Jacques Feyder

Jacques Feyder

Jacques Feyder , was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928. Born Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix in Ixelles, Belgium, at age twenty-five however he moved to Paris where he pursued an interest in acting, first on stage and then in film, adopting the name Jacques Feyder. He joined the Gaumont Film Company and in 1914 he became an assistant director with Gaston Ravel. He started directing films for Gaumont in 1916, but his career was interrupted by service with the Belgian army during 1917-1919. After the end of the war, he returned to filmmaking and quickly built a reputation as one of the most innovative directors in French cinema. L'Atlantide (1921) (based on the novel by Pierre Benoit), and Crainquebille (1922) (from the novel by Anatole France) were his first major films to achieve public and critical attention. He also contributed screenplays of films for other directors. His last silent film in France was Les Nouveaux Messieurs, a topical political satire which provoked calls for it to be banned in France for "insulting the dignity of parliament and its ministers". By this time Feyder had accepted an offer from MGM to work in Hollywood, where in 1929 his first project was directing Greta Garbo in The Kiss, her last silent film. It was in Hollywood that he made the transition to sound films; even before he had worked with sound films, Feyder declared himself to be a firm believer in their future, in contrast with some of his French contemporaries. Disillusioned with the Hollywood system, Feyder returned to France in 1933. During the next three years he made three of his most successful films, all of them in collaboration with screenwriter Charles Spaak and featuring Françoise Rosay in a leading role. Le Grand Jeu (1934) and Pension Mimosas (1935) were both significant creations in the style of poetic realism; La Kermesse héroïque (1935) (also known as Carnival in Flanders) was a meticulously staged period film with contemporary political resonances, which earned Feyder several international awards. Feyder went on to direct films in England and Germany prior to the outbreak of World War II. Following the Nazi occupation in 1940, which led to the banning of La Kermesse héroïque, he left France for the safety of Switzerland, and directed a last film there, Une femme disparaît (1942). In 1917, Feyder had married Parisian-born actress Françoise Rosay (1891–1974) with whom he had three sons; she acted in many of his films and collaborated with him as writer and assistant director on Visages d'enfants. Jacques Feyder died in 1948 at Prangins, Switzerland. A school (lycée) in Épinay-sur-Seine in the north of Paris was named in his honour in 1977; Épinay was the location of the Tobis film studios where Feyder made Le Grand Jeu and Pension Mimosas.

  • Popularita : 0.847
  • Známy pre : Directing
  • Narodeniny : 1885-07-21
  • Miesto narodenia : Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium
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  • 1913
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    Protéa

    Protéa

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  • 1912
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    Cendrillon ou La pantoufle merveilleuse

    Cendrillon ou La pantoufle merveilleuse

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  • 1916
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    Monsieur Pinson policier

    Monsieur Pinson policier

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  • 1929
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    The Kiss

    The Kiss

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  • 1935
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    La Kermesse héroïque

    La Kermesse héroïque

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  • 1936
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    Die klugen Frauen

    Die klugen Frauen

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  • 1922
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    Crainquebille

    Crainquebille

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  • 1922
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    Crainquebille

    Crainquebille

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  • 1922
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    Crainquebille

    Crainquebille

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  • 1922
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    Crainquebille

    Crainquebille

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  • 1935
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    Pension Mimosas

    Pension Mimosas

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  • 1925
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    Visages d'enfants

    Visages d'enfants

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    Visages d'enfants

    Visages d'enfants

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    Visages d'enfants

    Visages d'enfants

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    Visages d'enfants

    Visages d'enfants

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  • 1937
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    Knight Without Armour

    Knight Without Armour

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  • 1928
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    Thérèse Raquin

    Thérèse Raquin

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  • 1921
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    L'Atlantide

    L'Atlantide

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  • 1931
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    Daybreak

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  • 1931
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    Son of India

    Son of India

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  • 1934
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    Le Grand Jeu

    Le Grand Jeu

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  • 1926
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    Gribiche

    Gribiche

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  • 1929
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    Les Nouveaux Messieurs

    Les Nouveaux Messieurs

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  • 1954
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    Le grand jeu

    Le grand jeu

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  • 1930
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    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

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  • 1936
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    Die klugen Frauen

    Die klugen Frauen

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  • 1938
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    Fahrendes Volk

    Fahrendes Volk

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  • 1935
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    Pension Mimosas

    Pension Mimosas

    6.9 1935 HD

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  • 1926
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    Carmen

    Carmen

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    Carmen

    Carmen

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  • 1926
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    Carmen

    Carmen

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  • 1915
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    Des pieds et des mains

    Des pieds et des mains

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  • 1916
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    Un conseil d'ami

    Un conseil d'ami

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  • 1946
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    Macadam

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  • 1916
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    Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête

    Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête

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  • 1934
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    Le Grand Jeu

    Le Grand Jeu

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  • 1925
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    Poil de carotte

    Poil de carotte

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  • 1918
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    La Faute d'orthographe

    La Faute d'orthographe

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  • 1921
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    L'Atlantide

    L'Atlantide

    5.813 1921 HD

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  • 1944
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    Une femme disparaît

    Une femme disparaît

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  • 1943
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    Matura-Reise

    Matura-Reise

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  • 1916
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    Le Pied qui étreint

    Le Pied qui étreint

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  • 1916
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    Biscot se trompe d'étage

    Biscot se trompe d'étage

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  • 1928
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    Thérèse Raquin

    Thérèse Raquin

    5.7 1928 HD

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  • 1931
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    Révolte dans la prison

    Révolte dans la prison

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  • 1939
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    La Loi du nord

    La Loi du nord

    5.9 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    Pension Mimosas

    Pension Mimosas

    6.9 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Les Gens du voyage

    Les Gens du voyage

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  • 1930
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    Olympia

    Olympia

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  • 1926
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    Gribiche

    Gribiche

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  • 1930
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    Le Spectre vert

    Le Spectre vert

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  • 1917
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    L'instinct est maître

    L'instinct est maître

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  • 1930
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    Si l'empereur savait ça

    Si l'empereur savait ça

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  • 1923
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    Das Bildnis

    Das Bildnis

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  • 1929
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    Les Nouveaux Messieurs

    Les Nouveaux Messieurs

    6.2 1929 HD

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  • 1923
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    Das Bildnis

    Das Bildnis

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  • 1938
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    Fahrendes Volk

    Fahrendes Volk

    4 1938 HD

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  • 1916
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    Monsieur Pinson policier

    Monsieur Pinson policier

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1930
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    Si l'empereur savait ça

    Si l'empereur savait ça

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1978
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    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

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