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Rene Le Somptier

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Name
  
Rene Somptier

Movies
  
Le p'tit Parigot

Role
  
Filmmaker

Died
  
September 23, 1950, Paris, France

Rene Eugene Le Somptier (Caen, 12 November 1884 - Paris, 23 September 1950) was a French filmmaker and journalist.

He made his first short film, Poum a la chasse, in 1908 with his father as an actor. He was injured in World War I and after the war together with Charles Burguet made his first full length film, La sultane de l’amour (1918).

In 1922 he produced La dame de Montsoreau based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, starring Genevieve Felix. A colorized version was released in 1925.

Films

  • Poum a la chasse (1908)
  • La sultane de l’amour (1918)
  • La montee vers l'Acropole (1920)
  • La dame de Montsoreau (1922)
  • La foret qui tue (1926)
  • Le p'tit Parigot (1926) - a movie serial in 6 parts
  • Le dernier conte de Sheherazade (1937)

    • References

    Rene Le Somptier Wikipedia
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