Edmond T. Gréville
Edmond Gréville thonger ( born June 20, 1906 in Nice, Alpes- Maritimes, France, † May 26, 1966 ) was a French film director and screenwriter who has produced over 30 international feature films between the 1930s and 1960s, including movies such as The silk loop, hot on bare stones, the sinister hands of Dr. Orlak or the liar.
Life and career
Edmond T. Gréville was born in 1906 as Edmond Gréville thonger in the French city of Nice in the Alpes - Maritimes. The son of French-British parents, his father was a Protestant pastor, began his film career as an actor in 1927 with a supporting role in Abel Gance's monumental classic Napoléon. In 1930 he played in René Clair's romantic drama Under the Roofs of Paris, the second male lead role opposite Albert Préjean. Since the work but impressed him more behind the camera, he had in 1929 changed the priorities and night world first spurs in Ewald André Dupont director crime drama as an Assistant Director. In 1931, he then started his career as a director with a series of short films, after 1932, Gréville then concentrated mainly on the implementation of feature films in France and the UK.
His first production, which was also in German cinemas was the romantic drama The power of feelings from the year 1935. Then made films in the 1940s such as for a night of love, The silken noose or the dangerous age. 1951 turned Gréville the German production under the spell of the Madonna and Maria Holst in the lead role. In 1955, he staged with Jean Gabin, the film drama port of desire. In 1960 he directed the film adaptation, the sinister hands of Dr. Orlak with Mel Ferrer and Christopher Lee in the lead roles. In 1963 he realized the crime drama The snake his last film.
In over thirty years of film career developed under Greville directed numerous film productions with prominent international cast. He wrote about a dozen screenplays and directed films in several countries and in a variety of film genres. As Edmond T. Gréville on May 26, 1966 in his hometown of Nice, died he was 59 years old.