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  • BIRTH 18/03/1890
  • DEATH 04/07/1969
  • Country France
  • DIRECTOR 32
  • SCRIPT 18

Henri Decoin

Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

During World War I Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for L'Auto, L'Intransigeant and Paris-Soir. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning Quinze Combats (Fifteen Rounds), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, Les requins du pétrole (The Oil Sharks).

He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptations of Georges Simenon as The Strangers in the House (1942) - featuring Raimu in one of his famous roles, and The Truth Of Our Marriage (1952), historical films like The Case Of Poisons (1955), and The Iron Mask (1962), espionage flicks like The Cat (1958), police procedurals with Raid on the Drug Ring (1955) and Fire To The Powder (1957), psychological dramas in Green Domino (1935) (where he first met his second wife, Danielle Darrieux), and The Lovers Are Alone In The World (1948) and even an odd film noir like Between Eleven And Midnight (1949). He worked with such stars of French cinema as Jean Marais, Louis Jouvet, Juliette Gréco, Lino Ventura, Corinne Calvet, Anouk Aimée, and Jean Gabin; to name a few.

He directed Darrieux in several films, and accompanied her to Hollywood in 1938 while she signed a Universal Pictures contract. He took the opportunity to observe how Hollywood made films, and returned to France with these techniques in hand. Decoin was one of the more prolific directors of his time. Decoin was married four times. His second marriage was to actress and singer Danielle Darrieux. He had two sons; Jacques Decoin (1928–1998) and Didier Decoin who was also a prominent screenwriter.

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Henri Decoin

Director (32)

Razzia sur la Chnouf
Razzia sur la Chnouf
Le Masque de fer
Le Masque de fer
Premier rendez-vous
Premier rendez-vous
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge
Nathalie, agent secret
Nathalie, agent secret
Au Grand Balcon
Au Grand Balcon
Le feu aux poudres
Le feu aux poudres
Battement de cœur
Battement de cœur
La fille du Diable
La fille du Diable
Mariage d'amour
Mariage d'amour
Le Domino vert
Le Domino vert
Charmants Garçons
Charmants Garçons
Dortoir des grandes
Dortoir des grandes
Parias de la gloire
Parias de la gloire
Les amoureux sont seuls au monde
Les amoureux sont seuls au monde
Je suis avec toi
Je suis avec toi
Tous peuvent me tuer
Tous peuvent me tuer
Folies-Bergère
Folies-Bergère
La Française et l'Amour
La Française et l'Amour
Bonnes à tuer
Bonnes à tuer
Entre onze heures et minuit
Entre onze heures et minuit
Trois télégrammes
Trois télégrammes
L'Homme de Londres
L'Homme de Londres
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...
Mademoiselle ma mère
Mademoiselle ma mère
Non coupable
Non coupable
Abus de confiance
Abus de confiance
Les Inconnus dans la maison
Les Inconnus dans la maison
La Chatte
La Chatte
Les intrigantes
Les intrigantes
L'Affaire des poisons
L'Affaire des poisons
Maléfices
Maléfices

Script (18)

Razzia sur la Chnouf
Razzia sur la Chnouf
Premier rendez-vous
Premier rendez-vous
Dortoir des grandes
Dortoir des grandes
Le feu aux poudres
Le feu aux poudres
Maléfices
Maléfices
Portrait d'un assassin
Portrait d'un assassin
Annette et la Dame blonde
Annette et la Dame blonde
Le chanteur inconnu
Le chanteur inconnu
La fille du Diable
La fille du Diable
Parias de la gloire
Parias de la gloire
L'Affaire des poisons
L'Affaire des poisons
Tous peuvent me tuer
Tous peuvent me tuer
Bonnes à tuer
Bonnes à tuer
Port Arthur
Port Arthur
L'Homme de Londres
L'Homme de Londres
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard...
Abus de confiance
Abus de confiance
Folies-Bergère
Folies-Bergère