Georges Franju

1912-1987

Filmography

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

Le Sang des bêtes (1949) [d,w]

La Première nuit (1958) [d,w]

La Tête contre les murs (1959) [d]

Les Yeux sans visage (1960) [d]

Pleins feux sur l'assassin (1961) [d,w]

Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962) [d,w]

Judex (1963) [d]

Les Rideaux blancs (1965) [d]

Thomas l'imposteur (1965) [d,w]

La Faute de l'abbé Mouret (1970) [d,w]

Nuits rouges (1974) [d,m]

Citizen Langlois (1995) [a]

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