Biography
Henri Diamant-Berger (9 June 1895 – 7 May 1972) was a French director, producer and screenwriter. In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he directed 48 films between 1913 and 1959, produced 17 between 1925 and 1967 and wrote 21 screenplays between 1916 and 1971.
Born in Paris, to a Jewish family, he studied to be a lawyer but was drawn to the motion picture business. He began his career when he co-directed the 1913 silent film short De film... en aiguilles with André Heuzé. In addition to writing screenplays, during the period from 1916 to 1919, Diamant-Berger also published and edited a film magazine and books about the movies. In 1918, he was hired by Pathé and sent to the United States to help set up the company's film laboratory at Fort Lee, New Jersey. Upon his return to France, Pathé had him set up a laboratory in Vincennes, as well as organize a film studio in Boulogne-Billancourt.
In 1921, Diamant-Berger directed the film serial Les Trois Mousquetaires, one of two film versions of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers released in 1921 (the other was Douglas Fairbanks' version) . For a short time in the mid-1920s, he made pictures in the USA, including the drama Fifty-Fifty (1925) starring Lionel Barrymore. He also directed the 1927 silent film Éducation de Prince. By the end of the decade he successfully made the transition to talkies.
Through his Barrymore connection, Diamant-Berger acquired the screen rights for a play produced on Broadway in 1921 written by John Barrymore's ex-wife, Blanche Oelrichs. His French language film version of the same title, Clair de lune (1932), starred Claude Dauphin and Blanche Montel. Among his notable sound films was a remake, Les Trois Mousquetaires (1932), a six-hour epic about the three musketeers for which he wrote the screen adaptation and used much of the same cast from his 1921 silent version. Diamant-Berger's other directorial efforts include two Arsène Lupin detective films in 1937. However, after directing Tourbillon de Paris in 1939, he lost eight full years to World War II. In 1951, he directed the acclaimed drama Monsieur Fabre starring Pierre Fresnay.
During the 1960s, Diamant-Berger devoted himself exclusively to producing, making several successful films, which includes La Belle Américaine (1961), Heaven Sent (1963) and The Counterfeit Constable (1964).
Henri Diamant-Berger died at age 76 in Paris.
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Filmography
all 53
Movies 53
Director 34
Producer 10
Writer 8
self 1
Le Cinéma de grand-père (1995)
The Song of the Balalaika (1971)
Les Compagnons de la marguerite (1967)
Thank Heaven for Small Favors (1963)
The American Beauty (1961)
The Smashing of the Reich (1961)
Ravishing (1960)
Kamikaze (1960)
Messieurs les ronds de cuir (1959)
Children Adrift (1959)
It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957)
My Priest Among the Poor (1956)
La madone des sleepings (1955)
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (1953)
My Priest Among the Rich (1952)
Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1951)
Branquignol (1949)
Kindergarten (1949)
The Unknown Singer (1947)
The King of Dodgers (1945)
Whirlwind of Paris (1939)
A Foolish Maiden (1938)
Arsène Lupin, Detective (1937)
Lovers and Thieves (1935)
Miquette and Her Mother (1934)
The Three Musketeers (1932)
Moonlight (1932)
Tu m'oublieras (1932)
The Nice Adventure (1932)
The Miracle Child (1932)
The Unknown Singer (1931)
My aunt from Honfleur (1931)
It's all arranged (1931)
Alone (1931)
Monsieur Gazon (1930)
Paris by night (1930)
Les transatlantiques (1928)
Rue de la Paix (1927)
Education of a Prince (1927)
Fifty-Fifty (1925)
The Crazy Ray (1925)
L'emprise (1924)
Le roi de la vitesse (1924)
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine (1923)
Par habitude (1923)
Jim Bougne, boxeur (1923)
Bad Boy (1923)
Gonzague (1923)
Vingt ans après (1922)
The Three Musketeers (1921)
Le Petit Café (1919)
Une soirée mondaine (1917)
Paris During the War (1916)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1895-06-09
Deathday1972-05-02 (76 years old)
Birth NameHenri Simon Diamantberger
Birth Place9th arrondissement of Paris, France
ChildrenJean-Claude Diamant-Berger
SiblingsAndré Gillois
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsHenri Simon Diamantberger, Анри Диаман-Берже
AwardsCroix de guerre 1914–1918, Médaille militaire
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