Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Raoul Lévy is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Belge born on 14 april 1922 at Antwerp (Belgique)

Raoul Lévy

Raoul Lévy
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality Belgique
Birth 14 april 1922 at Antwerp (Belgique)
Death 31 december 1966 (at 44 years)

Raoul Lévy est un producteur, scénariste et réalisateur belge, né le 14 avril 1922 à Anvers et mort le 31 décembre 1966 à Saint-Tropez. Il fut en 1956 le producteur du film Et Dieu... créa la femme, qui eut un immense succès international et contribua à lancer la carrière de Brigitte Bardot et du metteur en scène Roger Vadim. Il produisit par la suite quatre autres films de l'actrice et collabora notamment avec Henri-Georges Clouzot, Christian-Jaque et Claude Autant-Lara.

Séducteur, cultivé, brillant, dépensier et parfois impécunieux, il avait le goût du faste et un tempérament de joueur. Raoul Lévy aimait le cinéma et aimait aussi prendre des risques. Il connut de ce fait de fréquents déboires financiers.

Il caressa longtemps le projet ambitieux de monter une superproduction sur Marco Polo avec Alain Delon en vedette. Après plusieurs années de vicissitudes, le film vit enfin le jour, l'acteur allemand Horst Buchholz ayant remplacé Alain Delon. Ce dernier avait abandonné la production après un mois de tournage.

Best films

...And God Created Woman (1956)
(Scriptwriter)
Love Is My Profession (1958)
(Producer)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
(Scriptwriter)
The Truth (1960)
(Producer)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Raoul Lévy (13 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1h35
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La banlieue française, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Jean Narboni, Jean-Luc Godard, Raoul Lévy, Yves Beneyton
Roles John Bogus, the American
Rating64% 3.247743.247743.247743.247743.24774
The film does not tell a story so much as present an essay-like study of Godard's view of contemporary life; Godard wrote that "I wanted to include everything: sports, politics, even groceries. Everything should be put in a film". Godard himself narrates the film in a whispered voice-over that discusses his fears to the audience about the contemporary world, including the Vietnam War. The film often cuts to various still shots of bright consumer products and ongoing construction.
...And God Created Woman, 1h35
Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes La provence, Films about sexuality
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Christian Marquand, Jane Marken, Jacqueline Ventura
Roles Un joueur (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1479553.1479553.1479553.1479553.147955
Juliette (Brigitte Bardot) is an 18-year-old orphan with a high level of sexual energy. She makes no effort to restrain her natural sensuality – lying nude in her yard, habitually kicking her shoes off and walking around barefoot, and disregarding many societal restraints and the opinions of others. These factors cause a stir and attract the attentions of most of the men around her.

Director

The Defector, 1h46
Directed by Raoul Lévy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall, Macha Méril, Christine Delaroche, David Opatoshu
Rating57% 2.8527152.8527152.8527152.8527152.852715
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques collector where he encounters Heinzmann, an East German fellow physicist, who is also a secret agent. Heinzmann is aware of Bower's meeting with Adams and his intention to steal the microfilm, but their mutual respect for one another's tactics complicate the proceedings.
Marco the Magnificent, 1h52
Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard, Raoul Lévy
Origin Egypte
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Robert Hossein, Massimo Girotti, Orson Welles, Elsa Martinelli
Rating53% 2.6604552.6604552.6604552.6604552.660455
Au XIII siècle, le jeune Marco Polo, fils d'une famille de commerçants vénitiens, va à Pékin pour rencontrer l'empereur mongol Kubilai Khan qui a transmis un message d'entente au pape Grégoire X, représentant de l'Occident chrétien. Marco Polo assure la pérennité de l'empereur en déjouant les tentatives d'usurpation de son trône en devenant, en quelque sorte, son ambassadeur dans différents pays d'Asie.
Hail! Mafia, 1h30
Directed by Raoul Lévy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Eddie Constantine, Henry Silva, Jack Klugman, Elsa Martinelli, Micheline Presle, Michael Lonsdale
Rating70% 3.5075953.5075953.5075953.5075953.507595
À New-York, Ruidosa, un ancien mafieux reconverti dans les affaires, fait l'objet d'une enquête et craint le témoignage d'un de ses anciens associés de Marseille, Rudy Hamberg. Par sécurité, il décide de faire liquider ce témoin gênant. Mais la situation évolue, Ruidosa est blanchi, et il décide de tout arrêter, alors que les tueurs à Marseille sont déjà en chasse.

Scriptwriter

The Defector, 1h46
Directed by Raoul Lévy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall, Macha Méril, Christine Delaroche, David Opatoshu
Rating57% 2.8527152.8527152.8527152.8527152.852715
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques collector where he encounters Heinzmann, an East German fellow physicist, who is also a secret agent. Heinzmann is aware of Bower's meeting with Adams and his intention to steal the microfilm, but their mutual respect for one another's tactics complicate the proceedings.
Marco the Magnificent, 1h52
Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard, Raoul Lévy
Origin Egypte
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Robert Hossein, Massimo Girotti, Orson Welles, Elsa Martinelli
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.6604552.6604552.6604552.6604552.660455
Au XIII siècle, le jeune Marco Polo, fils d'une famille de commerçants vénitiens, va à Pékin pour rencontrer l'empereur mongol Kubilai Khan qui a transmis un message d'entente au pape Grégoire X, représentant de l'Occident chrétien. Marco Polo assure la pérennité de l'empereur en déjouant les tentatives d'usurpation de son trône en devenant, en quelque sorte, son ambassadeur dans différents pays d'Asie.
Hail! Mafia, 1h30
Directed by Raoul Lévy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Eddie Constantine, Henry Silva, Jack Klugman, Elsa Martinelli, Micheline Presle, Michael Lonsdale
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5075953.5075953.5075953.5075953.507595
À New-York, Ruidosa, un ancien mafieux reconverti dans les affaires, fait l'objet d'une enquête et craint le témoignage d'un de ses anciens associés de Marseille, Rudy Hamberg. Par sécurité, il décide de faire liquider ce témoin gênant. Mais la situation évolue, Ruidosa est blanchi, et il décide de tout arrêter, alors que les tueurs à Marseille sont déjà en chasse.
Babette Goes to War, 1h40
Directed by Christian-Jaque
Origin France
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Ronald Howard, Jacques Charrier, Francis Blanche, Hannes Messemer, Yves Vincent
Rating61% 3.0781253.0781253.0781253.0781253.078125
En 1940, Babette, une jeune provinciale française, se retrouve à Londres où le lieutenant Gérard de Crécy la fait engager comme femme de ménage au Quartier Général de la France libre. Le major Fitzpatrick, officier de renseignement britannique, remarque son étrange ressemblance avec Hilda, l'ex-maîtresse du responsable allemand du débarquement en Angleterre, le général von Arenberg. Après un entraînement intensif, elle est parachutée en France avec Gérard afin d'enlever le général. Mais après le parachutage, incapable de retrouver son beau lieutenant, elle prend seule le train pour Paris.
...And God Created Woman, 1h35
Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes La provence, Films about sexuality
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Christian Marquand, Jane Marken, Jacqueline Ventura
Rating62% 3.1479553.1479553.1479553.1479553.147955
Juliette (Brigitte Bardot) is an 18-year-old orphan with a high level of sexual energy. She makes no effort to restrain her natural sensuality – lying nude in her yard, habitually kicking her shoes off and walking around barefoot, and disregarding many societal restraints and the opinions of others. These factors cause a stir and attract the attentions of most of the men around her.

Producer

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1h35
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La banlieue française, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Jean Narboni, Jean-Luc Godard, Raoul Lévy, Yves Beneyton
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.247743.247743.247743.247743.24774
The film does not tell a story so much as present an essay-like study of Godard's view of contemporary life; Godard wrote that "I wanted to include everything: sports, politics, even groceries. Everything should be put in a film". Godard himself narrates the film in a whispered voice-over that discusses his fears to the audience about the contemporary world, including the Vietnam War. The film often cuts to various still shots of bright consumer products and ongoing construction.
The Defector, 1h46
Directed by Raoul Lévy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall, Macha Méril, Christine Delaroche, David Opatoshu
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8527152.8527152.8527152.8527152.852715
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques collector where he encounters Heinzmann, an East German fellow physicist, who is also a secret agent. Heinzmann is aware of Bower's meeting with Adams and his intention to steal the microfilm, but their mutual respect for one another's tactics complicate the proceedings.
Marco the Magnificent, 1h52
Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard, Raoul Lévy
Origin Egypte
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Robert Hossein, Massimo Girotti, Orson Welles, Elsa Martinelli
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.6604552.6604552.6604552.6604552.660455
Au XIII siècle, le jeune Marco Polo, fils d'une famille de commerçants vénitiens, va à Pékin pour rencontrer l'empereur mongol Kubilai Khan qui a transmis un message d'entente au pape Grégoire X, représentant de l'Occident chrétien. Marco Polo assure la pérennité de l'empereur en déjouant les tentatives d'usurpation de son trône en devenant, en quelque sorte, son ambassadeur dans différents pays d'Asie.
The Truth
The Truth (1960)
, 2h4
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey, Paul Meurisse, Jacques Perrin, Marie-Josée Nat
Roles Producer
Rating75% 3.7962353.7962353.7962353.7962353.796235
Dominique Marceau is a young Frenchwoman on trial for killing her lover, Gilbert.
Seven Days… Seven Nights, 1h30
Directed by Peter Brook
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about classical music and musicians
Actors Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascale de Boysson, Jean Deschamps, Didier Haudepin, Colette Régis
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.4337753.4337753.4337753.4337753.433775
Dans une ville portuaire, une jeune mère bourgeoise, Anne Desbaresdes, rencontre un ancien ouvrier de l'usine que gère son mari. Par le biais de conversations entre oisifs, qui s'étirent lors de fins d'après-midi dans un café, Anne confronte sa vie rangée à une passion basée sur un idéal développé tout au long du film. Le récit s'ouvre en effet sur un meurtre passionnel sur lequel l'héroïne va ressasser des questions nécessairement sans réponse.