), Thriller (7), romance (6), Fantasy (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3), War (3), comedy-thriller (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Palau over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Triplepatte (1922) [a]

La Chance (1931) [a]

Rien que la vérité (1931) [a]

Côte d'Azur (1932) [a]

La Dame de chez Maxim's (1932) [a]

Le Truc du Brésilien (1932) [a]

Monsieur Albert (1932) [a]

Faut réparer Sophie (1933) [a]

Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine (1933) [a]

Les Bleus du ciel (1933) [a]

Les Deux 'Monsieur' de Madame (1933) [a]

L'Hôtel du libre échange (1934) [a]

Si j'étais le patron (1934) [a]

Zouzou (1934) [a]

Fanfare d'amour (1935) [a]

Jeunes filles à marier (1935) [a]

Touche à tout (1935) [a]

Tovaritch (1935) [a]

Jeunes filles de Paris (1936) [a]

La Reine des resquilleuses (1936) [a]

L'Habit vert (1937) [a]

L'Homme de nulle part (1937) [a]

La Belle de Montparnasse (1937) [a]

La Dame de pique (1937) [a]

Carrefour (1938) [a]

L'Affaire Lafarge (1938) [a]

La Tragédie impériale (1938) [a]

Trois artilleurs à l'opéra (1938) [a]

Vacances payées (1938) [a]

La Charrette fantôme (1939) [a]

La Famille Duraton (1939) [a]

Le Paradis des voleurs (1939) [a]

Ce n'est pas moi (1941) [a]

Annette et la dame blonde (1942) [a]

Huit hommes dans un château (1942) [a]

Je suis avec toi (1943) [a]

La Ferme aux loups (1943) [a]

La Main du diable (1943) [a]

Le Corbeau (1943) [a]

Madame et le mort (1943) [a]

Picpus (1943) [a]

Florence est folle (1944) [a]

L'Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944) [a]

Boule de suif (1945) [a]

La Boîte aux rêves (1945) [a]

La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945) [a]

Les Enfants du paradis (1945) [a]

Mademoiselle X (1945) [a]

Impasse (1946) [a]

Jericho (1946) [a]

L'Affaire du Grand Hôtel (1946) [a]

L'Affaire du collier de la reine (1946) [a]

L'Insaisissable Frédéric (1946) [a]

La Rose de la mer (1946) [a]

Messieurs Ludovic (1946) [a]

Le Diable au corps (1947) [a]

Les Chouans (1947) [a]

Rumeurs (1947) [a]

La Dame d'onze heures (1948) [a]

La Dame d'onze heures (1948) [a]

La Danse de mort (1948) [a]

La Ferme des sept péchés (1949) [a]

La Louve (1949) [a]

Amour et compagnie (1950) [a]

Cartouche, roi de Paris (1950) [a]

Dakota 308 (1951) [a]

Gibier de potence (1951) [a]

Le Chemin de Damas (1952) [a]

Les Belles de nuit (1952) [a]

Trois femmes (1952) [a]

La Loterie du bonheur (1953) [a]

L'Affaire Maurizius (1954) [a]

La Villa Sans-Souci (1955) [a]

Les Grandes manoeuvres (1955) [a]

Marguerite de la nuit (1955) [a]

Nana (1955) [a]

Mistou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles... (1956) [a]

Amours célèbres (1961) [a]

Auguste (1961) [a]

Le Farceur (1961) [a]

Les Vierges (1963) [a]

L'Enfer (1964) [a]

La Communale (1965) [a]

Le Roi de coeur (1966) [a]



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