Jules Kruger (1891–1959) was a French

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. He is known particularly for films which he photographed in the 1920s and 1930s for

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J'ac ...

Marcel L'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...

, Raymond Bernard, and

Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...

. He also worked in Great Britain and in Spain.Phil Powrie & Éric Rebillard. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009. p. 227.

Selected filmography

* ''Violettes impériales'' ''( Imperial Violets'', 1924), dir.

Henry Roussel Henry Roussel (; 1875–1946), also known as Henry Roussell, was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. He starred in well over 40 films between 1912 and 1939. Selected ...

* ''Âme d'artiste'' ''( Heart of an Actress'', 1924), dir.

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* ''La Terre promise'' ''( The Promised Land'', 1925), dir. Henry Roussel * ''

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'' (1927), dir.

* '' L'Argent'' (1928), dir.

* ''

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'' (1929), dir.

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early life and career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, ...

* '' Tarakanova'' (1930), dir. Raymond Bernard * ''La Fin du monde'' ''( End of the World'', 1931), dir. Abel Gance * ''Les Croix de bois'' ''( Wooden Crosses'', 1932), dir Raymond Bernard * ''Der träumende Mund'' ''( Dreaming Lips'', 1932), dir.

Paul Czinner Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a Hungarian-born British writer, film director, and producer. Biography Czinner was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the Universi ...

* '' L'Épervier'' (1933), dir. Marcel L'Herbier * ''Lac aux dames'' ''( Lake of Ladies'', 1934), dir. Marc Allégret * '' Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934), dir.

* ''

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'' (1934), dir. Raymond Bernard * ''Tartarin de Tarascon'' (1934), dir. Raymond Bernard * '' La Bandera'' (1935), dir. Julien Duvivier * ''

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'' (1935), dir. Julien Duvivier * '' Veille d'armes'' (1935), dir. Marcel L'Herbier * '' La Belle Équipe'' (1936), dir. Julien Duvivier * ''

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'' (1936), dir. Raymond Bernard * '' Club de femmes'' (1936), dir.

Jacques Deval Jacques Deval (27 June 1895 – 19 December 1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director. Novels *''Marie Galante'' (1931) Plays *''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920) *''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in thre ...

* ''Le Roi'' ''( The King'', 1936), dir.

Pierre Colombier Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Paris in Five Days'' (1926) * ''The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926) * ''Dolly (film), Dolly'' (1929) * ''His Best Client'' (1932) * ''One Nig ...

* ''La Dame de Malacca'' ''(

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'', 1937), dir. Marc Allégret * '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937), dir. Julien Duvivier * ''Les Perles de la couronne'' ''(

The Pearls of the Crown ''The Pearls of the Crown'' () is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Martin investigates the history of s ...

'', 1937), dir.

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre (aesthetic), boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French ac ...

* ''

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'' (1938), dir.

Tim Whelan Tim Whelan (November 2, 1893 – August 12, 1957) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor, best remembered for his writing credits on Harold Lloyd and Harry Langdon comedies, and for directing mostly British films, such as ''Th ...

* '' Vessel of Wrath'' (1938), dir.

Erich Pommer Erich Pommer (20 July 1889 – 8 May 1966) was a German-born film producer and executive. Pommer was perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European film industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. As producer, Erich Pommer was involved ...

* ''La Charrette fantôme'' (''

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'', 1939), dir. Julien Duvivier * '' Le Récif de corail'' (1939), dir. Maurice Gleize * '' Caprices'' (1942), dir. Léo Joannon * ''Les Inconnus dans la maison'' ''( The Strangers in the House'', 1942), dir.

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

* ''

Mam'zelle Bonaparte ''Miss Bonaparte'' (French: ''Mam'zelle Bonaparte'') is a 1942 Cinema of France, French historical film, historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Edwige Feuillère, Monique Joyce and Raymond Rouleau. It is based on a novel b ...

'' (1942), dir.

Maurice Tourneur Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...

* ''Untel père et fils'' ''( The Heart of a Nation'', 1943), dir. Julien Duvivier * ''Graine au vent'' ''( Sowing the Wind'', 1944), dir. Maurice Gleize * ''Au petit bonheur'' ''( Happy Go Lucky'', 1946), dir. Marcel L'Herbier * ''Siempre vuelven de madrugada'' ''( They Always Return at Dawn'', 1949), dir.

Jerónimo Mihura Jerónimo Mihura (6 July 1902 – 10 October 1990) was a Spanish film director who made a number of documentary films. He is also notable for a group of screwball-style comedies such as ''House of Cards (1943 film), House of Cards'' (1943) and ''My ...

* ''Mi adorado Juan'' ''( My Beloved Juan'', 1950), dir. Jerónimo Mihura * ''La canción de la Malibrán'' ('' Malibran's Song'', 1951), dir. Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick

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* 1891 births 1959 deaths French cinematographers Mass media people from Strasbourg {{France-film-bio-stub