Marcel Vandal (1882–1965) was a French film producer. During the 1910s he worked closely with the German producer

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 ...

for the French company Elcair. Vandal served in the

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during the

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. He directed four

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

s between 1926 and 1928. Vandal and Pommer later collaborated following the latter's exile from

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, firstly in Paris on ''

Liliom ''Liliom'' is a 1909 play by the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár. It was well known in its own right during the early to mid-20th century, but is best known today as the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1945 musical ''Carousel''. P ...

'' (1934) and later in London for ''

Vessel of Wrath ''Vessel of Wrath'' is a 1938 British film directed by Erich Pommer, produced by Pommer, and starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. It was based on the 1931 Somerset Maugham short story "The Vessel of Wrath". The film is also known as '' ...

'' (1938).Hardt p.151

Selected filmography

Producer

* ''

The Secret of Polichinelle The Secret of Polichinelle may refer to: * ''The Secret of Polichinelle'' (play), a 1903 comedy play by Pierre Wolff * ''The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1923 film), a 1923 French silent comedy film * ''The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936 film), ...

'' (1923) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * ''

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

'' (1924) * '' The Flame'' (1926) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927) * ''

The Maelstrom of Paris ''The Maelstrom of Paris'' or ''The Whirlwind of Paris'' (French:''Le tourbillon de Paris'') is a 1928 French silent film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Lil Dagover, Léon Bary and Gaston Jacquet.Goble p.2 Cast * Lil Dagover as Lady A ...

'' (1928) * '' David Golder'' (1931) * ''

Mountains on Fire ''Mountains on Fire'' (german: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931 German war film directed by Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Lissy Arna and Luigi Serventi. The film was based on Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly base ...

'' (1931) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * ''

The Five Accursed Gentlemen ''The Five Accursed Gentlemen'' (german: Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen) is a 1932 French mystery drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Anton Walbrook, Camilla Horn and Jack Trevor.Bock & Bergfelder p. 538 It was made as the Germ ...

'' (1932) * ''

Amourous Adventure ''Amourous Adventure'' (French: ''L'amoureuse aventure'') is a 1932 French romantic comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Albert Préjean and Marie Glory. It was a French language version of the 1932 German film ''Madame Makes Her ...

'' (1932) * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1933) * ''

The Lady of Lebanon The Lady of Lebanon may refer to: * ''The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934 film), a French thriller film * ''The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926 film), a French silent drama film {{set index, films, Lady of Lebanon, The ...

'' (1934) * ''

'' (1934)

Director

* ''

Graziella ''Graziella'' is an 1852 novel by the French author Alphonse de Lamartine. It tells of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter – the eponymous Graziella – during a trip to Naples, Italy; they are separated when ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Crystal Submarine ''The Crystal Submarine'' (French: ''Le sous marin de cristal'') is a 1927 French silent drama film directed by Marcel Vandal and starring Tramel, Anna Lefeuvrier and André Dubosc.Nash, Connelly & Ross p.373 Cast * Tramel as Félicien Cass ...

'' (1927)

References

Bibliography

* Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1882 births 1965 deaths French film producers Film directors from Paris French military personnel of World War I {{France-film-bio-stub