A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Henri Simon Diamantberger
Анри Диаман-Берже
Birthplace:
Paris, France
Born:
June 9, 1895
Died:
May 7, 1972
Henri Diamant-Berger (9 June 1895 – 7 May 1972) was a French director, producer and screenwriter. In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he directed 48 films between 1913 and 1959, produced 17 between 1925 and 1967 and wrote 21 screenplays between 1916 and 1971. Born in Paris, to a Jewish family, he studied to be a lawyer but was drawn to the motion picture business. He began his career when he co-directed the 1913 silent film short De film... en aiguilles with André Heuzé. In addition to writing screenplays, during the period from 1916 to 1919, Diamant-Berger also published and edited a film magazine and books about the movies. In 1918, he was hired by Pathé and sent to the United States to help set up the company's film laboratory at Fort Lee, New Jersey. Upon his return to France, Pathé had him set up a laboratory in Vincennes, as well as organize a film studio in Boulogne-Billancourt. In 1921, Diamant-Berger directed the film serial Les Trois Mousquetaires, one of two film versions of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers released in 1921 (the other was Douglas Fairbanks' version) . For a short time in the mid-1920s, he made pictures in the USA, including the drama Fifty-Fifty (1925) starring Lionel Barrymore. He also directed the 1927 silent film Éducation de Prince. By the end of the decade he successfully made the transition to talkies. Through his Barrymore connection, Diamant-Berger acquired the screen rights for a play produced on Broadway in 1921 written by John Barrymore's ex-wife, Blanche Oelrichs. His French language film version of the same title, Clair de lune (1932), starred Claude Dauphin and Blanche Montel. Among his notable sound films was a remake, Les Trois Mousquetaires (1932), a six-hour epic about the three musketeers for which he wrote the screen adaptation and used much of the same cast from his 1921 silent version. Diamant-Berger's other directorial efforts include two Arsène Lupin detective films in 1937. However, after directing Tourbillon de Paris in 1939, he lost eight full years to World War II. In 1951, he directed the acclaimed drama Monsieur Fabre starring Pierre Fresnay. During the 1960s, Diamant-Berger devoted himself exclusively to producing, making several successful films, which includes La Belle Américaine (1961), Heaven Sent (1963) and The Counterfeit Constable (1964). Henri Diamant-Berger died at age 76 in Paris. Source: Article "Henri Diamant-Berger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Adaptation:
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Associate Producer:
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1967 Les Compagnons de la marguerite
Director:
1916 Paris During the War
1917 Une soirée mondaine
1921 The Three Musketeers
1922 Vingt ans après
1923 Bad Boy
1923 Gonzague
1923 Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923 L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923 Par habitude
1924 L'emprise
1924 Le roi de la vitesse
1925 Fifty-Fifty
1927 Education of a Prince
1927 Rue de la Paix
1930 Monsieur Gazon
1930 Paris by night
1931 Alone
1931 It's all arranged
1932 Moonlight
1932 The Miracle Child
1932 The Nice Adventure
1932 The Three Musketeers
1932 Tu m'oublieras
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1937 Arsène Lupin, Detective
1938 A Foolish Maiden
1939 Whirlwind of Paris
1949 Kindergarten
1951 Amazing Monsieur Fabre
1952 My Priest Among the Rich
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1955 La madone des sleepings
1956 My Priest Among the Poor
1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles
1959 The Bureaucrats
1967 Les Compagnons de la marguerite
Producer:
1916 Paris During the War
1917 Une soirée mondaine
1921 The Three Musketeers
1922 Vingt ans après
1923 Bad Boy
1923 Gonzague
1923 Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923 L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923 Par habitude
1924 L'emprise
1924 Le roi de la vitesse
1925 Fifty-Fifty
1925 The Crazy Ray
1927 Education of a Prince
1927 Rue de la Paix
1930 Monsieur Gazon
1930 Paris by night
1931 Alone
1931 It's all arranged
1932 Moonlight
1932 The Miracle Child
1932 The Nice Adventure
1932 The Three Musketeers
1932 Tu m'oublieras
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1937 Arsène Lupin, Detective
1938 A Foolish Maiden
1939 Whirlwind of Paris
1949 Kindergarten
1951 Amazing Monsieur Fabre
1952 My Priest Among the Rich
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1955 La madone des sleepings
1956 My Priest Among the Poor
1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles
1959 The Bureaucrats
1961 The American Beauty
1963 Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1967 Les Compagnons de la marguerite
Screenplay:
1916 Paris During the War
1917 Une soirée mondaine
1921 The Three Musketeers
1922 Vingt ans après
1923 Bad Boy
1923 Gonzague
1923 Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923 L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923 Par habitude
1924 L'emprise
1924 Le roi de la vitesse
1925 Fifty-Fifty
1925 The Crazy Ray
1927 Education of a Prince
1927 Rue de la Paix
1930 Monsieur Gazon
1930 Paris by night
1931 Alone
1931 It's all arranged
1932 Moonlight
1932 The Miracle Child
1932 The Nice Adventure
1932 The Three Musketeers
1932 Tu m'oublieras
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1937 Arsène Lupin, Detective
1938 A Foolish Maiden
1939 Whirlwind of Paris
1949 Kindergarten
1951 Amazing Monsieur Fabre
1952 My Priest Among the Rich
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1955 La madone des sleepings
1956 My Priest Among the Poor
1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles
1959 The Bureaucrats
1961 The American Beauty
1963 Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1967 Les Compagnons de la marguerite
1971 The Song of the Balalaika
Story:
1916 Paris During the War
1917 Une soirée mondaine
1921 The Three Musketeers
1922 Vingt ans après
1923 Bad Boy
1923 Gonzague
1923 Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923 L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923 Par habitude
1924 L'emprise
1924 Le roi de la vitesse
1925 Fifty-Fifty
1925 The Crazy Ray
1927 Education of a Prince
1927 Rue de la Paix
1930 Monsieur Gazon
1930 Paris by night
1931 Alone
1931 It's all arranged
1931 The Unknown Singer
1932 Moonlight
1932 The Miracle Child
1932 The Nice Adventure
1932 The Three Musketeers
1932 Tu m'oublieras
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1937 Arsène Lupin, Detective
1938 A Foolish Maiden
1939 Whirlwind of Paris
1949 Kindergarten
1951 Amazing Monsieur Fabre
1952 My Priest Among the Rich
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1955 La madone des sleepings
1956 My Priest Among the Poor
1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles
1959 The Bureaucrats
1961 The American Beauty
1963 Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1967 Les Compagnons de la marguerite
1971 The Song of the Balalaika
Writer:
1916 Paris During the War
1917 Une soirée mondaine
1919 Le Petit Café
1921 The Three Musketeers
1922 Vingt ans après
1923 Bad Boy
1923 Gonzague
1923 Jim Bougne, boxeur
1923 L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
1923 Par habitude
1924 L'emprise
1924 Le roi de la vitesse
1925 Fifty-Fifty
1925 The Crazy Ray
1927 Education of a Prince
1927 Rue de la Paix
1930 Monsieur Gazon
1930 Paris by night
1931 Alone
1931 It's all arranged
1931 The Unknown Singer
1932 Moonlight
1932 The Miracle Child
1932 The Nice Adventure
1932 The Three Musketeers
1932 Tu m'oublieras
1934 Miquette and Her Mother
1937 Arsène Lupin, Detective
1938 A Foolish Maiden
1939 Whirlwind of Paris
1949 Kindergarten
1951 Amazing Monsieur Fabre
1952 My Priest Among the Rich
1953 Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1955 La madone des sleepings
1956 My Priest Among the Poor
1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles
1959 The Bureaucrats
1961 The American Beauty
1963 Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1967 Les Compagnons de la marguerite
1971 The Song of the Balalaika
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