Maurice Lehmann (1895–1974) was a French actor, director and producer of the stage and screen. He starred in the 1923 film '' Koenigsmark'' in which he played the title role. In

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he was appointed President of the Jury in the

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Biography

He entered as a boarder at the Comedie-French from 1916 to 1919. He then managed theaters in the Porte Saint-Martin, the Ambigu, the Renaissance,

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, Edward VII and the Empire.

Selected filmography

* '' Koenigsmark'' (1923) * ''

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References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1895 births 1974 deaths French film directors French film producers French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors Directors of the Paris Opera Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery {{France-film-bio-stub