Writing

André Legrand

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Writing

Credits

22 titles

Andre Legrand had a fifty year career as a French screenwriter and producer.He was born of Alsatian parents who had fled that part of France in 1871 after it was annexed by Prussia during wartime and had therefore been brought up to dislike the Germans.A book he wrote in the spring of 1940, Nazi Prisons, later got him into some trouble during the German occupation of France and control of the film industry there, as it had detailed the horrors that were being inflicted on already occupied lands like Austria and Czechoslovakia and the treatment of the Jewish people.Actor Pierre Blanchar who was with the French Resistance later,saved Legrand at one point from being shot by the invaders but Leg…

Known for

License to Kill poster
7.0

Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.

License to Kill

1964

The Sextrovert poster
3.7

Philippe de Valmont, an important Banyuls wine producer, asks his friend Patrick, an attractive adventurer, to take care of Desirella, a cover girl very much in demand, who has an affair with her lesbian friend, Nicole. Patrick carries out his mission so stylishly that Desirella soon falls in love with him. Nicole, as for her, doesn't accept the situation. She is determined to seek revenge.

The Sextrovert

1970

The Gallant Musketeer poster
6.3

Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri III.Jean gives his full to thwart the Duke of Guise's attempts to have the king assassinated. A heartthrob more than ever, Pardaillan will awake serious interest in many a girl, at times becoming their prey like with Bianca Farnese, De Guise's agent.

The Gallant Musketeer

1964

Dr. Schweitzer poster
5.2

In 1912, the Alsatian Albert Schweitzer, missionary doctor and musician, goes to Gabon, a French colony, to fight malaria, which is ravaging the population. Administrator Leblanc takes a dim view of his arrival. But Albert can count on the devoted Marie Winter and Father Charles to assist him in his task.

Dr. Schweitzer

1952

The Death of the Sun poster
7.0

A young doctor is asked by her husband to choose between her profession and her family.

The Death of the Sun

1922

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Esclave

1922

Behind the camera

License to Kill poster
7.0

Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.

License to Kill

1964

The Sextrovert poster
3.7

Philippe de Valmont, an important Banyuls wine producer, asks his friend Patrick, an attractive adventurer, to take care of Desirella, a cover girl very much in demand, who has an affair with her lesbian friend, Nicole. Patrick carries out his mission so stylishly that Desirella soon falls in love with him. Nicole, as for her, doesn't accept the situation. She is determined to seek revenge.

The Sextrovert

1970

The Gallant Musketeer poster
6.3

Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri III.Jean gives his full to thwart the Duke of Guise's attempts to have the king assassinated. A heartthrob more than ever, Pardaillan will awake serious interest in many a girl, at times becoming their prey like with Bianca Farnese, De Guise's agent.

The Gallant Musketeer

1964

Dr. Schweitzer poster
5.2

In 1912, the Alsatian Albert Schweitzer, missionary doctor and musician, goes to Gabon, a French colony, to fight malaria, which is ravaging the population. Administrator Leblanc takes a dim view of his arrival. But Albert can count on the devoted Marie Winter and Father Charles to assist him in his task.

Dr. Schweitzer

1952

The Death of the Sun poster
7.0

A young doctor is asked by her husband to choose between her profession and her family.

The Death of the Sun

1922

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Esclave

1922

Dark Sunday poster
7.0

Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to suicide. Max, a music publisher, likes the song and decides to launch it by all means, foul or fair. Bob, his accomplice, manages to talk his mistress Michèle into committing a fake suicide. She obeys him and the scheme is a success as a result. On this occasion, Jan gets to know Michèle and the two young people fall in love. Happiness seems to be in store for Jan again but this is without counting with Bob. Jealous of Jan, the naughty fellow indeed tells him that Michèle's attempted suicide was nothing but an advertising pretense.

Dark Sunday

1949

Thunder in the Blood poster
7.0

Murder mystery about a drunkard who makes his living as a reporter-photographer and writer.

Thunder in the Blood

1960

Tabarin poster
5.5

Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.

Tabarin

1958

Tabarin poster
5.5

Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.

Tabarin

1958

La Symphonie fantastique poster
6.4

The film is biographical, telling the story of the life and artistic struggles of the French composer Hector Berlioz. Berlioz is shown as a recalcitrant medical student in an anatomy class dreaming of becoming a composer; at a demonstration during a performance at the Paris Opéra conducted by Habeneck; at supper with other young artists (Hugo, Janin, Dumas, Mérimée, Delacroix); and chasing after his future wife Harriet Smithson, after a performance of Hamlet. Also depicted are his life in a garret, while suffering from an illness due to an abscess in the throat; a visit from his mother who curses him; and the composition of the Symphonie fantastique. The film then shows his marital breakdown, the premiere of his opera Benvenuto Cellini, his travels throughout Europe, his second marriage to Marie Recio (called "Marie Martin" in the film), public acceptance in old age and reconciliation with his son.

La Symphonie fantastique

1942

Fernand the Tramp poster
8.0

The tramp Fernand and his dog Brigadier discover some extraordinary jewels in a bag lost in a ditch. Brigadier, who doesn't like being mistaken for a dog, doesn't believe in the authenticity of the jewels. Then, discovering the owner, he introduces Fernand to the big wide world. Ghislaine Lafont-Dubreuilh, the daughter of the found jewels, sure of her fiancé, whom she neglects, is only concerned with the tramp's future. Her introduction to politics, boxing and wrestling leads to as many failures for the tramp as successes for Fernand Raynaud in his repertoire. Finally, the tramp becomes chaplinesque, restoring the fiancé to his belle's heart and taking only the English chambermaid on the road.

Fernand the Tramp

1957

Noche de tormenta poster
9.0

An outsider seduces and deceives a small-town girl, taking advantage of her innocence, in order to kill her mother.

Noche de tormenta

1955

Miss Bonaparte poster
5.7

Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III.

Miss Bonaparte

1942

White Nights in Saint Petersburg poster
4.2

Pozdnycheff, a young party animal, destroyed by his lightness the marital happiness of one of his childhood friends who committed suicide. Since then, he is haunted by the memory.

White Nights in Saint Petersburg

1938

Alexis gentleman chauffeur poster
7.0

Alexis, a former war pilot, attempted the Paris-Tokyo raid and failed. He became a taxi driver. The film actress, Margot Fontane, forgets her bag in the taxi and Alexis thus meets her. He goes to see the great actress shoot, he is hired for a small role as an aviator, and to simulate a take-off, he flies to Tokyo. It is the signal of happiness for the two lovers.

Alexis gentleman chauffeur

1938

The Wheel poster
6.6

Pierre is an engine driver who adopts a small girl, a WWI orphan. A widower, he sees in her the image of her mother.

The Wheel

1957

Trial at the Vatican poster
7.5

In 19th-century France, a little girl follows her two sisters into a Carmelite monastery with the goal of becoming a saint.

Trial at the Vatican

1952

No artwork available
NR

Young Jonny Dupont, son of a former employee of fashion designer Rocaille, is tasked with turning around his father's fashion house, which is facing bankruptcy. In carrying out this difficult task, he encounters hostility from Liliane, Rocaille's daughter.

Jonny, haute-couture

1935

La Grande Marnière poster
6.0

A rich peasant, Carvajan, seeks revenge on the castellan, Clairefont, with whom he had a serious conflict. Their respective children, Antoinette and Pascal, meet and fall in love with each other. Robert de Clairefont, Antoinette's brother, unjustly accused of murder, is defended and saved by Pascal. Finally, love, by uniting the son of one to the daughter of the other, will appease souls and reconcile families.

La Grande Marnière

1945

Mama Hummingbird poster
8.0

A middle aged baroness thinks she is still young enough to have an affair with a military man the age of her son.She deserts her family and follows the youth to Algeria.

Mama Hummingbird

1937

The River Ozu, Japan poster
7.0

Men in boats traveling along the Ozu River, sometimes getting out to walk on the gravel and pull the vessels along.

The River Ozu, Japan

1906