Biography: life and films
Denys de La Patellière was a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Nantes, France on 8th March 1921 and died in Dinard, France on 21st July 2013, aged 92.His best films as a film director include Le Salaire du péché (1956), Les Yeux de l'amour (1959), Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960), Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965) and Le Tueur (1972), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Les Grandes familles (1958), Les Yeux de l'amour (1959), Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960) and Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965).
Denys de La Patellière directed 23 films and scripted 22 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (14 films), comedy-drama (7), comedy (4), War (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3), Thriller (3) and romance (2).
Our average rating for Denys de La Patellière over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer
Les Aristocrates (1955) [d,w]
Le Salaire du péché (1956) [d,w]
Les Oeufs de l'autruche (1957) [d]
Retour de manivelle (1957) [d,w]
La Tour, prends garde! (1958) [w]
Les Grandes familles (1958) [d,w]
Thérèse Étienne (1958) [d,w]
Les Yeux de l'amour (1959) [d,w]
Rue des Prairies (1959) [d,w]
Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960) [d,w]
Carillons sans joie (1962) [w]
Le Bateau d'Émile (1962) [d,w]
Pourquoi Paris? (1962) [d]
Du grabuge chez les veuves (1964) [w]
La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) [d,w]
Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965) [d,w]
Du rififi à Paname (1966) [d,w]
Le Voyage du père (1966) [d,w]
Soleil noir (1966) [d,w]
Le Tatoué (1968) [d]
Moto Shel Yehudi (1970) [d,w]
Le Tueur (1972) [d]
Prêtres interdits (1973) [d,w]
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