Jean Dréville
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Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
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Tornavara (1943)
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Lafayette (1962)
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Tainted (1946)
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Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
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Queen Margot (1954)
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The Girl with the Whip (1952)
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President Haudecoeur (1940)
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The Sleeping Sentinel (1966)
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Endless Horizons (1953)
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The Chess Player (1938)
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Creosote (1932)
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A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik (1958)
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Physiopolis (1930)
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Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1952)
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Carbon Copy (1947)
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
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Trois pour cent (1934)
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Candy Apple (1932)
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A Man and His Woman (1934)
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Troïka sur la piste blanche (1937)
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A Cage of Nightingales (1945)
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Autour de l'argent (1929)
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Nights of Farewell (1965)
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Return to Life (1949)
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Touche-à-tout (1935)
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Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955)
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Business Is Business (1942)
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Normandy - Neman (1960)
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His Uncle from Normandy (1939)
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The Suspects (1957)
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The Roquevillards (1943)
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Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
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The Spice of Life (1948)
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The Big Meeting (1950)
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The Lady and the Gipsy (1958)
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Hanged Man's Farm (1945)
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Coup de vent (1936)
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Les Petites Alliées (1936)
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Mama Hummingbird (1937)
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White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938)
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