Barberis, René

(March II, 1886, Nice, Alpes- Maritimes, France - August II, 1959, Syra, Greece)

   He made his apprenticeship as assistant director (1924 Mandrin, eight parts: "Le Révolté", "L'Exempt Pistolet", "L'Etrange Escamoteur", "L'Eloge de Mandrin", "Le Château de Mr Voltaire", "La Grâce du Roy", "La Tra­hison", "Justice", "Henri Fescourt"; 1925 Surcouf, eight parts: "Le Roi des Corsaires", "Les Pontons anglais", "Les Fiançailles tragiques", "Un Cœur de Héros", "La Chasse à l'Homme", "La Lettre à Bonaparte", "La Morsure du Serpent", "La Réponse de Bonaparte", Luitz Morat; Les Misérables, four parts: "Prologue et Fantine", "Cosette", "Marius", "L'Epopée Rue Saint-Denis", Henri Fescourt). A film director since 1927, he also was production designer (1936 Les Petites Alliées, Jean Dréville) and adapter (1930 Un hombre de suerte, Spanish-language version of René Barberis's Un Trou dans le Mur, Benito Perojo).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Larmes de Colette

        ◘ La Veine

        ◘ La Merveilleuse Journée (also adapter)

        ◘ Le Danseur inconnu

        ◘ La Tentation (co-director with René Leprince)

        ◘ Un Trou dans le Mur (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Une Fameuse Idée (medium-length; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Romance à l'Inconnue

1932 ◘ Le Casque de Fer (short; also adapter)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Château d'If (short)

1934 ◘ Casanova / Les Amours de Casanova

        ◘ Ramuntcho (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Coups de Feu

1943 ◘ La Chèvre d'Or (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)