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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Lafayette (1962)
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
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Queen Margot (1954)
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Return to Life (1949)
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Tornavara (1943)
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Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
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Tainted (1946)
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The Girl with the Whip (1952)
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The Chess Player (1938)
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A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik (1958)
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Troïka sur la piste blanche (1937)
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A Cage of Nightingales (1945)
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A Man and His Woman (1934)
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Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1952)
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Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
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Hanged Man's Farm (1945)
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Physiopolis (1930)
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Business Is Business (1942)
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The Lady and the Gipsy (1958)
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White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938)
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Endless Horizons (1953)
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The Big Meeting (1950)
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Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955)
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His Uncle from Normandy (1939)
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The Sleeping Sentinel (1966)
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Nights of Farewell (1965)
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Normandy - Neman (1960)
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Autour de l'argent (1929)
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Creosote (1932)
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Touche-à-tout (1935)
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The Spice of Life (1948)
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The Suspects (1957)
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Carbon Copy (1947)
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Candy Apple (1932)
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
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The Roquevillards (1943)
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Coup de vent (1936)
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President Haudecoeur (1940)
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Mama Hummingbird (1937)
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Trois pour cent (1934)
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Les Petites Alliées (1936)
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