Henri Langlois

About

Birth Place

Turkey

Born

November 13, 1914

Died

January 12, 1977

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

Co-founder, with Georges Franju and Jean Mitry, of the Cinematheque Francaise film archive in 1936. Starting with only 10 features, Langlois aggressively increased the Cinematheque's collection to some 60,000 films during his tenure. (As well as preserving many silent films, Langlois and his colleagues concealed and thus saved potentially controversial works from the occupying German for...

Filmography

Himself

The Challenge (1976)

Himself

75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972)

Himself

The Challenge (1976)

Other

Photos & Videos

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Feu Mathais Pascal (1925) -- (Movie Clip) Work Means Liberty

Family & Companions

Mary Meerson

Companion

Archivist, former artist's model. Widow of art director Lazare Meerson who died in 1938; ; posed for various artists when she was young; met Langlois c. 1939 and had four-decade relationship with him; died on July 19, 1993 at age 93.

Bibliography

"A Passion for Films"

Richard Roud (1983)

Biography

Co-founder, with Georges Franju and Jean Mitry, of the Cinematheque Francaise film archive in 1936. Starting with only 10 features, Langlois aggressively increased the Cinematheque's collection to some 60,000 films during his tenure. (As well as preserving many silent films, Langlois and his colleagues concealed and thus saved potentially controversial works from the occupying German forces during WWII). Langlois' shrine to cinema history influenced a whole generation of filmmakers, notably the future leading lights of the French New Wave.

Although the archive was subsidized by the French government from 1945, a bitter dispute erupted in 1968 between Langlois and the Ministry of Culture, headed by Andre Malraux. Impatient with Langlois' unconventional working methods, Malraux sought to remove him from control of the Cinematheque by halting governmental support. After street rallies in Paris and protests from leading international film figures, Langlois was reinstated, though the subsidy was not.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)

Himself

The Challenge (1976)

Himself

75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972)

Himself

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Challenge (1976)

Other

Life Events

Videos

Feu Mathais Pascal (1925) -- (Movie Clip) Work Means Liberty Formerly affluent Ivan Mosjoukine (title character) arrives for his first day of work at the municipal library, sets by future director Alberto Cavalcanti, in Marcel L’Herbier’s film from the Luigi Pirandello novel, Feu Mathias Pascal, a.k.a. The Late Mathias Pascal, 1925.

Companions

Mary Meerson

Companion

Archivist, former artist's model. Widow of art director Lazare Meerson who died in 1938; ; posed for various artists when she was young; met Langlois c. 1939 and had four-decade relationship with him; died on July 19, 1993 at age 93.

Bibliography

"A Passion for Films"

Richard Roud (1983)

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