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French playwright
Henri Bernstein
Born (1876-06-20 ) 20 June 1876Paris, France
Died 27 November 1953(1953-11-27) (aged 77)Paris, France
Occupation Playwright Spouse Antoinette Martin (1891-1981)
Henri-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein (20 June 1876 – 27 November 1953) was a French
playwright associated with
Boulevard theatre .
Biography
Bernstein was born in Paris. His earliest plays, including La Rafale (1905), Le Voleur (1907), Samson (1908), Israël (1908), and Le Secret (1913), are written in a realistic style and powerfully depict harsh realities of modern life and society.
[1]
The far-right
royalist
Camelots du Roi youth organization of the
Action française organized an
anti-Semitic
riot against a production of one of his plays in 1911. During the
Second World War , he fled to the
United States
[1] and lived in
New York City at the
Waldorf Astoria .
Jean-Pierre Aumont relates in his work Le Soleil et les Ombres (
Robert Laffont , 1976) the luxury in which he lived, as well as his general lack of interest in the war.
He is buried in the
Cimetière de Passy in Paris.
Works
Le Marché (The Market), 1900
Le Détour , 1902
Joujou , 1902
Le Bercail , 1904
La Rafale (Whirlwind), 1905
La Griffe , La Renaissance, 1906
Le Voleur (The Thief), 1906
Samson , 1907
Israël , 1908
Après moi (After Me), 1911
L'Assaut (The Assault), 1912
Le Secret , 1913
The Claw
L'Élévation , 1917
Judith , 1922
La Galerie des glaces (The Hall of Mirrors), 1924
Félix , 1926
Mélo , 1929
Le Bonheur (Happiness), 1933
Le Cœur (The Heart), 1936
Le Messager , 1937
Elvire , 1939
La Soif (The Thirst), 1949
Victor , 1950
Evangéline , 1952
Espoir (Hope), 1955
Le Venin (The Poison), 1927
Filmography
The Thief , directed by
Edgar Lewis (Silent film, 1914, based on the play Le Voleur )
Samson , directed by
Edgar Lewis (Silent film, 1915, based on the play Samson )
Sold , directed by
Edwin S. Porter and
Hugh Ford (Silent film, 1915, based on the play Le Secret )
Le Bercail [
fr ] , directed by
Marcel L'Herbier (Silent film, 1919, based on the play Le Bercail )
Elevazione [
it ] , directed by
Telemaco Ruggeri (Silent film, 1920, based on the play L'Élévation )
La Rafale [
fr ] , directed by
Jacques de Baroncelli (Silent film, 1920, based on the play La Rafale )
Shackles of Gold , directed by
Herbert Brenon (Silent film, 1922, based on the play Samson )
Samson , directed by Torello Rolli (Silent film, 1923, based on the play Samson )
The Washington Masquerade , directed by
Charles Brabin (English, 1932, based on the play La Griffe )
Dreaming Lips , directed by
Paul Czinner (German, 1932, based on the play Mélo )
Le Voleur [
fr ] , directed by
Maurice Tourneur (French, 1933, based on the play Le Voleur )
Le Bonheur , directed by
Marcel L'Herbier (French, 1934, based on the play Le Bonheur )
Melodramma [
it ] , directed by
Robert Land and
Giorgio Simonelli (Italian, 1934, based on the play Mélo )
Samson , directed by
Maurice Tourneur (French, 1936, based on the play Samson )
L'Assaut [
fr ] , directed by
Pierre-Jean Ducis (French, 1936, based on the play L'Assaut )
Dreaming Lips , directed by
Paul Czinner (English, 1937, based on the play Mélo )
The Messenger , directed by
Raymond Rouleau (French, 1937, based on the play Le Messager )
Orage , directed by
Marc Allégret (French, 1938, based on the play Le Venin )
Victor , directed by
Claude Heymann (French, 1951, based on the play Victor )
Dreaming Lips , directed by
Josef von Báky (German, 1953, based on the play Mélo )
Delirio [
it ] , directed by
Giorgio Capitani and
Pierre Billon (Italian, 1954, based on the play Le Venin )
Mélo , directed by
Alain Resnais (French, 1986, based on the play Mélo )
References
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