Gerard Brach

Screenwriter

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Birth Place
Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, FR
Born
July 23, 1927
Died
September 09, 2006
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

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Distinguished writer who earned his first screenplay credit for Roman Polanski's "Amsterdam" segment of the omnibus feature, "Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde" (1964). Brach is known as a regular collaborator with Polanski (from "Repulsion" 1965 through "Frantic" 1979), Jean-Jacques Annaud ("Quest For Fire" 1981, "The Name of the Rose" 1986, "The Bear" 1988) and Andrei Konchalovsky ...

Filmography

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Le Bateau sur l'herbe (1971)
Director
De Domeinen Ditvoorst (1993)
Himself
His Majesty Minor (2007)
Source Material
His Majesty Minor (2007)
Screenplay
Renegade (2004)
Screenplay
Pornografia (2003)
Screenwriter

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Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Opening,That Night
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Tess (1980) -- (Movie Clip) My Pretty Cousin

Biography

Distinguished writer who earned his first screenplay credit for Roman Polanski's "Amsterdam" segment of the omnibus feature, "Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde" (1964). Brach is known as a regular collaborator with Polanski (from "Repulsion" 1965 through "Frantic" 1979), Jean-Jacques Annaud ("Quest For Fire" 1981, "The Name of the Rose" 1986, "The Bear" 1988) and Andrei Konchalovsky ("Maria's Lovers" 1985, "Shy People" 1987).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Le Bateau sur l'herbe (1971)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

De Domeinen Ditvoorst (1993)
Himself

Writer (Feature Film)

His Majesty Minor (2007)
Source Material
His Majesty Minor (2007)
Screenplay
Renegade (2004)
Screenplay
Pornografia (2003)
Screenwriter
The Phantom of the Opera (1999)
Screenplay
Chiedo Asilo (1996)
Screenwriter
Anna Oz (1996)
Screenwriter
Bitter Moon (1992)
Screenplay
The Lover (1992)
Screenwriter
Divertimenti nella casa privata (1990)
Screenwriter
The Bear (1989)
Screenplay
Domino (1989)
Screenwriter
Frantic (1988)
Screenwriter
Une Vie suspendue (1988)
Screenwriter
Fuegos (1987)
Screenwriter
Jean de Florette (1987)
Screenplay
Manon of the Spring (1987)
Screenwriter
Ou que tu sois (1987)
Screenplay
Shy People (1987)
Screenplay
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Screenplay
Pirates (1986)
Screenplay
Gazl el Banat (1985)
Screenwriter
Maria's Lovers (1985)
Screenplay
La Femme de mon pote (1984)
Screenplay
Les Enrages (1984)
Screenwriter
La Meilleur de la Vie (1984)
Screenwriter
Les Favoris de la Lune (1984)
Screenwriter
Le Bon Roi Dagobert (1984)
Screenplay
The African (1983)
Screenplay
Une Pierre dans la bouche (1983)
Screenwriter
Identification of a Woman (1982)
Screenplay
Quest for Fire (1982)
Screenplay
Chere Inconnue (1980)
Screenwriter
Le Coeur a l'Envers (1980)
Screenwriter
Tess (1979)
Screenplay
Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
Screenwriter
Le Point de mire (1977)
Screenwriter
Le Point de mire (1977)
Dialogue
The Tenant (1976)
Screenplay
Che? (1973)
Screenwriter
Le Bateau sur l'herbe (1971)
Screenwriter
The Fearless Vampire Killers; or, Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck (1967)
Screenwriter
Cul-de-Sac (1966)
Original Screenplay

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

De Domeinen Ditvoorst (1993)
Other

Life Events

1964

First film as screenwriter, Roman Polanski's "Amsterdam" segment of the omnibus feature "Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde"

1965

First feature film as solo writer, "Repulsion" (dir. Polanski)

Videos

Movie Clip

Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Opening,That Night Clever title sequence and first shots from The Fearless Vampire Killers; or, Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck, 1967, absent that studio generated sub-title, starring director Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate and Jack MacGowran.
Tess (1980) -- (Movie Clip) My Pretty Cousin Idyllic then provocative scene by director Roman Polanski, Nastassia Kinski (title character) is a peasant farm girl sent to tell monied relatives that they're descended from the same line, meeting "cousin" Alec (Leigh Lawson), in Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980, from the Thomas Hardy novel.
Tess (1980) -- (Movie Clip) The Noblest Branch Of The Family English farmer's daughter Nastassia Kinski (title character) learns from her mother (Rosemary Martin) that the family is descended from nobility, her inebriate father (John Collin) making plans, Roman Polanski directing from the Thomas Hardy novel, in Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980.
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) You've Seen My Dress? Director Roman Polanski featuring himself (as "Alfred") in several complex shots, as he discovers Sarah (Sharon Tate) and the frozen-again Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) in The Fearless Vampire Killers, 1967.
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Several Analagous Cases Director Roman Polanski (as "Alfred"), along with Profesor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran), "vamping" in their first formal meeting with the Jewish Count von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne) in The Fearless Vampire Killers, 1967.
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) A Quick One... Timid Alfred (Director Roman Polanski) is sorting through his tools when Sarah (Sharon Tate) sets his mind reeling with what he believes must be a proposition, in The Fearless Vampire Killers, 1967.
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Give Her Back To Me! Famous sequence in which Sarah (Sharon Tate) is abducted in spectacular fashion by von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne) while Alfred (director Roman Polanski) and Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) panic in The Fearless Vampire Killers, 1967.
Tess (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Goodnight Sir John After graphic credits for the actors, director Roman Polanski obscures a spectacular opening shot behind further credits, with a glimpse of the title character Nastassia Kinski, and the dedication to the director's late wife Sharon Tate, in Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980.
Tess (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Falling Into The Sky Nastassia Kinski (title character), her history as an unwed mother not known to her new employers, dines with the family of dairy farmer Crick (Fred Bryant), the farmer in-training Angel (Peter Firth) taking note, in Roman Polanski's Tess (a.k.a. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles), 1980.
Two Of Us, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Whose Goose? Vignettes from the life of Jewish Claude (Alain Cohen), escaped from wartime Paris to live with surrogate grandparents Pepe (Michel Simon) and Meme (Luce Fabiole), who believe he's Catholic, from director Claude Berri's somewhat autobiographical first feature, The Two Of Us, 1967.
Repulsion (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Hello? Following a bad day at work, back at the apartment, Carole (Catherine Deneuve) gets a phone call, finds disturbing evidence of her sister's boyfriend, and hears unexplained noises, in Roman Polanski's Repulsion, 1965.
Repulsion (1965) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Sorry Young Carol (Catherine Deneuve) in bed, hearing the events that generate her reaction cited in the title, then seeing her sister (Yvonne Furneaux) and her married boyfriend (Ian Hendry) in the morning, in Roman Polanski's Repulsion, 1965.

Trailer

Fearless Vampire Killers, The - (Original Trailer) A bumbling professor tracks vampires in the wilds of Eastern Europe in Roman Polanski's horror-comedy The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967).

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