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Henri Bernstein (1876-1953)

Alias:
Henry Bernstein

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
June 20, 1876

Died:
November 27, 1953

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Bernstein was born in Paris. His earliest plays, including La Rafale (1905), Le Voleur (1907), Samson (1908), Israël (1908), and Le Secret (1913), are written in a realistic style and powerfully depict harsh realities of modern life and society.  The far-right royalist Camelots du Roi youth organization of the Action française organized an anti-Semitic riot against a production of one of his plays in 1911. During the Second World War, he fled to the United States and lived in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria. Jean-Pierre Aumont relates in his work Le Soleil et les Ombres (Robert Laffont, 1976) the luxury in which he lived, as well as his general lack of interest in the war.  He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy in Paris.

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Novel:
1954  Storm

Theatre Play:
1915  Samson
1920  She Played and Paid
1920  The Thief
1922  Shackles of Gold
1932  The Dreamy Mouth
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Le Voleur
1936  Assault
1936  Samson
1937  Dreaming Lips
1953  Dreaming Lips
1954  Storm
1955  The Thief
1986  Mélo
1995  Samson le magnifique

Writer:
1915  Samson
1918  Der Dieb
1919  Le Bercail
1920  She Played and Paid
1920  The Thief
1922  Shackles of Gold
1932  Dreaming Lips
1932  The Dreamy Mouth
1932  The Washington Masquerade
1933  Le Voleur
1934  Le Bonheur
1936  Assault
1936  Samson
1937  Dreaming Lips
1937  The Messenger
1953  Dreaming Lips
1954  Storm
1955  The Thief
1986  Mélo
1995  Samson le magnifique

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