Serge Sandberg (1879–1981) was a French film producer. Born in

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, then part of the

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, he emigrated to France in 1900 and initially found work with

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. He later went into production for himself, working for Eclair. In 1921 he and his business partner

Louis Nalpas Louis Nalpas (1884–1948) was a Greek-French film producer. He was a leading producer during the silent era, and was employed by the large French studio Pathé.:30 He was behind the company's construction of the Victorine Studios in Nice in 192 ...

established their own Victorine Studios in

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million 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 ...

. He was also involved in the re-establishment of the

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after the

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. His granddaughter

Francine Sandberg Francine Sandberg is a French film editor. She is known for working as an editor for several films directed by Chantal Akerman and Cédric Klapisch, including '' News from Home'' (1977), '' L'Auberge Espagnole'' (2002), '' Russian Dolls'' (2005 ...

is a film editor and his grandson Marc is a film historian.

Selected filmography

* '' Mathias Sandorf'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) * ''

Confessions of a Cheat ''Le Roman d'un tricheur'' (sometimes known in English as ''The Story of a Cheat'', but also as ''Confessions of a Cheat'', ''The Story of a Trickster'', or ''The Cheat'') is a 1936 film starring, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. It was adap ...

'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' The New Testament'' (1936) * '' My Father Was Right'' (1936) * ''

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) * '' Désiré'' (1937)

References

Bibliography

* Barton, Ruth. ''Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen''. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.

External links

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