René Le Somptier
René Eugène Le Somptier (12 November 1884 in Caen – 23 September 1950 in Paris) was a French filmmaker and journalist. He made his first short film, Poum à la chasse, in 1908 with his father as an actor. He was injured in World War I and after the war together with Charles Burguet made his first full-length film, La sultane de l’amour (1918).
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René Le Somptier
- Born
- 1884 · Caen.
- Died
- 1950 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- journalist · poet · film director · film producer
- Languages
- French
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René Eugène Le Somptier (12 November 1884 in Caen – 23 September 1950 in Paris) was a French filmmaker and journalist. He made his first short film, Poum à la chasse, in 1908 with his father as an actor. He was injured in World War I and after the war together with Charles Burguet made his first full-length film, La sultane de l’amour (1918).
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In 1922 he produced La dame de Montsoreau based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, starring Geneviève Félix. A colorized version was released in 1925.
• Poum à la chasse (1908) • Un drame de l'air (1913) • La sultane de l’amour (1918) • La montée vers l'Acropole (1920) • La dame de Montsoreau (1922) • The Bread Peddler (1923) • La forêt qui tue (1926) • Le p'tit Parigot (1926) - a movie serial in 6 parts • Le dernier conte de Shéhérazade (1937)
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- Robert Grelier, « Un auteur de second rayon : René Le Somptier », La Revue du cinéma, , ,
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