Bernard Borderie (10 June 1924 in

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– 28 May 1978 in

) was a French

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and

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. His father, Raymond Borderie, was one of the producers of '' Les Enfants du Paradis'' (''Children of Paradise'', 1945).BFI.org
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Selected filmography

* '' Wolves Hunt at Night'' (1952, based on the novel ''Le Lieutenant de Gibraltar'' by Pierre Frondaie) * '' La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953, based on the '' Lemmy Caution'' novel ''Poison Ivy'' by

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) * '' The Women Couldn't Care Less'' (1954, based on the '' Lemmy Caution'' novel ''Dames Don't Care'' by

) * ' (1955, based on the novel ''Fortune carrée'' by Joseph Kessel) * ' (1957) * '' Ces dames préfèrent le mambo'' (1958) * '' The Mask of the Gorilla'' (1958, based on the novel ''Le Gorille vous salue bien'' by Antoine Dominique) * ' (1959, based on the novel ''Hit And Run'' by

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) * '' Sergeant X'' (1960) * '' Women Are Like That'' (1960, based on the '' Lemmy Caution'' novel '' I'll Say She Does'' by

) * ' (1960, based on the novel ''Le Grand Caïd'' by Claude Orval) * ''

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'' (1961, based on the novel ''

'' by

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) * '' Lemmy pour les dames'' (1962, based on the '' Lemmy Caution'' series by

) * ' (1962, based on the ''Pardaillan'' series by Michel Zevaco) * ' (1963, based on the '' Rocambole'' series by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail) * '' Your Turn, Darling'' (1963, based on the '' Lemmy Caution'' novel '' Your Deal, My Lovely'' by

) * '' Hardi Pardaillan!'' (1964, based on the ''Pardaillan'' series by Michel Zevaco) * '' Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964, based on the novel '' Angélique, the Marquise of the Angels'' by Anne Golon) * '' Marvelous Angelique'' (1965, based on the '' Angélique'' series by Anne Golon) * '' Angelique and the King'' (1966, based on the novel '' Angélique and the King'' by Anne Golon) * ''

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'' (1966, based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton) * '' Sept hommes et une garce'' (1967) * '' Untamable Angelique'' (1967, based on the '' Angélique'' series by Anne Golon) * '' Angelique and the Sultan'' (1968, based on the '' Angélique'' series by Anne Golon) * ' (1969, based on the ''

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'' series by Juliette Benzoni) * ' (1972, based on the novel ''Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen'' by

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) * '' The Gallant Lords of Bois-Doré'' (1976, TV miniseries based on the novel '' Les Beaux Messieurs de Bois-Doré'' by

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)

References

External links

* 1924 births 1978 deaths French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French film directors 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub