Directing
Claude André Lalande
Born — Died
1925-12-13 — 2020-07-12
Place of birth
Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known for
Directing
Credits
3 titles
Claude André Lalande (aka Claude Lalande) is a French director born December 13, 1925 in Montrouge and died July 12, 2020 in Montereau-Fault-Yonne. Claude Lalande spent almost twenty years entirely dedicated to cinema, assuming different functions from 1942. Assistant to Henri Decoin and Marcel Carné during the War, he was also a poster designer (his main activity), cinematographer, producer and director of short, medium and feature films. As a director, he called on Louis de Funès three times, for two medium-length films and a feature film from 1949 to 1952. Thus, like André Hunebelle, Claude Boissol, Raymond Rouleau and Daniel Gélin, Claude Lalande is one of those who helped Louis de Funè…
Known for
Mr. Dupont, after numerous disappointments in his self-esteem, decides to seek his fortune in Africa. Hired as assistant director in a Prisunic at A.O.I., he begins to sell the plane ticket paid for by his new employer. The boat trip cost him a month's delay and legal proceedings for fraud. Panicked, he decides to flee into the bush where he is sometimes the victim, sometimes the hero of his adventure. Finally, Mr. Dupont, returning to a civilized country, finds himself obliged, in order not to risk prison, to agree to return to the service of the director of the Prisunic as a valet. When he leaves this difficult boss, he only finds a job as a sandwich maker in an exotic cabaret. He is forced to disguise himself as a Black man.
The Crazy Jungle
1952
10.0Director Claude André Lalande illustrates the theme of three songs in images. We see and hear in turn Roland Gerbeau "Himalaya", Jacqueline François "From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter" and Jean Marco "The Ghost of Aunt Anna". This mini musical is one of the ancestors of music videos.
Il Était... Trois Chansons
1947
Behind the camera
Mr. Dupont, after numerous disappointments in his self-esteem, decides to seek his fortune in Africa. Hired as assistant director in a Prisunic at A.O.I., he begins to sell the plane ticket paid for by his new employer. The boat trip cost him a month's delay and legal proceedings for fraud. Panicked, he decides to flee into the bush where he is sometimes the victim, sometimes the hero of his adventure. Finally, Mr. Dupont, returning to a civilized country, finds himself obliged, in order not to risk prison, to agree to return to the service of the director of the Prisunic as a valet. When he leaves this difficult boss, he only finds a job as a sandwich maker in an exotic cabaret. He is forced to disguise himself as a Black man.
The Crazy Jungle
1952
10.0Director Claude André Lalande illustrates the theme of three songs in images. We see and hear in turn Roland Gerbeau "Himalaya", Jacqueline François "From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter" and Jean Marco "The Ghost of Aunt Anna". This mini musical is one of the ancestors of music videos.
Il Était... Trois Chansons
1947
10.0Director Claude André Lalande illustrates the theme of three songs in images. We see and hear in turn Roland Gerbeau "Himalaya", Jacqueline François "From Montmartre to the Latin Quarter" and Jean Marco "The Ghost of Aunt Anna". This mini musical is one of the ancestors of music videos.
Il Était... Trois Chansons
1947