Edmond T. Gréville

1906-1966

Biography: life and films

Edmond T. Gréville was a French film director whose birth name was Edmond Gréville Thonger. He was born in Nice, France on 20th June 1906 and died in Nice, France on 26th May 1966, aged 59.

His best films as a film director include Remous (1933), Secret Lives (1937), Une femme dans la nuit (1943), Pour une nuit d'amour (1947) and Le Port du désir (1955), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Pour une nuit d'amour (1947), L'île du bout du monde (1959) and Antonio Margheriti's La Vergine di Norimberga (1963).

Edmond T. Gréville directed 36 films (including 6 shorts), scripted 16 films and appeared in 1 film.

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), comedy (5), romance (3), Thriller (3), crime-thriller (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Edmond T. Gréville over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Sous les toits de Paris (1930) [a]

Le Train des suicidés (1931) [d]

Le Triangle de feu (1932) [d]

Plaisirs de Paris (1932) [d]

Remous (1933) [d]

Vacances conjugales (1933) [d,w]

Marchand d'amour (1935) [d,w]

Princesse Tam Tam (1935) [d]

Gypsy Melody (1936) [d]

Brief Ecstasy (1937) [d]

Secret Lives (1937) [d,w]

Under Secret Orders (1937) [d]

What a Man! (1938) [d]

Menaces (1940) [d,w]

Une femme dans la nuit (1943) [d]

Dorothée cherche l'amour (1945) [d]

Le Diable souffle (1947) [d,w]

Pour une nuit d'amour (1947) [d,w]

But Not in Vain (1948) [d]

Noose (1948) [d]

The Romantic Age (1949) [d]

L'Envers du paradis (1953) [d,w]

Le Port du désir (1955) [d]

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes (1955) [d]

Je plaide non coupable (1956) [d,w]

Quand sonnera midi (1958) [d]

Beat Girl (1959) [d,w]

L'Île du bout du monde (1959) [d,w]

The Hands of Orlac (1960) [d,w]

Les Menteurs (1961) [d]

L'Accident (1963) [d,w]

La Vergine di Norimberga (1963) [w]



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