Charles Spaak
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Birth Place
Brussels, BE
Born
May 25, 1903
Died
March 04, 1975
Biography
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Flemish screenwriter, in France from 1928. Spaak served as secretary to director Jacques Feyder before contributing scripts to his films, beginning with the effervescent satire, "Les Nouveaux Messieurs" (1928), and went on to write for such directors as Jean Renoir ("Grand Illusion" 1937) and Julien Duvivier ("The End of a Day" 1939), establishing himself as one of the more significant f...
Filmography
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La Main a Couper...
(1973)
Screenwriter
Cartouche
(1964)
Screenplay collaborator
Two Are Guilty
(1964)
Adaptation
Magnificent Sinner
(1963)
Screenwriter
The Burning Court
(1963)
Screenwriter
The Burning Court
(1963)
Dial
Notes
"I have written no films about love. I have alwas been concerned with a man of good will facing problems that outstrip him: "La Grande Illusion" is typical".--Spaak (Sadoul, "Dictionary of Film Makers")
Biography
Flemish screenwriter, in France from 1928. Spaak served as secretary to director Jacques Feyder before contributing scripts to his films, beginning with the effervescent satire, "Les Nouveaux Messieurs" (1928), and went on to write for such directors as Jean Renoir ("Grand Illusion" 1937) and Julien Duvivier ("The End of a Day" 1939), establishing himself as one of the more significant figures of French "poetic realism." Spaak also lent his talents to the works of Andre Cayatte and in 1949 directed his one and only film, "Le Mystere Barton" (1949). Father of actresses Agnes and Catherine Spaak.
Filmography
Writer (Feature Film)
La Main a Couper...
(1973)
Screenwriter
Cartouche
(1964)
Screenplay collaborator
Two Are Guilty
(1964)
Adaptation
Magnificent Sinner
(1963)
Screenwriter
The Burning Court
(1963)
Screenwriter
The Burning Court
(1963)
Dial
The Cheaters
(1961)
Story
Love and the Frenchwoman
(1961)
Screenplay for "Divorce"
The Adultress
(1959)
Screenplay
When the Woman Butts In
(1957)
Screenplay
Paris Palace Hotel
(1956)
Screenwriter
Crime and Punishment
(1956)
Screenplay
Before the Deluge
(1954)
Dialogue
Before the Deluge
(1954)
Screenwriter
Le Grand Jeu
(1954)
From Story
Le Grand Jeu
(1954)
Screenwriter
Adorable Creatures
(1952)
Screenwriter
Les Sept peches capitaux
(1952)
Screenplay ("Avarice And Anger")
Adorable Creatures
(1952)
Adaptation
Nous sommes tous des Assassins
(1952)
Screenplay
Grand Illusion
(1937)
Screenplay
Mollenard
(1937)
Screenwriter
Life Events
1928
Screenwriting debut, "Les Nouveaux Messieurs"
1949
Directorial debut, "Le Mystere Barton"
Videos
Movie Clip
Family
Paul-Henri Spaak
Brother
Politician.
Catherine Spaak
Daughter
Actor.
Agnes Spaak
Daughter
Actor. Born 1944.
Bibliography
Notes
"I have written no films about love. I have alwas been concerned with a man of good will facing problems that outstrip him: "La Grande Illusion" is typical".--Spaak (Sadoul, "Dictionary of Film Makers")
