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Charles Spaak is a Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director and Script Belge born on 25 may 1903 at Brussels (Belgique)

Charles Spaak

Charles Spaak
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Nationality Belgique
Birth 25 may 1903 at Brussels (Belgique)
Death 4 march 1975 (at 71 years) at Nice (France)

Charles Spaak (25 May 1903 – 4 March 1975) was a Belgian screenwriter who was noted particularly for his work in the French cinema during the 1930s. He was the son of the dramatist and poet Paul Spaak, the brother of the politician Paul-Henri Spaak, and the father of the actresses Catherine Spaak and Agnès Spaak.

Best films

Grand Illusion (1937)
(Dialogue)
Two Women (1940)
(Dialogue)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
(Writer)
The Story of Carmen (1944)
(Scriptwriter)
Justice Is Done (1950)
(Scriptwriter)
Adorable Sinner (1959)
(Writer)

Usually with

André Cayatte
André Cayatte
(10 films)
Léonce Corne
Léonce Corne
(13 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Spaak (99 films)

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Director

The Barton Mystery, 1h28
Directed by Charles Spaak
Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Françoise Rosay, Fernand Ledoux, Madeleine Robinson, Georges Lannes, Loleh Bellon, Jacques Torrens

À la suite de l'assassinat d'un financier, plusieurs personnes qui avaient intérêt à le voir disparaitre sont suspectées.

Scriptwriter

Bloody Murder
Directed by Étienne Périer
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lea Massari, Michel Bouquet, Michel Serrault, Bernard Blier, Michel Albertini, Lise Danvers
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.1211253.1211253.1211253.1211253.121125
Hélène Noblet vit une existence paisible : un mari médecin, Georges, deux enfants gentils, Daniel et Nadine et un magasin d'antiquités qu'elle tient par plaisir avec une amie Pascale, une jolie maison, de l'argent... et un amant, Philippe, plus jeune qu'elle - un ami de son fils - qu'elle retrouve chaque mardi. Tout continuera dans le mieux si, un mardi, Hélène ne trouvait pas Philippe assassiné. Après avoir récupéré un carnet compromettant, Hélène, en sortant de l'immeuble, s'aperçoit du vol de sa voiture... qu'elle retrouve là où elle l'avait laissée, le lendemain, après avoir signalé cette disparition à la police. En revanche, le carnet compromettant a disparu de son sac.
The War Goddess, 1h45
Directed by Terence Young
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, LGBT-related films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sabine Sun, Helga Liné, Luciana Paluzzi, Angelo Infanti, Fausto Tozzi, Malisa Longo
Rating47% 2.374512.374512.374512.374512.37451
Bien que détestant les hommes, les fières Amazones doivent par tradition s'accoupler pendant trois jours pour assurer leur descendance. Cette fois-ci ce sont des soldats Grecs qui sont payés comme des prostitués pour accomplir ce pénible devoir...
The Sword and the Balance, 2h11
Directed by André Cayatte
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La provence
Actors Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori, Pascale Audret, Anne Tonietti, Marie Déa
Rating69% 3.4818853.4818853.4818853.4818853.481885
On the French Riviera, the son of a wealthy local woman is kidnapped for ransom. The police soon begin an investigation into finding the boy and apprehending two assailants. The kidnappers manage to escape the clutches of the police, killing their victim in the process. But, three men are eventually discovered by the police at a lighthouse!.
Mathias Sandorf, 1h47
Directed by Georges Lampin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Louis Jourdan, Francisco Rabal, Bernard Blier, Serena Vergano, Renaud Mary, Antoine Balpêtré
Roles Dialogue
Rating58% 2.9233052.9233052.9233052.9233052.923305
Au XIX siècle, dans un état indéterminé d'Europe du Sud, un riche aristocrate, le comte Mathias Sandorf, entre en rébellion contre son gouvernement despotique. Sa lutte est entravée du fait que sa fille Élisabeth est amoureuse du colonel Frédéric de Rotenbourg, gouverneur de province, auquel Sandorf va fatalement être confronté. Il prend néanmoins la défense du peuple opprimé, puis est arrêté et condamné à mort. Parvenu à s'évader, il doit secourir sa fille enlevée par un sinistre comploteur. Après avoir réussi à la délivrer, il devient le chef du soulèvement général. Il est de nouveau capturé et, sur le point d'être fusillé, est libéré par le peuple qu'il conduit à la victoire. Il accorde la main de sa fille à Frédéric de Rotenbourg qui fut son loyal ennemi.
Germinal
Germinal (1963)
, 1h52
Directed by Yves Allégret
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Jean Sorel, Berthe Granval, Claude Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Claude Cerval, Philippe Lemaire
Rating64% 3.2372353.2372353.2372353.2372353.237235
The year is 1863. Étienne Lantier gets work as a mineworker after having been fired from his job on the railroad for revolutionary behavior. Disheartened by the conditions in the mines, he returns to his revolutionary ideas and leads a strike of the mineworkers. Soldiers are brought in to quell the strike.
Swords of Blood, 1h54
Directed by Philippe de Broca
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Odile Versois, Jess Hahn, Marcel Dalio, Jean Rochefort
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.246963.246963.246963.246963.24696
In the 18th century, Louis Dominique Bourguignon is working with Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He hides out from Malichot and joins the army, where he and his two new friends survive by hiding out on the battlefield. Together they rob the general of his gold. Fleeing, they stop at an inn where they meet Venus, a beautiful gypsy who has been taken prisoner. He rescues her and she joins his gang. Returning to Paris, de Bourguignon creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, and most of Malichot's gang join him. They make audacious robberies of the rich people, and distribute the takings with the poor. Thus, Cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot. Malichot goes to the police to betray Cartouche, but Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, the police use this against him and set a trap while he has a tryst with Venus in the countryside. He is captured, but his men ambush the guards as they lead him away. In the scuffle that follows, Cartouche is saved by Venus, who sacrifices her life to save him from harm. Cartouche and his men place Venus's body in an expensive carriage they stole earlier from a nobleman and roll the carriage in a lake. As the carriage slowly sinks Cartouche tells his men to disperse as he vows to avenge the death of his beloved Venus - a way that he anticipates will lead him sooner or later to the gallows.
The Burning Court, 1h51
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Jean-Claude Brialy, Édith Scob, Nadja Tiller, Claude Rich, Perrette Pradier, Walter Giller
Roles Author
Rating64% 3.2365653.2365653.2365653.2365653.236565
Historian Michel Boissard (Walter Giller), is invited with his wife Marie (Édith Scob), a descendant of the Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the notorious poisoner, to the château of Mathias Desgrez (Frédéric Duvallès). Mathias Desgrez is a descendant of the last lover of the Marchioness, who denounced her. Mathias is adept in the occult arts, which he practises with his friend Dr. Hermann (Antoine Balpêtré). To the château come Marc Desgrez (Jean-Claude Brialy), and Stephane Desgrez (Claude Rich), nephews of Mathias, who are waiting impatiently for their inheritance. The wife of Marc, Lucy (Perrette Pradier) also has hopes. And Marc's mistress Myra (Nadja Tiller) who is Mathias' personal nurse, would like to accelerate Marc's uncle's death. Mathias himself is fascinated by Marie Boissard.
Love and the Frenchwoman, 2h17
Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Christian-Jaque, René Clair, Michel Boisrond, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Darry Cowl, Sophie Desmarets, Pierre Mondy, Jacqueline Porel, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alfred Adam
Roles Writer
Rating61% 3.081943.081943.081943.081943.08194
Gisèle Bazouche, neuf ans, demande « comment viennent les enfants » à ses parents. Ne sachant que lui répondre, ceux-ci, concierges d’un immeuble parisien, sollicitent l’aide de plusieurs locataires : une prostituée, un colonel et un enseignant.
Normandy - Neman, 2h1
Directed by Jean Dréville
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Giani Esposito, Marc Cassot, Pierre Trabaud, Georges Rivière, Gérard Buhr, Nicolas Bataille
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.20923.20923.20923.20923.2092
Une vingtaine de pilotes de l’armée de l’air française, opposants à l'Armistice et aux ordres de Vichy, se rendent en URSS en 1942 pour suivre un entraînement intensif. Une fois formés, ils deviennent d'abord le Groupe de chasse Normandie, qui deviendra plus tard le groupe de chasse Normandie-Niémen, et combattent les Allemands aux côtés des Soviétiques.
Towards Ecstasy, 1h35
Directed by René Wheeler
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Pascale Petit, Giani Esposito, Serge Sauvion, Michel Ardan, Lysiane Rey, France Asselin
Roles Writer

Issue d’un milieu bourgeois, mais délétère, Catherine épouse Jérôme, un riche propriétaire terrien résidant en Afrique du Nord. Alors qu’elle baigne dans une totale harmonie familiale, elle est prise d’une crise mystique consécutive à la vision d’un religieux en pleine extase. Elle abandonne foyer et biens terrestres pour se placer comme bonne à tout faire. Après un chemin cahoteux où sa spiritualité sera sérieusement éprouvée, Catherine trouvera l’apaisement en revenant vivre auprès de son dévoué conjoint.
Adorable Sinner, 1h31
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Romy Schneider, Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar, Antoine Balpêtré, Françoise Brion, Monique Mélinand
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.961212.961212.961212.961212.96121
Produced in France, Magnificent Sinner stars Curd Jürgens as Tsar Alexander II, with Romy Schneider as the schoolgirl Katia who first becomes his mistress, before being elevated to the rank of princess. The romance between emperor and commoner leads to court intrigue and a weakening of the ties of loyalty between the Tsar's ministers and their ruler, and is instrumental in Alexander's ultimate assassination.
The Cheaters, 2h5
Directed by Marcel Carné, Serge Friedman, Paul Seban
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Roland Lesaffre, Pascale Petit, Jacques Charrier, Laurent Terzieff, Andréa Parisy, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Roles Story
Rating70% 3.5304053.5304053.5304053.5304053.530405
Comédie de mœurs autour d'une bande de jeunes Parisiens plutôt aisés de la fin des années 1950, qui vivent entre rive gauche de Saint-Germain-des-Prés et rive droite du 16e arrondissement de Paris.
When a Woman Meddles, 1h30
Directed by Yves Allégret
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Edwige Feuillère, Jean Servais, Jean Debucourt, Bernard Blier, Pascale Roberts, Bruno Cremer
Rating59% 2.9962652.9962652.9962652.9962652.996265
Angèle (nicknamed "Maine") is the wife of Henri Godot who feels his marriage was menaced by a rival. When Angèle is approached by her former husband Félix he hires a young killer.