Biography for
Claude Autant-Lara More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

5 August 1901, Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death

5 February 2000, Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (after a long illness)

Birth Name

Claude Autant

Spouse

Ghislaine Auboin

(? - ?) (her death)

Trivia

Was forced to stand down as representative of France's far-right National Front in the European Parliament after describing the Nazi gas chambers as a "string of lies". [1989]

Mother Louise Lara played leading róles at the Comédie- Française. When the First World War broke out, she declared herself a pacifist and refused to entertain the troops. She sought exile in Britain. Son Claude consequently completed secondary education at Mill Hill School in London.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 12-15. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

17th November, 1981: Freddy Buache was donated his film library, objects and papers' from his movies. The costumes and photographs etc were placed in Freddy Buache Swiss Cinémathèque.

Personal Quotes

The director must consider himself surrounded by enemies; what I mean is that, in a business where the taste of one man must prevail, he is surrounded by people who want to do nothing but improve their own tastes.