Jean Dréville

Explore Jean Dréville's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Directing

Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.

Filmography

• 1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019)
• Jean Dréville, l'aimant du cinéma (2017)
• Cinématon XVI (1982)
• The Sleeping Sentinel (1966)
• Nights of Farewell (1965)
• Lafayette (1962)
• Normandy - Neman (1960)
• A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik (1958)
• The Lady and the Gipsy (1958)
• The Suspects (1957)
• Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955)
• Queen Margot (1954)
• Endless Horizons (1953)
• Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1952)
• The Girl with the Whip (1952)
• The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
• The Big Meeting (1950)
• Return to Life (1949)
• The Spice of Life (1948)
• Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
• Carbon Copy (1947)
• Tainted (1946)
• Hanged Man's Farm (1945)
• Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
• A Cage of Nightingales (1945)
• Tornavara (1943)
• The Roquevillards (1943)
• Business Is Business (1942)
• Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
• President Haudecoeur (1940)
• His Uncle from Normandy (1939)
• Savage Brigade (1939)
• The Chess Player (1938)
• White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938)
• Mama Hummingbird (1937)
• Troïka sur la piste blanche (1937)
• Les Petites Alliées (1936)
• Coup de vent (1936)
• Touche-à-tout (1935)
• A Man and His Woman (1934)
• Le Bonheur (1934)
• Trois pour cent (1934)
• Candy Apple (1932)
• Creosote (1932)
• Romania, land of love (1931)
• Physiopolis (1930)
• Autour de l'argent (1929)
• Cagliostro (1929)