Cast & creator
Claude Autant-Lara
Best known for Les Rendez-vous du dimanche, Spécial cinéma, Cinépanorama
Claude Autant-Lara (August 5, 1901–February 5, 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill School during his mother's exile as a pacifist. Early in his career, he worked as an art director and costume designer, his best-known work in this vein was possibly for Nana (1926), a silent film directed by Jean Renoir. Autant-Lara also acted in the film. As a director, he frequently created provocative movies, saying "if a film does not have venom, it is worthless". In the 1960s, he turned his back on the New Wave movement, and from then on he had no popular successes. On 18 June 1989, he came to public notice again, controversially, when he was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the National Front and the oldest member of the assembly. In his maiden speech, in July 1989, he caused a scandal by expressing his "concerns about the American cultural threat", provoking a walkout by the majority of the deputies. In an interview granted to the monthly magazine Globe in September 1989, he accused ex-President of the European Parliament and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil of playing "ethnic politics" to try and "infiltrate and dominate", saying that "If they try to speak to me about genocide, I say they missed mother Veil!" He also described Nazi gas chambers as a "string of lies". The resulting scandal led to his resignation as European deputy. Moreover, the members of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, of which he was a vice-president for life, voted to prohibit him from taking his seat thenceforth. His memoir, The Rage in the Heart, appeared in 1984. He died at Antibes in Alpes-Maritimes in 2000. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also known as: Claude Moore, Клод Отан-Лара
74
film credits
5
television credits
9
1920–2012 · acting roles
6.8
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Ciné regards
Self
1978
La Traversée de Paris
Director
1956
Douce
Director
1943Douce
Costume Design
1943
The Oldest Profession
Director
1967
Love Is My Profession
Director
1958
The Count of Monte Cristo
Director
1961
The Inhuman Woman
Art Direction
1924The Inhuman Woman
Costume Design
1924
Nana
Fauchery
1926Nana
Production Design
1926
Devil in the Flesh
Director
1947Devil in the Flesh
Costume Design
1947Devil in the Flesh
Writer
1947
Le Carnaval des vérités
Art Direction
1920
Le Rouge et le Noir
Director
1954Le Rouge et le Noir
Writer
1954
Fric-Frac
Director
1939
The Seven Deadly Sins
Director
1952
The Stream
Assistant Director
1938The Stream
Director
1938
The Gambler
Director
1958
Backbiters
1927
Marguerite of the Night
Director
1955
The Red Inn
Director
1951The Red Inn
Screenplay
1951
The Bardot mystery
2012
Enough Rope
Director
1963
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Director
1961
The Game of Love
Director
1954The Game of Love
Dialogue
1954The Game of Love
Adaptation
1954
The Crazy Ray
Assistant Director
1925
The Man of the Sea
Un des copains (uncredited)
1920The Man of the Sea
Art Direction
1920The Man of the Sea
Production Design
1920
Franciscan of Bourges
Director
1968
Lovers Woods
Director
1960
A Woman in White
Director
1965
Josefa's Loot
Director
1963
Keep an Eye on Amelia
Director
1949
The Marriage of Chiffon
Costume Design
1942The Marriage of Chiffon
Director
1942
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
Producer
1939The Mysterious Mr. Davis
Director
1939
A Woman in White Revolts
Producer
1966A Woman in White Revolts
Director
1966
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Director
1961
Black Humor
Director
1965
Don Juan et Faust
Art Direction
1922
The Green Mare
Director
1959
Sylvia and the Ghost
Director
1946
Ciboulette
Director
1933
Lucien Leuwen
Creator
1973
Little Devil May Care
Assistant Director
1928
The Regattas of San Francisco
Director
1960
News Item
Writer
1923News Item
Editor
1923News Item
Director
1923
Love Letters
Director
1942
Good Lord Without Confession
Director
1953Good Lord Without Confession
Screenplay
1953
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self
1980
Buster se marie
Director
1931
Courier of Lyons
Director
1937
Plumber in Love
Director
1932
Potatoes
Director
1969Potatoes
Writer
1969
The Imaginary Voyage
Assistant Director
1926
To Build a Fire
Director
1928
Gloria
Director
1977Gloria
Writer
1977Boul se met au vert
Director
1929
Lucien Leuwen
Director
1973The Incomplete Athlete
Director
1932Vittel
Director
1926