Pierre Kast
French film director (1920-1984) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 63
Pierre Kast was a French film director, film critic, screenwriter, and novelist. He was a contributor to Cahiers du cinéma from its founding in 1951 and his feature films ranged from witty studies of bourgeois sexual politics to politically inflected science fiction.
Pierre Kast is read about 17 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 12 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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1984Died20 October 19841982
La GuérilléraFilm, Director, Writer1980
Le Soleil en faceFilm, Director1978
Ciné regardsSeries1975
ApostrophesSeriesFrance, mère des arts, des armes et des loisFilm1973
Septembre ChilienFilm, Narrator1971L'Ombre de LangloisFilm, Director1968
Strange GameFilm, Director1965
The Heat of a Thousand SunsFilm, Director, Writer1964
The Circular TriangleFilm, Director1961
The Passion of Slow FireFilm, Writer1960
Le Bel ÂgeFilm, Director, Writer1955
The Red CloakFilm, Writer1952
La chasse à l'hommeFilm, Director1949
The Charms of LifeFilm, Director1920Born22 December 1920
La GuérilléraFilm, Director, Writer1980Le Soleil en faceFilm, Director1978Ciné regardsSeries1975ApostrophesSeriesFrance, mère des arts, des armes et des loisFilm1973Septembre ChilienFilm, Narrator1971L'Ombre de LangloisFilm, Director1968Strange GameFilm, Director1965The Heat of a Thousand SunsFilm, Director, Writer1964The Circular TriangleFilm, Director1961The Passion of Slow FireFilm, Writer1960Le Bel ÂgeFilm, Director, Writer1955The Red CloakFilm, Writer1952La chasse à l'hommeFilm, Director1949The Charms of LifeFilm, Director1920Born22 December 1920People around Pierre
Close ties
Alexandra Stewart Pierre directed Thank You, Natercia (1963)
Pierre Vaneck Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Françoise Prévost Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)Ursula Kübler Pierre directed Thank You, Natercia (1963)
Édouard Molinaro Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Françoise Brion Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Jean-Claude Brialy Pierre directed Amour de poche and Le bel âge- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Barbara Laage Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Françoise Arnoul Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Daniel Gélin Pierre directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
France Roche Also in La chasse à l'homme and The Red Cloak
Jean-Daniel Pollet Directed A Bullet Through the Heart (1966)
Jean-Pierre Cassel Pierre directed La guérilléra (1982)
Boris Vian Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Jean-Pierre Melville Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Alexandre Astruc Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Geneviève Page Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Norma Bengell Pierre directed Les soleils de l'île de Pâques (1972)
Antoine Duhamel Pierre directed Le grain de sable (1964)
Maurice Garrel Pierre directed Les soleils de l'île de Pâques (1972)
Alex Joffé Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Léo Joannon Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Jacques Hilling Pierre directed Amour de poche (1957)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 27
45 credits on file
Television 2
About this person
A former French Resistance fighter, he remained engaged with left-wing politics throughout his life and published several novels alongside his film work.
Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1984 · aged 63
