Richard Pottier

1906-1994

Biography: life and films

Richard Pottier was a French film director whose birth name was Ernst Deutsch. He was born in Graz, Austria-Hungary on 6th June 1906 and died in Plessis-Bouchard, Val-d'Oise, France on 2nd November 1994, aged 88.

His best films as a film director include Picpus (1943), Destins (1946), Barry (1949), Meurtres (1950) and Violettes impériales (1952), and whose best work as a screenwriter include André Cayatte's Sérénade aux nuages (1946).

Richard Pottier directed 38 films and scripted 4 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (18 films), comedy (14), history (3), Thriller (3), crime-thriller (2), comedy-thriller (2), comedy-romance (2) and comedy-drama (2).

Our average rating for Richard Pottier over all films is: 2.3

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer

Si j'étais le patron (1934) [d]

Fanfare d'amour (1935) [d]

Le Disque 413 (1935) [d]

Un oiseau rare (1935) [d]

Guilty Melody (1936) [d]

27 rue de la Paix (1937) [d]

Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge (1937) [d]

Lumières de Paris (1937) [d]

Le Monde tremblera (1939) [d]

Défense d'aimer (1942) [d]

Huit hommes dans un château (1942) [d]

Mademoiselle Swing (1942) [d,w]

La Ferme aux loups (1943) [d]

Mon amour est près de toi (1943) [d]

Picpus (1943) [d]

Les Caves du Majestic (1945) [d]

Destins (1946) [d]

L'Insaisissable Frédéric (1946) [d]

Sérénade aux nuages (1946) [w]

Vertiges (1947) [d]

L'Aventure commence demain (1948) [d]

La Nuit blanche (1948) [d]

Barry (1949) [d]

Deux amours (1949) [d]

Casimir (1950) [d]

Meurtres (1950) [d]

Caroline chérie (1951) [d]

Ouvert contre X (1952) [d]

Rendez-vous à Grenade (1952) [d]

Violettes impériales (1952) [d]

La Bella Otero (1954) [d]

Les Révoltés de Lomanach (1954) [d]

La Châtelaine du Liban (1956) [d]

Le Chanteur de Mexico (1956) [d]

Sérénade au Texas (1958) [d,w]

Tabarin (1958) [d,w]

David e Golia (1960) [d]

Il Ratto delle sabine (1961) [d]

Le Dernier tiercé (1964) [d]



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