Robert Vernay

1907-1979

Biography: life and films

Robert Vernay was a French film director and screenwriter whose birth name was Robert Georges Viandon. He was born in Paris, France on 30th May 1907 and died in Paris, France on 17th October 1979, aged 72.

His best films as a film director include Le béguin de la garnison (1932), Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1943), Fort de la solitude (1948), Sur le banc (1955) and Fuga desesperada (1961), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1943), Le Capitan (1946), Plus de vacances pour le Bon Dieu (1950) and Luis Lucia's El Sueño de Andalucía (1951).

Robert Vernay directed 31 films (including 1 short) and scripted 18 films.

His most frequent genres include: comedy (14 films), drama (11), comedy-drama (4), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (2) and comedy-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Robert Vernay over all films is: 2.5

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer

Le Béguin de la garnison (1932) [d]

Le Prince des Six Jours (1936) [d]

Café de Paris (1938) [w]

La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942) [d]

Arlette et l'amour (1943) [d]

Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1943) [d]

Le Père Goriot (1945) [d]

Le Capitan (1946) [d,w]

Émile l'Africain (1948) [d]

Fort de la solitude (1948) [d]

Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949) [d,w]

Véronique (1949) [d]

Plus de vacances pour le Bon Dieu (1950) [d,w]

Andalousie (1951) [d]

El Sueño de Andalucía (1951) [w]

Ils sont dans les vignes (1952) [d]

Quitte ou double (1953) [d]

La Rue des bouches peintes (1955) [d,w]

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1955) [d]

Sur le banc (1955) [d]

Ces sacrées vacances (1956) [d,w]

Les Carottes sont cuites (1956) [d,w]

Les Lumières du soir (1956) [d,w]

Fumée blonde (1957) [d,w]

Le Coin tranquille (1957) [d,w]

Quelle sacrée soirée (1957) [d]

Madame et son auto (1958) [d,w]

Drôles de phénomènes (1959) [d,w]

Monsieur Suzuki (1960) [d,w]

Tête folle (1960) [d]

Fuga desesperada (1961) [d,w]

Passeport diplomatique agent K 8 (1965) [d]



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