Full Name Pierre Cohen Name Pierre Chenal Years active 1929–1985 | Other names Dave Young Role Director | |
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Born December 5, 1904 Brussels, Belgium Died December 23, 1990, Paris, France Spouse Florence Marly (m. 1937–1955) Movies Le Dernier Tournant, The Alibi, Native Son, Devil and the Angel, A Real Man Similar People Florence Marly, Charles Spaak, Michel Simon, Francisco Petrone, Guillermo Battaglia | ||
Occupation Director, Screenwriter | ||
Crime et ch timent pierre chenal vous c est vous
Pierre Chenal ([ʃənal]; December 5, 1904 – December 23, 1990) was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s. He was married from 1937 – 1955 to Florence Marly (2 June 1919 – 9 November 1978), a Czech-born French film actress.
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- Crime et ch timent pierre chenal vous c est vous
- Michel Legrand Rafles sur la ville film de Pierre Chenal
- Work
- References
Michel Legrand : Rafles sur la ville (film de Pierre Chenal)
Work
Chenal was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film L'Alibi, where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made Le Dernier Tournant, the first of many film treatments of James M. Cain's celebrated novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Chenal was Jewish and was forced in 1942 to flee occupied France with his wife, French actress Florence Marly, for South America. He made a number of films while living in Argentina and more in France after the war; but his post-war work never achieved the success and popularity of his pre-war efforts.