About
Philippe Cohen, known as Pierre Chenal, is a French director, born December 5, 1904 in Brussels and died December 23, 1990 in La Garenne-Colombes. Chenal occupies an uncomfortable place in the history of French cinema: relatively unknown, he is cataloged as a filmmaker who left only a light body of work. His detailed filmography, however, tends to show the opposite. Made in the 1930s, his first short films were documentaries where the filmmaker used social realism. The Little Trades of Paris (1932) or A French City of Cinema had a didactic ambition which ranked him among the innovators at the time.
Filmography
Le hasard mène le Jeu1985 · Writer, Director
Versatile Lovers1970 · Director
L'assassin connaît la musique1963 · Director, Writer
The Night They Killed Rasputin1960 · Writer, Director
Beast at Bay1959 · Director
Dangerous Games1958 · Director, Screenplay
Sinners of Paris1958 · Director, Screenplay
Missing Persons Section1956 · Director, Screenplay
The Idol1952 · Screenplay, Director
Native Son1951 · Director, Screenplay
Scandals of Clochemerle1948 · Director
Devil and the Angel1946 · Director
El viaje sin regreso1946 · Director
Se abre el abismo1945 · Director
The Corpse Breaks a Date1944 · Director, Writer
A Real Man1943 · Director
The Last Turning1939 · Director
Sirocco1938 · Director
The Lafarge Case1938 · Director
Alibi1937 · Director