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Alexandre Astruc

Director | Writer | Actor

Born in Paris on July 13th 1923, Alexandre Astruc is the son of a couple of journalists. Very good at school, he attended a preparatory school for Polytechnique but finally became both a law and an arts graduate. First a literary critic, he soon specialized as a film critic and worked for various papers and magazines such as "Combat"... See full bio »

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1993 Albert Savarus (TV movie)
 
1989 Une fille d'Ève (TV movie)
 
1981 Histoires extraordinaires (TV series)
– La chute de la maison Usher (1981)
 
1980 Arsène Lupin joue et perd (TV mini-series)
 
1980 À une voix près... ou La naissance de la IIIe république (TV movie)
 
1979 Louis XI ou Le pouvoir central (TV movie)
 
1978 Louis XI ou La naissance d'un roi (TV movie)
 
1976 Sartre by Himself (documentary)
 
1974 Les grands détectives (TV series)
– Le Chevalier Dupin: La lettre volée (1974)
 
1970 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– Introduction à la Méthode de F.W. Murnau (1970)
– Murnau (1970)
 
1968 Adriatic Sea of Fire
 
1966 La longue marche
 
1965 Evariste Galois (short)
 
1964 The Pit and the Pendulum (TV short)
 
1962 Sentimental Education
 
1961 Shadows of Adultery
 
1958 End of Desire
 
1955 Bad Liaisons
 
1953 The Crimson Curtain (short)
 
1953 Two Love Crimes (segment "Le Rideau cramoisi")
 
1948 Aller et retour (short)
 
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2001 Les âmes fortes (screenplay, adaptation and dialogue)
 
1993 Albert Savarus (TV movie)
 
1989 Une fille d'Ève (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1981 Frère Martin (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1980 Arsène Lupin joue et perd (TV mini-series) (adaptation)
 
1980 À une voix près... ou La naissance de la IIIe république (TV movie)
 
1980 Comme le temps passe (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1970 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– Introduction à la Méthode de F.W. Murnau (1970)
 
1966 La longue marche
 
1965 Evariste Galois (short)
 
1964 The Pit and the Pendulum (TV short)
 
1964 Bassae (documentary short) (text)
 
1961 Shadows of Adultery
 
1958 End of Desire (adaptation)
 
1955 Bad Liaisons (scenario, dialogue and adaptation)
 
1954 The Last Musketeer
 
1953 The Crimson Curtain (short) (adaptation)
 
1952 La p... respectueuse
 
1949 Jean de la Lune (adaptation)
 
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1974 La jeune fille assassinée
L'éditeur Guy
 
1957 Girl in His Pocket
Premier employé des objets trouvés
 
1950 La valse de Paris
Ludovic Halévy
 
1949 Rendezvous in July (uncredited)
 
1949 Jean de la Lune (first assistant director)
 
1948 Blanche Fury (second assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2012 Cinéphiles de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Le cinéma de Jean Giono (video documentary)
Himself
 
1993 François Truffaut: Portraits volés (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1967-1970 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator / Tour Guide
– Introduction à la Méthode de F.W. Murnau (1970) … Narrator/Tour Guide
– Alexandre Astruc, l'ascendant taureau (1967) … Himself
 
1957-1961 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 July 1961 (1961) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1949 Disorder (documentary short)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: 3les Vacances" published by NRF in 1945. See more »

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1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Article  | See more »
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 75-78. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more »

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