Jean Dréville
Director
42
Movies
2
TV Shows
Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
Behind the Camera
Cagliostro
Technical Supervisor
La Fayette
Director, Productor
Maman Colibri
Director
Le Voyageur des siècles
Director
Normandie - Niémen
Director
Le Bonheur
Assistant Director
Die Lederstrumpf Erzählungen
Director
Les Suspects
Director
La Reine Margot
Director
Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Director
Kampen om tungtvannet
Director
La Cage aux rossignols
Director
Copie conforme
Director
Troïka sur la piste blanche
Director
Escale à Orly
Director
Les Casse-pieds
Director
Retour à la vie
Director
Les Roquevillard
Director, Guionista
À pied, à cheval et en spoutnik
Director
Les Cadets de l'océan
Director
Le Joueur d'échecs
Director, Escritor
La Ferme du pendu
Director
La Sentinelle endormie
Director
Третья молодость
Director
Le Président Haudecœur
Director
Son oncle de Normandie
Director
Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg
Director
Les Petites Alliées
Director
Les affaires sont les affaires
Director
La Fille au fouet
Director
