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Marcel Carné

Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (died 1996)

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Born
August 18, 1906
Died
October 31, 1996
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1906

About Marcel Carné

Marcel Albert Carné was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945); the latter has been cited as one of the great films of all time. By age 25, Carné had already directed Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche (1929), his first short film. This collaborative relationship lasted for more than a dozen years, during which Carné and Prévert created their best remembered films.

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Marcel Carné timeline

  1. By age 25, Carné had already directed Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche (1929), his first short film.
  2. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945); the latter has been cited as one of the great films of all time.

The world when Marcel Carné was born

Marcel Carné was born in 1906. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1906

  • Best-selling bookThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Hitless Wonders" Chicago White Sox upset Cubs in World Series
  • Top headlineSan Francisco earthquake and fire — 3,000+ killed
  • Technology milestoneFirst radio broadcast of voice and music
  • World population~1.66B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population84.6M

1906 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Marcel Carné's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19062026
Population84.6M341 million

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