About
Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
Filmography
The Sleeping Sentinel1966 · Director
Nights of Farewell1965 · Director
Lafayette1962 · Director, Producer
Normandy - Neman1960 · Director
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik1958 · Director
The Lady and the Gipsy1958 · Director
The Suspects1957 · Director
Intermediate Landing in Paris1955 · Director
Queen Margot1954 · Director
Endless Horizons1953 · Director
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee1952 · Director
The Girl with the Whip1952 · Director
The Seven Deadly Sins1952 · Director
The Big Meeting1950 · Director
Return to Life1949 · Director
The Spice of Life1948 · Director
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water1948 · Director
Carbon Copy1947 · Director
Tainted1946 · Director
Hanged Man's Farm1945 · Director