Marcel L'HerbierFilmography

Born:: April 23, 1890 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: In 1943, Marcel L'Herbier made his largest contribution to cinema by founding the prestigious Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (I.D.H.E.C.) in Paris, one of the finest film schools in the world. Before getting involved with film in the late 'teens, L'Herbier studied law and then was a...Read More

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Pere De Mademoiselle

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Arletty, André Luguet, Jacques Francois, Denise Grey

Synopsis: Pere de Mademoiselle (Father of the Girl) is all about a star-struck lass from rural France who takes a job as the secretary to a glamorous actress. When her parents come to the big city, the girl is beside herself: she's been claiming in her letters that she's become a show-business success. The Read More

1953
Les Derniers Jours De Pompei

Crew: Director

Actors: Micheline Presle, Georges Marchal, Marcel Herrand, Jaque Catelain

Synopsis: This French version of The Last Days of Pompeii was shots on standing sets left over from the epic historical drama Fabiola. Bypassing the continuity of the original Bulwer-Lytton novel and the 1936 Hollywood film version, this adaptation concocts a plotline concerning a pair of lovers named Isias Read More

1948
Savage Brigade

Crew: Director

Actors: Charles Vanel, Vera Korene, Roger Duchesne

Synopsis: Originally released in 1939, Savage Brigade (La Brigade Sauvage) is set during WW I. The story concerns a deadly -- and long-standing -- feud between two Cossack officers, Kalatjeff (Charles Vanel) and Mirsky (Troubetskoy). About to settle their differences on the field of honor, the officers are Read More

1948
La Revoltee

Crew: Director

Actors: Josette Day, Victor Francen, Jacques Berthier

1947
Au Petit Bonheur

Crew: Director

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, François Perier, Paulette Dubost, André Luguet

Synopsis: French film favorite Danielle Darrieux had only recently cleared herself of a wartime "collaboration" charge when she starred in Au Petit Bonheur. The title translates as Happy Go Lucky, perfectly capturing the tenor of the film. Things aren't so happy at the outset, however, not with wealthy Andre Luguet Read More

1945
L'Affaire Du Collier De La Reine

Crew: Director

Actors: Viviane Romance, Marlon Dorian, Maurice Escande, Jacques Dacqmine

Synopsis: One of the most expensive French films of the immediate postwar years, L'Affaire du Collier de la Reine is primarily a vehicle for the formidable Vivian Romance. The star plays an aristocrat in the court of Louis XVI, who helps engineer a scheme to divest the Queen of her royal necklace. On the Read More

1945
The Fantastic Night

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre, Bernard Blier

Synopsis: Originally titled La Nuit Fantastique, this French romantic farce was filmed in 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Little did the Germans suspect that star Fernand Gravey was spending his "leisure" time serving with the French Secret Army on behalf of the Resistance. In the film, Gravey plays a Read More

1942
L'Honorable Catherine

Crew: Director

Actors: Edwige Feuillère, Claude Genia, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet

Synopsis: Originally released in France in 1943, The Honorable Catherine (L'Honorable Catherine) wasn't distributed in the U.S. until 1948. The ironically nicknamed title character, played by Edwige Feuillere, is a blackmailer who has made a comfortable living through her married lovers. Now ready to retire Read More

1942
La Vie de Bohème

Crew: Director

Actors: Maria Denis, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Delair, Jean Parédès

Synopsis: La Vie de Bohème is adapted from Henri Murger's libretto for Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème with the Puccini music relegated to the background. Louis Jourdan plays Rudolphe, the "starving artist" who falls in love with the beautiful but sickly Mimi (Maria Denis). As the tragic Rudolphe-Mimi Read More

1942
Histoire de Rire

Crew: Director

Actors: Micheline Presle, Marie Déa, Fernand Gravey, Pierre Renoir

Synopsis: Released in France in 1941 as Histoire de Rire, Foolish Husbands made its American debut in 1948. It all begins when Adelaide (Micheline Presle), wife of Gerard (Fernand Gravet), enters into a weekend affair with young Achille (Gilbert Gil). This she does because her best friend Helene (Marie Dea) Read More

1941
The Living Corpse

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Victor Francen, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Robinson

Synopsis: In this French drama, based on a story by Tolstoy, the public prosecutor decides to sacrifice himself so that his wife can be freed to be with the man she really loves. Just as he is about ready to kill himself, someone saves him. He then opts to become a soldier. The villagers do not know this Read More

1940
La Comedie Du Bonheur

Crew: Director

Actors: Michel Simon, Louis Jourdan, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle

1940
Entente Cordiale

Crew: Director

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Janine Darcey, Victor Francen, André Lefaur, Marcelle Praince

Synopsis: Entente Cordiale was adapted from Andre Maurois' Edward VII and his Times. Victor Francen heads the cast as Britain's Prince Edward, who after assuming the throne of England in 1910 strives to bring about a lasting peaceful coexistence between the United Kingdom and France. Both countries are Read More

1939
La Mode Revee

Crew: Director

1939
Rasputin

Crew: Director

Actors: Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-Willm, Jean Worms

Synopsis: The same year that the great European actor Harry Baur played mad Czar Paul I in Le Patriote, he also played another celebrated Russian looney in Rasputin (original title: La Tragedie Imperiale). Unlike most interpretations of the infamous peasant-monk, Baur's Rasputin is a multifaceted character Read More

1939
First Film Concert

Crew: Director

Actors: Gregor Piatigorsky

Synopsis: This "feature film" was actually comprised of eight musical short subjects, helmed by three of France's top filmmakers. Artists spotlighted herein include pianist Alfred Corto, performing Debussy's Children's Corner; cellist Gregory Piatigorsky, playing Andante et Rondo; and contralto Elizabeth Read More

1939
Terre De Feu

Crew: Director

Actors: Marie Glory, Louise Carletti, Tito Schipa, Jean Servais

1938
Adrienne Lecouvreur

Crew: Director

Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps, André Lefaur, Junie Astor

Synopsis: Prolific filmmaker Marcel l'Herbier directed this good-looking 1700s romance starring real-life spouses Pierre Fresnay and Yvonne Printemps. Printemps gives a sensitive performance as Adrienne Lecouvreur, the acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe (Fresnay), only to Read More

1938
Sacrifice d'Honneur

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Annabella, Victor Francen, Robert Vidalin, Pierre Renoir

Synopsis: In this French war drama, a battleship captain tries to keep an enemy cruiser from sinking his vessel; he then must defend his honor during a court-martial. Much of the tale is told in flashback and centers not only on the battle itself, but also on the young woman who is having an affair with a Read More

1938
Forfaiture

Crew: Director

Actors: Sessue Hayakawa, Louis Jouvet, Victor Francen, Lise Delamare

1937
La Tragedie Imperiale

Crew: Director

Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Harry Baur, Jean Worms

1937
La Citadelle Du Silence

Crew: Director

Actors: Pierre Renoir, Annabella, Bernard Lancret, Alexandre Rignault, Robert Le Vigan

Synopsis: The Citadel of Silence is set in Poland in the years just before WWI. Involved in an abortive insurrection against the occupying Russians, hero Cesar Birsky (Bernard Lancret) is sentenced to a prison where the inmates are never permitted to speak (hence the film's title). Birsky's sweetheart Viana Read More

1937
Nuits De Feu

Crew: Director

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Robinson, Victor Francen

1937
Les Hommes Nouveaux

Crew: Director

Actors: Natalie Paley, Harry Baur

1936
Veille D'Armes

Crew: Director

Actors: Annabella, Victor Francen, Pierre Renoir

Synopsis: Before the Battle is the English-language title of this espionage melodrama. The first half of the film takes place aboard a French cruising ship, steaming through dangerous waters during WWI. Among the passengers is heroine Jeanne (Annabella), who was once in love with first-officer D'Artelles Read More

1936
La Porte Du Large

Crew: Director

Actors: Victor Francen, Marcelle Chantal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Roland Toutain

Synopsis: Director Marcel L'Herbier adapted the screenplay for La Porte du Large (Open Door to the Sea) from a novel by Charles Spaak. Victor Francen stars as Captain Vilette, the recently-appointed commander of the Naval officer's school where his son (Jean-Pierre Aumont) is a cadet. The younger Vilette Read More

1936
La Route Imperiale

Crew: Director

Actors: Pierre Richard-Willm, Jaque Catelain

1935
Le Bonheur

Crew: Director

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Paulette Dubost, Charles Boyer, Michel Simon, Jaque Catelain

Synopsis: Released in English-speaking countries as Happiness, Le Bonheur was based on a play by Henry Bernstein. Charles Boyer stars as a fervent anarchist who vows to kill anyone who represents "the establishment." As a result, he ends up shooting idolized music-hall singer Gaby Morlay in full view of her Read More

1935
Le Scandale

Crew: Director

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Mady Berry, Henri Rollan, Jean Galland

1934
L'Aventurier

Crew: Director

Actors: Blanche Montel, Gisele Casadesus, Victor Francen, Alexandre Rignault

1934
La Donna D'una Notte [Italian Version]

Crew: Director

Actors: Giorgio Bianchi, Francesca Bertini, Ruggero Ruggeri

1933
L'Epervier

Crew: Director

Actors: Natalie Paley, Charles Boyer, George Grossmith

1933
Le Mystère De La Chambre Jaune

Crew: Director

Actors: Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, Leon Belieres, Maxime des Jardins, Marcel Vibert, Van Daele

Synopsis: Le Mystere de la Chambre Jaune (Mystery of the Yellow Room) is based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, of Phantom of the Opera fame. Hugette Ex-Duffos plays a scientist's daughter, who is targeted for a murder by an unknown assailant. When the police prove unable to protect the heroine, wisecracking Read More

1931
Le Parfum de la Dame En Noir

Crew: Director

Actors: Huguette Duflos, Vera Engels, Roland Toutain, Marcel Vibert, Leon Belieres

Synopsis: A novel by Gaston Leroux (of Phantom of the Opera fame) was the source for Parfum de la Dame en Noir (Perfume of the Lady in Black). The story takes place on the Riviera, where the title character may or may not be involved in various shades of skullduggery, including murder. The film's highlight Read More

1930
La Femme D'Une Nuit

Crew: Director

Actors: Francesca Bertini, Marion Gerth, Jean Murat, Georges Treville

1930
L'Enfant De L'Amour

Crew: Director

Actors: Marie Glory, Jaque Catelain, Jean Angelo

Synopsis: Somehow, the original French title of this romantic melodrama is so much more poetic than its English title, Illegitimate Child. The plot spans the years 1910 to 1927, as seen through the eyes of a celebrated stage actress. In the early portions of the story, the heroine is the secret mistress of Read More

1930
L'Argent

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pierre Alcover, Brigitte Helm, Henry Victor, Alfred Abel

Synopsis: This French production was based on a novel by Emile Zola, of the same title. Pierre Alcover stars as Saccard, a ruthless and untrustworthy banker who is all but ruined by speculating on the European stock market. Exulting in Saccard's imminent destruction are two old enemies, rival businessman Read More

1929
Nuits De Princes

Crew: Director

Actors: Gina Manès, Alice Tissot, Jaque Catelain

1929
Le Diable Au Coeur

Crew: Director

Actors: Betty Balfour, Catherine Fontenay, Jaque Catelain, André Nox

1928
Le Vertige

Crew: Director

Actors: Jaque Catelain, Roger Karl, Gaston Jacquet

Synopsis: Based on a play by Charles Mere, the 1926 French production Le Vertige was released in the U.S. two years later as The Living Image: or, The Lady of Petrograd. The film begins with the overthrow of the Czar during the 1917 Russian revolution. The family of Gen. Count Svirska (Roger Karl) cower in Read More

1926
Feu Mathias Pascal

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Lois Moran, Ivan Mosjoukine, Michel Simon

Synopsis: Originally released in 1926 in hand-tinted prints, for years this silent classic, based on the novel by Luigi Pirandello (1867-1937) was only available in low-quality and incomplete black-and-white prints. It was restored by the Cinémathèque Française and was re-released in 1990. Pirandello's Read More

1925
Don Juan et Faust

Crew: Director

Actors: Jaque Catelain

1923
L'Inhumaine

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Philippe Hériat

1923
Resurrection

Crew: Director

Actors: Renee Carl

1923
Eldorado

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Eve Francis, Jaque Catelain, Philippe Hériat

1921
Villa Destin

Crew: Director

Actors: Alice Field

1921
Le Carnaval Des Verites

Crew: Director

Actors: Suzanne Desprès, Paul Capellani

1920
L'Homme Du Large

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jaque Catelain, Roger Karl

1920
Le Bercail

Crew: Director

Actors: Paul Capellani, Jaque Catelain

1919
Rose France

Crew: Director

Actors: Jaque Catelain

1919

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