Directing

Jean Vallée

Born — Died

1899-01-20 — 1979-07-19

Place of birth

Mondeville, Calvados, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Jean Vallée (20 January 1899 – 19 July 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter and ran an art-house cinema theater L'Œil de Paris. He was credited for directing the first two French films in color. Source: Article "Jean Vallée (director)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Behind the camera

The Land That Dies poster
9.0

In Vendée, an old farmer is gradually abandoned by his family who do not see their future in the fields. Only a cripple in love and abandoned remain at his side.

The Land That Dies

1936

The Land That Dies poster
9.0

In Vendée, an old farmer is gradually abandoned by his family who do not see their future in the fields. Only a cripple in love and abandoned remain at his side.

The Land That Dies

1936

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NR

Well-to-do Simone replaces her music-hall friend Yahne when her wealthy uncle visits from America.

Jeunes filles à marier

1935

The Men Without Names poster
7.0

The life in Morocco of an officer of the Foreign Legion, Colonel de Joyeuse.

The Men Without Names

1937

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7.0

In 1914, students living in a boarding house are disturbed by a young woman. On the eve of being called up, one of them declares his love for her. She abandons herself to someone who may not come back.

Troubled Heart

1938

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7.0

Colette, an engineer in a car factory, loves Jean, her colleague, who only sees her as a friend. Jean's childhood friend soon makes them fall in love.

Virages

1930

Les Surprises d’une nuit de noces poster
7.0

A singer wants to get rid of his mistress to marry a young admirer.

Les Surprises d’une nuit de noces

1952

L'Étrange Amazone poster
7.0

Michel, a young painter in poor health, enters the grounds of a château and faints when he sees a haughty young woman in the simplest of garb. The chatelaine, Eliane, takes care of him and calls in Pierre Fournier, a Parisian doctor. A disreputable Count Ostrowsky turns up to blackmail her. He is found murdered. But who's the killer? Pierre or Eliane? Quite simply Michel, who, before dying, showed his gratitude to the woman who had taken him in. Pierre and Eliane were living apart, but they were husband and wife. Such adventures unite them, this time, forever.

L'Étrange Amazone

1953