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Alexandre Trauner (1906–1993)

Production Designer | Art Director | Set Decorator

Hungarian-born Alexandre Trauner came to Paris in 1929 to escape the anti-semitic Horty regime in his native country, and to paint - but instead became involved in the film industry as an assistant to the famous art director Lazare Meerson. Influenced by cubism and impressionism, he embraced the intellectual freedom in the French capital and branched out into architecture... See full bio »

Born:

Alexander Trauner
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)

Died:

(age 87) in Omonville-la-Petite, Manche, France
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1990 The Rainbow Thief
 
1989 Love Comedy
 
1989 Rouget le braconnier
 
1989 Reunion
 
1988 The Bengali Night
 
1988 L'excès contraire (TV movie)
 
1986 'Round Midnight
 
1985 Harem
 
1985 Subway
 
1984 Vive les femmes!
 
1983 So Long, Stooge
 
1983 Viadukt
 
1982 La Truite (The Trout)
 
1981 Coup de torchon
 
1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
 
1979 Don Giovanni
 
1978 Fedora
 
1978 Roads to the South
 
1975 The Man Who Would Be King (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1973 Story of a Love Story
 
1971 Les mariés de l'an deux
 
1970 Promise at Dawn
 
1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1968 Uptight
 
1968 A Flea in Her Ear
 
1967 The Night of the Generals (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1966 How to Steal a Million (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1964 Kiss Me, Stupid (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1964 Behold a Pale Horse (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1960 Once More, with Feeling!
 
1959 Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon
 
1958 Be Beautiful But Shut Up
 
1956 Plucking the Daisy
 
1955 The Light Across the Street
 
1955 Lady Chatterley's Lover
 
1955 Rififi (as Trauner)
 
1953 Act of Love
 
1952 Desperate Decision
 
1952 Othello
 
1951 Miracles Only Happen Once (as Trauner)
 
1951 Juliette, or Key of Dreams
 
1950 La Marie du port (as A. Trauner)
 
1950 Manèges (as A. Trauner)
 
1947 Voyage surprise (as Trauner)
 
1946 Gates of the Night
 
1946 Les malheurs de Sophie
 
1945 Children of Paradise (as Alex. Trauner)
 
1943 Lumière d'été (uncredited)
 
1941 Stormy Waters
 
1939 Daybreak (uncredited)
 
1938 Hôtel du Nord (as Trauner)
 
1938 Port of Shadows (as Trauner)
 
1937 Andere Welt
 
1937 Drole de Drame (as Trauner)
 
1937 Woman of Malacca
 
1937 Gribouille (as Trauner)
 
1937 Confessions of a Newlywed
 
1934 Sans famille
 
1933 Faut réparer Sophie
 
1933 Ciboulette
 
1932 Danton
 
1930 L'Age d'Or (uncredited)
 
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1985 Subway
 
1979 Don Giovanni
 
1976 Mr. Klein
 
1963 Irma la Douce (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1962 Five Miles to Midnight
 
1961 One, Two, Three (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1961 Paris Blues
 
1961 Romanoff and Juliet (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1961 Goodbye Again
 
1960 The Apartment (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1959 The Nun's Story (as Alexander Trauner)
 
1957 Witness for the Prosecution
 
1957 The Happy Road
 
1957 Love in the Afternoon
 
1955 Land of the Pharaohs
 
1952 The Gauntlet
 
1942 The Devil's Envoys (uncredited)
 
1938 Hôtel du Nord
 
1938 The Curtain Rises (as Alex Trauner)
 
1938 Hatred
 
Show ShowSet Decorator (8 titles)
1952 Torticola contre Frankensberg (short)
 
1947 La fleur de l'âge
 
1943 Le soleil a toujours raison
 
1942 Soyez les bienvenus
 
1935 Carnival in Flanders (uncredited)
 
1934 Zouzou (as Trauner)
 
1934 L'hôtel du libre échange
 
1932 L'affaire est dans le sac (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (5 titles)
1987 Le moustachu (artistic advisor)
 
1974 Grandeur nature (key sculptor: doll)
 
1962 Gigot (artistic consultant - as Alexander Trauner)
 
1952 The Seven Deadly Sins (maquettiste - segment "Luxure/Lussuria")
 
1945 Children of Paradise (collaborator: sets - as Alex. Trauner)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1989 Reunion
Caretaker
 
1981 Le roi des cons
Le vieux monsieur au petit chien
 
1934 L'hôtel du libre échange
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1964 Behold a Pale Horse (associate producer - as Alexander Trauner)
 
1963 Irma la Douce (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1987 Àngel Casas show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.15 (1987) … Himself
 
1982 Ciné parade (TV series documentary)
Himself
– L'usine à rêves (1982) … Himself
 
1977-1980 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 5ème nuit des Césars (1980) … Himself
– 3ème nuit des Césars (1978) … Himself
– 2ème nuit des Césars (1977) … Himself
 
1970 Billy Wilder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1961 Mon frère Jacques (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

A. Trauner | Alex. Trauner | Alexander Trauner | Alex Trauner | Trauner
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Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986 See more »

Star Sign:

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