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René Le Hénaff
French film director and film editor (1901-2005) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 103
René Le Hénaff was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors Marcel Carné, René Clair, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late 1930s - Port of Shadows, Hôtel du Nord, and Le Jour Se Lève - are widely admired examples of poetic realism.
René Le Hénaff is read about 5 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 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.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Caught in the Foreign LegionFilm, Director1948
ScandalFilm, Director1947Les Maris de LéontineFilm, Director1946
Christine se marieFilm, Director1945
Hoboes in ParadiseFilm, Director1944
Coup de têteFilm, Director1943
Colonel ChabertFilm, Director1942
The Lover of BorneoFilm, Director1939
Fort DolorèsFilm, Director1938
Precious FoolsFilm, Director1936
EuskadiFilm, DirectorJoli mondeFilm, 1936Director, Writer1934
Mountain ManFilm, Director1929
FrivolitiesFilm, Director1901Born26 April 1901People around René
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Fernandel René directed St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Alexandre Rignault René directed Fort Dolorès and St. Val's Mystery
Raimu René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Gaby André René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Jacques Baumer René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Erno Crisa René directed St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Charles Moulin René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Paulette Dubost René directed Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Paul Meurisse René directed Scandal (1948)
Edward Gardère René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Roger Blin René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Pierre Larquey René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Jean Dasté René directed St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Gina Manès René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Huguette Duflos Also in Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943)
Fernand Fabre René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Max Dalban René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Marcel Pérès René directed St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Paul Demange René directed St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Roger Karl René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Andrex René directed Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Henri Nassiet René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Jacques Charon René directed Colonel Chabert (1943)
Philippe Hersent René directed Fort Dolorès (1939)
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
He also directed films from 1935 to 1950. Perhaps the best-known is Colonel Chabert (1943), which was a film adaptation of a famous novella by Honoré de Balzac. Le Hénaff retired from filmmaking in 1968.
