Léon Barsacq

Production Designer

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Also Known As
L. Barsacq
Birth Place
Russia
Born
October 18, 1906
Died
December 23, 1969

Biography

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Outstanding art director of the post-war French cinema and a frequent collaborator with Rene Clair....

Filmography

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Symphony for a Massacre (1965)
Art Director
The Visit (1964)
Art Director
Cross of the Living (1963)
Art Director
Three Fables of Love (1963)
Art Director for "Two Pigeons"
The Longest Day (1962)
Art Director
Gates of Paris (1957)
Art Direction

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Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Paris Is So Small
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Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) An Error Of Justice

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"Le decor de film"
Leon Barsacq (1970)

Biography

Outstanding art director of the post-war French cinema and a frequent collaborator with Rene Clair.

Filmography

 

Art Director (Feature Film)

Symphony for a Massacre (1965)
Art Director
The Visit (1964)
Art Director
Cross of the Living (1963)
Art Director
Three Fables of Love (1963)
Art Director for "Two Pigeons"
The Longest Day (1962)
Art Director
Gates of Paris (1957)
Art Direction
House of Lovers (1957)
Art Direction
Diabolique (1955)
Art Director
The Grand Maneuver (1955)
Art Direction
Le Grand Jeu (1954)
Art Direction
Beauties of the Night (1952)
Art Direction
Beauty and the Devil (1949)
Art Direction
Man About Town (1947)
Decors [Art Director]
L'Idiot (1946)
Art Direction
Children Of Paradise (1945)
Art Direction
La Marseillaise (1938)
Art Direction

Art Department (Feature Film)

House of Lovers (1957)
Set Decorator

Life Events

1938

First film as co-art director, Jean Renoir's "La Marseillaise"

1945

First film as art director, Christian-Jacques's "Boule de Suif"

Videos

Movie Clip

Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Paris Is So Small Immediately from the opening credits, the "Boulevard of Crime" is revealed, with the introduction of Garance (Arletty) and her first suitor Frederic Lemaitre (Pierre Brasseur), from Marcel Carne's Children Of Paradise, 1945.
Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) An Error Of Justice Still during the first scene on the "Boulevard of Crime," Garance (Arletty) sees the mime Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) for the first time, then is accused of a crime, in Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise, shot during the German occupation of France but released after the liberation, in 1945.
Children Of Paradise, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) The True Authors Of This Crime In "The Man In White," the second part, usually called "epoch," of Marcel Carne's Children Of Paradise, 1945," taking place seven years after the first, around 1834, the now-prominent actor Lemaitre (Pierre Brasseur) has his way with a play and its authors.
Diabolique (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Chocolate Soup Conspiring murderess teachers Christina (Vera Clouzot) and Nicole (Simone Signoret) are maneuvering to get the school pool drained, in order to advance their plot, in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique, 1955.
Grand Maneuver, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) France Can Wait A Few Minutes Director Rene Clair opens his first color film, shooting on location in historic Bolougne, his soldier hero Armand (Gerard Philipe) running into immediate trouble, having forgotten his date with Gisele (Simone Valere), in The Grand Maneuver, 1955, with Michele Morgan and Brigitte Bardot.
Grand Maneuver, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) It Was My Last Chance At a charity event in a French garrison town, Armand (Gerard Philip), with civilian pal (Jacques Francois), gets a first look at Lucie (Brigitte Bardot), then meets Marie-Louise (Michele Morgan), whom he's vowed to seduce via random selection, in Rene Clair's The Grand Maneuver, 1955.
Diabolique (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Michel Delasalle Not quite a SPOILER (!!) as guilty and sickly Christina (Vera Clouzot) is alarmed by freaky noises and ruminations of her dead husband Michel in the school sleeping quarters, in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique, 1955.

Trailer

Longest Day, The - (Original Trailer) An all-star cast including John Wayne and Henry Fonda in a re-creation of the D-Day invasion on The Longest Day (1962).

Family

Andre Barsacq
Brother
Stage designer, stage director, production designer. Born January 24, 1909, Crimea; directed at least one film, "Le Rideau rouge" (1952).

Bibliography

"Le decor de film"
Leon Barsacq (1970)

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