Alain Tanner

1929-

Biography: life and films

Alain Tanner is a Swiss film director. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 6th December 1929.

His best films as a film director include La Salamandre (1971), Le Milieu du monde (1974), Messidor (1979) and Les hommes du port (1995), and whose best work as a screenwriter include La Salamandre (1971), Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976) and La Vallée fantôme (1987).

Alain Tanner has so far directed 18 films, scripted 15 films and appeared in 1 film.

His most frequent genres include: drama (14 films) and comedy-drama (3).

Our average rating for Alain Tanner over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Docteur B., médecin de campagne (1968) [d]

Charles mort ou vif (1969) [d,w]

La Salamandre (1971) [d,w]

Le Retour d'Afrique (1972) [d,w]

Le Milieu du monde (1974) [d,w]

Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976) [d,w]

Messidor (1979) [d,w]

Les Années lumière (1981) [d,w]

Dans la ville blanche (1983) [d,w]

No Man's Land (1985) [d,w]

La Vallée fantôme (1987) [d,w]

Une flamme dans mon coeur (1987) [d,w]

La Femme de Rose Hill (1989) [d,w]

L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre (1991) [d,w]

Le Journal de Lady M (1993) [d]

Les Hommes du port (1995) [d,w]

Fourbi (1996) [d,w]

Requiem (1998) [d,w]

Fleurs de sang (2002) [d]



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