Directing

Claude Boissol

Born 1920-06-15 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Claude Boissol was a French film and television director and screenwriter, recognized for his contributions to mid-20th-century French cinema and television. Born in Paris, he began his career as an assistant director, collaborating with filmmakers such as Jacques Becker and Yves Allégret. Boissol made his directorial debut with Three Boys, One Girl (1948). His notable works include The Whole Town Accuses (1956) and Julie the Redhead (1959). In television, he co-created the long-running crime series Commissaire Moulin, which aired from 1976 to 2008. Boissol's work is characterized by its narrative depth and exploration of human relationships.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

El cerco poster
10.0

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El cerco

1959

Every Day Has Its Secret poster
6.3

Given up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman arrives in Paris to find her eminent ethnologist husband. She learns of his death in obscure circumstances, having remarried in the meantime. She sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding her husband's death.

Every Day Has Its Secret

1958

Every Day Has Its Secret poster
6.3

Given up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman arrives in Paris to find her eminent ethnologist husband. She learns of his death in obscure circumstances, having remarried in the meantime. She sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding her husband's death.

Every Day Has Its Secret

1958

Napoléon II, the Eagle poster
7.8

The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries, before being separated from his father and taken in and raised by his grandfather, Emperor Francis, who made him an Austrian prince.

Napoléon II, the Eagle

1961

Napoléon II, the Eagle poster
7.8

The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries, before being separated from his father and taken in and raised by his grandfather, Emperor Francis, who made him an Austrian prince.

Napoléon II, the Eagle

1961

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste poster
5.9

A railway worker, Leguignon, and his wife are forced to move into a house located in a shaggy part of town. What Leguignon doesn't know is that a group of children have discovered a treasure and keeps it stored in the house. Trouble ensues when he discovers the cache and tries to claim it as his own.

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste

1952

Rasputin poster
6.5

Gregory Iefommovich Raspoutine is a monk with healing powers and a liking for debauchery who manages to insinuate himself into the court of the Romanoffs thanks to Princess Dikvona. Being the only person able to heal he son of Czar Nicolas II and Czarina Alexandra from his hemophilia, he becomes a very powerful man, which infuriates many.A group of nobles, determined to save the monarchy, start conspiring to murder him.

Rasputin

1954

No artwork available
NR

The story of Sebastien, a seriously ill 25-year-old, and his mother, whose lives were also affected by the events of 1968 in Czechoslovakia.

Ohnivé jaro

1995

The Contessa's Secret poster
8.0

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.

The Contessa's Secret

1954

La Peau de l'ours poster
5.8

A police commissioner lives with his two children, wife, mother-in-law and maid. But he discovers that he has been poisoned with arsenic, and that the culprit must be someone close to him.

La Peau de l'ours

1957

La Peau de l'ours poster
5.8

A police commissioner lives with his two children, wife, mother-in-law and maid. But he discovers that he has been poisoned with arsenic, and that the culprit must be someone close to him.

La Peau de l'ours

1957

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel poster
8.0

In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who have countless demands and wishes.

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

1960

Julie la rousse poster
5.0

The artist Edouard Lavigne falls in love with a young girl but must quickly leave her because her parents are opposed to this relationship. Edourd's son will go in search of this woman and will thereby meet her daughter. About a love story that continues from one generation to the next.

Julie la rousse

1959

Julie la rousse poster
5.0

The artist Edouard Lavigne falls in love with a young girl but must quickly leave her because her parents are opposed to this relationship. Edourd's son will go in search of this woman and will thereby meet her daughter. About a love story that continues from one generation to the next.

Julie la rousse

1959

The Whole Town Accuses poster
5.7

François is the benefactor of the town; but later on, all the inhabitants turn against him.

The Whole Town Accuses

1956

The Drunkard poster
9.0

Unfairly accused of her husband's murder, a woman is imprisoned.

The Drunkard

1953

No artwork available
4.5

Just as she is about to marry Jules, Nénette realizes that an adventuress has borrowed her identity in order to marry Hubert de Mont-Vermeil. But at the same time, a cardinal arrives, and the truth must be kept from him. Nénette passes for Hubert's wife, and the cardinal spends his time reconciling the pseudo-spouses. After many misunderstandings, Hubert and Nénette discover that they love each other, while Jules marries the pretty soubrette, not without first inoculating Hubert's virtuous aunt with his taste for racing.

J'y suis... j'y reste

1954