Joseph Kosma

1905-1969

Biography: life and films

Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian-French composer whose birth name was Jozsef Kozma. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary on 12th October 1905 and died in La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise, France on 7th August 1969, aged 63.

His best films as a musician include Jean Renoir's Partie de campagne (1936), La Grande illusion (1937), La Marseillaise (1938), Marcel Carné's Les Visiteurs du soir (1942) and Les Portes de la nuit (1946).

Joseph Kosma supplied the music for 116 films and appeared in 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jean Renoir (10 films), Jean-Paul Le Chanois (8), Jean-Devaivre (7), Marcel Carné (6), Henri Decoin (5), Léonide Moguy (4), Henri Lepage (3), Henri Calef (3), Robert Darène (2), Raymond Bernard (2), Pierre Prévert (2), Pierre Billon (2), Paul Paviot (2), Paul Grimault (2), Marc Allégret (2), Jean-Pierre Mocky (2), Jacqueline Audry (2), Hervé Bromberger (2), Gilles Grangier (2), Georges Franju (2), Edmond T. Gréville (2) and Christian-Jaque (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (73 films), romance (18), comedy (17), comedy-drama (11), comedy-romance (7), War (6), history (5), Thriller (4), Documentary (4), Biography (3), Fantasy (2) and Animation (2).

Our average rating for Joseph Kosma over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: m = musician; a = actor

Jenny (1936) [a,m]

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936) [m]

Partie de campagne (1936) [m]

La Grande illusion (1937) [m]

Le Temps des cerises (1937) [m]

La Bête humaine (1938) [m]

La Marseillaise (1938) [m]

Les Visiteurs du soir (1942) [m]

Adieu Léonard (1943) [m]

Le Soleil a toujours raison (1943) [m]

Une femme dans la nuit (1943) [m]

Les Portes de la nuit (1946) [m]

Pétrus (1946) [m]

Bethsabée (1947) [m]

L'Amour autour de la maison (1947) [m]

L'Arche de Noé (1947) [m]

La Fleur de l'âge (1947) [m]

Les Chouans (1947) [m]

Voyage surprise (1947) [m]

Bagarres (1948) [m]

D'homme à hommes (1948) [m]

Gli Uomini sono nemici (1948) [m]

La Dame d'onze heures (1948) [m]

La Dame d'onze heures (1948) [m]

Au grand balcon (1949) [m]

Hans le marin (1949) [m]

L'École buissonnière (1949) [m]

La Ferme des sept péchés (1949) [m]

La Marie du port (1949) [m]

Le Paradis des pilotes perdus (1949) [m]

Le Sang des bêtes (1949) [m]

Les Amants de Vérone (1949) [m]

Vendetta en Camargue (1949) [m]

Black Jack (1950) [m]

L'Inconnue de Montréal (1950) [m]

La Belle que voilà (1950) [m]

Le Grand rendez-vous (1950) [m]

Souvenirs perdus (1950) [m]

Trois télégrammes (1950) [m]

Champions juniors (1951) [m]

Dupont Barbès (1951) [m]

Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) [m]

Le Cap de l'espérance (1951) [m]

Ombre et lumière (1951) [m]

Pardon My French (1951) [m]

Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951) [m]

Sans laisser d'adresse (1951) [m]

Un grand patron (1951) [m]

Agence matrimoniale (1952) [m]

Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952) [m]

La Bergère et le ramoneur (1952) [m]

Le Jugement de Dieu (1952) [m]

Le Rideau rouge (1952) [m]

Les Loups chassent la nuit (1952) [m]

The Green Glove (1952) [m]

Alerte au sud (1953) [m]

Innocents in Paris (1953) [m]

La Vierge du Rhin (1953) [m]

Les Enfants de l'amour (1953) [m]

Opération Magali (1953) [m]

Huis clos (1954) [m]

Les Fruits sauvages (1954) [m]

Tempi nostri (1954) [m]

Des gens sans importance (1955) [m]

Fantaisie d'un jour (1955) [m]

L'Amant de lady Chatterley (1955) [m]

Le Port du désir (1955) [m]

Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs (1955) [m]

Les Évadés (1955) [m]

M'sieur la Caille (1955) [m]

Pas de pitié pour les caves (1955) [m]

Pas de souris dans le business (1955) [m]

Village magique (1955) [m]

Calle Mayor (1956) [m]

Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956) [m]

Elena et les hommes (1956) [m]

Goubbiah, mon amour (1956) [m]

Je reviendrai à Kandara (1956) [m]

La Loi des rues (1956) [m]

Le Long des trottoirs (1956) [m]

Maigret dirige l'enquête (1956) [m]

Soupçons (1956) [m]

L'Inspecteur aime la bagarre (1957) [m]

Le Cas du Dr Laurent (1957) [m]

Les Louves (1957) [m]

Trois jours à vivre (1957) [m]

La Chatte (1958) [m]

Tamango (1958) [m]

The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) [m]

Un certain Monsieur Jo (1958) [m]

Katia (1959) [m]

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1959) [m]

Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier (1959) [m]

Les Trois mousquetaires [TV] (1959) [m]

Quai des illusions (1959) [m]

Crésus (1960) [m]

La Chatte sort ses griffes (1960) [m]

La Française et l'amour (1960) [m]

El secreto de los hombres azules (1961) [m]

Le Pavé de Paris (1961) [m]

Les Hommes veulent vivre (1961) [m]

Dawn on the Third Day (1962) [m]

La Poupée (1962) [m]

Le Caporal épinglé (1962) [m]

Snobs! (1962) [m]

In the French Style (1963) [m]

Un drôle de paroissien (1963) [m]

Pitzutz B'Hatzot (1966) [m]

Frontera al sur (1967) [m]

Fruits amers (1967) [m]

Le Petit théâtre de Jean Renoir (1970) [m]



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