Abel Gance
French film director and producer, writer and actor (1889-1981) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 92
Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer, and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).
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1981Died10 November 1981BAFTA FellowshipAward1978
Ciné regardsSeriesEncyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSeries1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1967
OmnibusSeries1966
Marie TudorSeries, Director, Writer1964
Pour le plaisirSeries
Cyrano and d'ArtagnanFilm, 1964Director, Writer1960
AusterlitzFilm, Director, Writer1956
CinépanoramaSeries1943
Captain FracasseFilm, Director, Writer1939
Four Flights to LoveFilm, Director, Writer1937
The Life and Loves of BeethovenFilm, Director, Writer1935
Lucrezia BorgiaFilm, Director, Writer1931
The End of the WorldFilm, Director, Writer1929Napoleon at St. HelenaFilm, Writer1927
NapoleonFilm, Director, Writer1923
Around The WheelFilm1917
BarberousseFilm, Director, Writer1915
The Madness of Dr. TubeFilm, Director, Writer1909
The Death of the Duke of Enghien in 1804Film, Writer1889Born25 October 1889
Ciné regardsSeriesEncyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSeries1974Spécial cinémaSeries1967OmnibusSeries1966Marie TudorSeries, Director, Writer1964Pour le plaisirSeriesCyrano and d'ArtagnanFilm, 1964Director, Writer1960AusterlitzFilm, Director, Writer1956CinépanoramaSeries1943Captain FracasseFilm, Director, Writer1939Four Flights to LoveFilm, Director, Writer1937The Life and Loves of BeethovenFilm, Director, Writer1935Lucrezia BorgiaFilm, Director, Writer1931The End of the WorldFilm, Director, Writer1929Napoleon at St. HelenaFilm, Writer1927NapoleonFilm, Director, Writer1923Around The WheelFilm1917BarberousseFilm, Director, Writer1915The Madness of Dr. TubeFilm, Director, Writer1909The Death of the Duke of Enghien in 1804Film, Writer1889Born25 October 1889People around Abel
Antonin Artaud Abel directed Napoléon (1929)
Philippe Hériat Abel directed Napoléon and Lucrezia Borgia
Roger Blin Abel directed Napoléon (1929)
Albert Dieudonné Abel directed Napoléon (1927)
Jane Marken Abel directed Napoléon (1929)
Robert Le Vigan Abel directed Four Flights to Love and Louise- Jean Brochard Abel directed Four Flights to Love (1940)
Gaston Modot Abel directed The Torture of Silence (1917)
Victor Francen Abel directed End of the World (1931)
Jean Toulout Abel directed The Mask of Horror (1912)
Jean d'Yd Abel directed Napoléon and End of the World
Marcel Pérès Abel directed Napoléon and Four Flights to Love
Georges Saillard Abel directed Beethoven's Great Love (1937)
Samson Fainsilber Abel directed End of the World (1931)
Jean-Louis Barrault Abel directed Beethoven's Great Love (1937)
Harry Baur Abel directed Beethoven's Great Love (1937)
Fernand Gravey Abel directed Four Flights to Love (1940)
Annie Ducaux Abel directed Beethoven's Great Love (1937)
Max Maxudian Abel directed Napoléon and La Roue
Fernand Rivers Directed The Ironmaster (1933)
Maurice Escande Abel directed Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
Albert Malbert Abel directed Louise (1939)
Georges Douking Abel directed Louise (1939)
Elvira Popescu Abel directed Austerlitz (1960)
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Napoleon 1927
La Roue 1923
The Fall of the House of Usher 1928
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Filmography 40
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Television 7
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Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1981 · aged 92
