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Marcel Achard

Marcel Achard

Writer · 1899–1974 · Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

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Biography

Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. He was elected to the Académie française in 1959. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marcel Achard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wrote 42

1990s

  1. 1991

    The Idiot

    Theatre Play

1980s

  1. 1982

    Jean de la lune

    Author

  2. Patate

    Writer

  3. 1980

    A bolond lány

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1977

    La Bagatelle

    Author

  2. 1976

    Domino

    Theatre Play

  3. 1974

    Pétrus

    Writer

  4. 1972

    Noix de coco

    Author

1950s

  1. 1958

    A Woman Like Satan

    Writer

  2. 1957
  3. Que les hommes sont bêtes

    Writer

  4. 1956

    The Country I Come From

    Writer

  5. 1955

    Girl on the Third Floor

    Dialogue

  6. 1954

    Mademoiselle Nitouche

    Writer

  7. Storm

    Writer

  8. 1953

1940s

  1. 1947

    Meet Me at Dawn

    Story

  2. 1946

    Pétrus

    Screenplay

  3. Lunegarde

    Screenplay

  4. 1944
  5. The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

    Screenplay

  6. 1943

    Domino

    Writer

  7. The Heart of a Nation

    Writer

  8. 1942

    Alibi

    Story

  9. 1940

    The Lady in Question

    Story

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Deserter

    Screenplay

  2. 1938

    The Strange Monsieur Victor

    Writer

  3. 1937

    Alibi

    Writer

  4. Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

    Writer

  5. Under Secret Orders

    Adaptation

  6. The Messenger

    Writer

  7. 1936
  8. 1935

    Folies Bergère

    Writer

  9. La Veuve joyeuse

    Adaptation

  10. 1932

    The Beautiful Sailor

    Writer

  11. 1931

    Jean of the Moon

    Writer

Directed 3

1950s

  1. 1950

    Paris Waltz

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    Jean de la Lune

    Director

1930s

  1. 1935

    Folies Bergère

    Director

Acted in 2

1950s

  1. 1950

    The Miracle of St. Anne

    Un estropié

1920s

  1. 1924

    Entr'acte

    A man following the hearse (uncredited)

Appearances7

2020s

  1. 2020

    A Night at the Opera

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2019

    Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

    Self (archive footage)

1960s

  1. 1964

    Hard Boiled Ones

    Self (uncredited)

  2. Cherchez l'idole

    Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)

1950s

  1. 1954

    Reflets de Cannes

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1952

    Venom and Eternity

    Self

  3. Love, Madame

    Self (uncredited)