About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1901-08-05
Place of birth:
Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France
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Claude Autant-Lara

Overview

Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill School during his mother's exile as a pacifist. Early in his career, he worked as an art director and costume designer, his best-known work in this vein was possibly for Nana (1926), a silent film directed by Jean Renoir. Autant-Lara also acted in the film.

As a director, he frequently created provocative movies, saying "if a film does not have venom, it is worthless". In the 1960s, he turned his back on the New Wave movement, and from then on he had no popular successes.

On 18 June 1989, he came to public notice again, controversially, when he was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the National Front and the oldest member of the assembly. In his maiden speech, in July 1989, he caused a scandal by expressing his "concerns about the American cultural threat", provoking a walkout by the majority of the deputies.

In an interview granted to the monthly magazine Globe in September 1989, he accused ex-President of the European Parliament and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil of playing "ethnic politics" to try and "infiltrate and dominate", saying that "If they try to speak to me about genocide, I say they missed mother Veil!" He also described Nazi gas chambers as a "string of lies". The resulting scandal led to his resignation as European deputy. Moreover, the members of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, of which he was a vice-president for life, voted to prohibit him from taking his seat thenceforth.

His memoir, The Rage in the Heart, appeared in 1984. He died at Antibes in Alpes-Maritimes in 2000.

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Known for

Acting
2019 Journeys Through French Cinema Actor Self N/A
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1980 My Name Is Anna Magnani Actor Self 59
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1926 Nana Actor Fauchery 59
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1920 The Man of the Sea Actor Un des copains (uncredited) 59
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Directing
1977 Gloria Directing Director 58
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1969 Potatoes Directing Director 59
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1968 Franciscan of Bourges Directing Director 59
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1967 The Oldest Profession Directing Director 58
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1966 Une femme en blanc se révolte Directing Director 59
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1965 A Woman in White Directing Director 58
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1965 Black Humor Directing Director 58
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1963 Josefa's Loot Directing Director 58
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1963 Enough Rope Directing Director 59
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1961 The Count of Monte Cristo Directing Director 59
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1961 Thou Shalt Not Kill Directing Director 59
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1961 Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! Directing Director 59
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1960 Lovers Woods Directing Director 58
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1960 The Regattas of San Francisco Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Green Mare Directing Director 58
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1958 The Gambler Directing Director 59
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1958 Love is My Profession Directing Director 59
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1956 La Traversée de Paris Directing Director 63
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1955 Marguerite of the Night Directing Director 58
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1954 Le Rouge et le Noir Directing Director 59
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1954 The Game of Love Directing Director 59
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1953 Good Lord Without Confession Directing Director 58
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1952 The Seven Deadly Sins Directing Director 59
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1951 The Red Inn Directing Director 60
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1949 Keep an Eye on Amelia Directing Director 59
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1947 Devil in the Flesh Directing Director 59
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1946 Sylvia and the Ghost Directing Director 59
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1943 Douce Directing Director 59
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1942 Love Letters Directing Director 59
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1942 The Marriage of Chiffon Directing Director 59
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1939 The Mysterious Mr. Davis Directing Director 58
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1939 Fric-Frac Directing Director 59
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1938 The Stream Directing Director 58
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1937 Courier of Lyons Directing Director 59
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1933 Ciboulette Directing Director N/A
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1932 Plumber in love Directing Director N/A
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1932 The incomplete athlete Directing Director N/A
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1931 Buster se marie Directing Director N/A
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1929 Boul se met au vert Directing Director N/A
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1928 Little Devil May Care Directing Assistant Director 59
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1928 To Build a Fire Directing Director N/A
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1925 The Crazy Ray Directing Assistant Director 59
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1923 News Item Directing Director 59
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Writing
1969 Potatoes Writing Writer 59
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1954 Le Rouge et le Noir Writing Writer 59
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1954 The Game of Love Writing Dialogue 59
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1954 The Game of Love Writing Adaptation 59
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1953 Good Lord Without Confession Writing Screenplay 58
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1951 The Red Inn Writing Screenplay 60
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1947 Devil in the Flesh Writing Writer 59
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1923 News Item Writing Writer 59
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Production
1966 Une femme en blanc se révolte Production Producer 59
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1939 The Mysterious Mr. Davis Production Producer 58
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Art
1926 Nana Art Production Design 59
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1924 L'Inhumaine Art Art Direction 59
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1922 Don Juan et Faust Art Art Direction N/A
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1920 The Man of the Sea Art Production Design 59
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1920 The Man of the Sea Art Art Direction 59
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1920 Le Carnaval des vérités Art Art Direction N/A
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Costume & Make-Up
1947 Devil in the Flesh Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1943 Douce Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1942 The Marriage of Chiffon Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1924 L'Inhumaine Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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Editing
1923 News Item Editing Editor 59
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