Biography: life and films
Jean Dréville was a French film director. He was born in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France on 20th September 1906 and died in Vallangoujard, Val-d'Oise, France on 5th March 1997, aged 90.His best films as a film director include Autour de l'argent (1929), Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942), La Cage aux rossignols (1945), Kampen om tungtvannet (1948) and La Fayette (1962), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Les Roquevillard (1943) and La Fayette (1962).
Jean Dréville directed 44 films (including 3 shorts), scripted 7 films and appeared in 1 film.
His most frequent genres include: drama (22 films), comedy-drama (9), War (5), comedy (4), history (2), Thriller (2) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for Jean Dréville over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Le Baptême du petit Oscar (1932) [d]
Pomme d'amour (1932) [d]
Un homme en or (1934) [d]
Coup de vent (1935) [d,w]
Les Petites alliées (1936) [d,w]
Maman Colibri (1937) [d]
Troika sur la piste blanche (1937) [d]
Le Joueur d'échecs (1938) [d,w]
Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (1938) [d]
Son oncle de Normandie (1938) [d]
La Brigade sauvage (1939) [d]
Un Homme et sa femme (1939) [d]
Le Président Haudecoeur (1940) [d]
Annette et la dame blonde (1942) [d]
Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942) [d]
Les Roquevillard (1943) [d,w]
Tornavara (1943) [d]
La Cage aux rossignols (1945) [d]
Les Cadets de l'océan (1945) [d]
La Bataille de l'eau lourde (1948) [d]
Le Grand rendez-vous (1950) [d,w]
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1952) [d]
Les Sept péchés capitaux (1952) [d]
Horizons sans fin (1953) [d]
Escale à Orly (1955) [d]
Les Suspects (1957) [a,d]
À pied, à cheval et en spoutnik! (1958) [d]
La Belle et le tzigane (1959) [d]
La Fayette (1962) [d,w]
La Sentinelle endormie (1966) [d]
Ultimul Mohican (1968) [d]
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The best French Films of the 1920s
The very best of French film comedy
