About Denys de La Patellière
Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France – 21 July 2013) was a French film director and scriptwriter. He also directed Television series. He died in 2013 at the age of 92. == Biography == The son of an officer, Denys de La Patellière was preparing for the entrance exam to the Military School of Saint-Cyr. During World War II, he enlisted in the Liberation Army. At the end of the conflict, he made a career in cinema. His brother-in-law, who worked for the Cinema Organizing Committee, helped him enter the Buttes-Chaumont laboratory as a cinematographic developer worker. Subsequently, he became an editor for the news journal of the press company Les Actualités françaises. == Filmography as director == 1955: The Aristocrats, with Pierre Fresnay 1956: The Wages of Sin, with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau 1957: The Ostrich Has Two Eggs, with Pierre Fresnay 1957: Retour de manivelle, with Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Peter van Eyck, Bernard Blier 1958: The Possessors, with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier 1959: Rue des prairies, with Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur 1959: Eyes of Love, with Danielle Darrieux and Jean-Claude Brialy 1961: Taxi for Tobruk, with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Hardy Krüger and Maurice Biraud 1962: Emile's Boat, with Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Michel Simon and Pierre Brasseur 1963: Destination Rome, with Charles Aznavour, Serena Vergano and Marisa Merlini 1964: God's Thunder, with Jean Gabin, Lilli Palmer, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein 1964: Marco the Magnificent, with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles, Omar Sharif, Elsa Martinelli, Akim Tamiroff 1966: The Upper Hand, with Jean Gabin, George Raft, Gert Fröbe, Nadja Tiller, Mireille Darc 1966: Father's Trip, with Fernandel 1966: Black Sun, with Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, Valentina Cortese 1968: Darling Caroline, with France Anglade, Vittorio De Sica, Bernard Blier, Charles Aznavour, Gert Fröbe, Jean-Claude Brialy, Karin Dor 1968: Le tatoué, with Jean Gabin and Louis de Funès 1972: Le Tueur, with Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Bernard Blier, Gérard Depardieu 1973: Forbidden Priests, with Robert Hossein, Claude Jade 1980: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, with Jacques Weber (TV) 1990: Paparoff se dédouble, with Michel Constantin, Pascale Petit (TV) 1992: Diamond Swords, with Caroline Goodall, Jason Flemyng == Filmography as scenarist == La Tour, prends garde!
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