Biography: life and films
Pierre Chenal was a French film director whose birth name was Philippe James Cohen. He was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5th December 1904 and died in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 23rd December 1990, aged 86.His best films as a film director include Crime et châtiment (1935), Le Dernier tournant (1939), La Foire aux chimères (1946) and Les Jeux dangereux (1958), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Crime et châtiment (1935), La Bête à l'affût (1959) and Les nuits de Raspoutine (1961).
Pierre Chenal directed 19 films (including 1 short) and scripted 14 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (15 films), crime-thriller (2), comedy (2) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for Pierre Chenal over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer
Le Martyre de l'obèse (1933) [d]
La Rue sans nom (1934) [d,w]
Crime et châtiment (1935) [d,w]
L'Alibi (1937) [d]
L'Homme de nulle part (1937) [d,w]
L'Affaire Lafarge (1938) [d]
La Maison du Maltais (1938) [d,w]
Le Dernier tournant (1939) [d]
La Foire aux chimères (1946) [d]
Native Son (1951) [d,w]
Section des disparus (1956) [d,w]
Les Jeux dangereux (1958) [d,w]
Rafles sur la ville (1958) [d,w]
La Bête à l'affût (1959) [d,w]
Les Nuits de Raspoutine (1960) [d,w]
L'Assassin connaît la musique... (1963) [d,w]
Les Belles au bois dormantes (1970) [d]
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