Georges Lacombe

1902-1990

Biography: life and films

Georges Lacombe (real name: Maurice Georges Lacombe) was a French film director. He was born in Paris, France on 19 August 1902 and died in Cannes, France on 14 April 1990. Towards the end of his career, he concentrated on working for French television.
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Filmography

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

Entr'acte (1924) [a]

Un coup de téléphone (1931) [d]

Ce cochon de Morin (1932) [d]

Pan!... Pan!... (1932) [d]

La Femme invisible (1933) [d]

Jeunesse (1934) [d]

La Route heureuse (1935) [d]

Les Époux scandaleux (1935) [d]

Le Coeur dispose (1936) [d]

Café de Paris (1938) [d,w]

Derrière la façade (1939) [d,w]

Elles étaient douze femmes (1940) [d]

Les Musiciens du ciel (1940) [d]

Le Dernier des six (1941) [d]

Montmartre-sur-Seine (1941) [d,w]

Le Journal tombe à cinq heures (1942) [d]

Monsieur La Souris (1942) [d]

L'Escalier sans fin (1943) [d]

Florence est folle (1944) [d]

Le Pays sans étoiles (1946) [d,w]

Leçon de conduite (1946) [w]

Martin Roumagnac (1946) [d]

Les Condamnés (1948) [d]

Prélude à la gloire (1950) [d]

La Nuit est mon royaume (1951) [d]

Les Sept péchés capitaux (1952) [d]

L'Appel du destin (1953) [d]

Leur dernière nuit (1953) [d,w]

La Lumière d'en face (1955) [d]

Cargaison blanche (1958) [d]

Mon coquin de père (1958) [d,w]



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