Lampin, Georges

(October 14, 1901, Ekaterin­burg, Russia-May 8, 1979, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)

   A stage actor and director in Moscow, he settled in Paris in 1924 and served as a production assistant (1927 Napoléon / Napoléon Bonaparte / USA: Abel Gance's Napoleon / Napoleon, also actor, Abel Gance, shot in 1925), actor (1926 Carmen, Jacques Feyder; 1935 Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoléon / Napoléon Bonaparte, vu et entendu par Abel Gance, Abel Gance), assistant director (1927 Paname n'est pas Paris / Die Apachen von Paris / USA: Apaches in Paris, Alexandre Volkoff, France / Germany; Paris-New York-Paris, Robert Péguy; 1929 Les Deux Timides, René Clair; 1930 Nuits de Princes / Nuits tziganes, Marcel l'Herbier; Le Mystère de la Chambre jaune / USA: The Mystery of the Yellow Room, Marcel L'Herbier; 1931 Le Bal, Wilhelm Thiele; 1948 Arch ofTriumph, Lewis Milestone, USA), and pro­duction manager (1928 L'Argent / Jazz Bank, Marcel L'Herbier; 1931 A nous la Liberté / UK: Freedom for Us / USA: Liberty for Us, René Clair; 1936 Les Amants terri­bles, Marc Allégret; 1937 Courrier-Sud, Pierre Billon; La Bataille silencieuse, Pierre Billon; 1938 Adrienne Lecou-vreur, Marcel L'Herbier; Le Récif de Corail, Maurice Gleize; 1939 Dernière Jeunesse / UK: Last Desire / USA: Second Chilhood, also production director, Jeff Musso, Italian-language version: Ultima giovinezza, France / Italy; Angélica / La Rose de Sang / Rosse di sangue / USA: Blood Red Rose, Jean Choux, France / Italy; 1940 La Comédie du Bonheur, Marcel L'Herbier; 1941 Histoire de rire / USA: Foolish Husbands, Marcel L'Herbier; 1942 Les Visiteurs du Soir / UK and USA: The Devil's Envoys, Marcel Carné; 1943 L'Honorable Catherine / USA: The Honorable Catherine, Marcel L'Herbier; Fou d'Amour, Paul Mesnier; Lucrèce, Léo Joannon; 1944 Vautrin / USA: Vautrin the Thief, Pierre Billon). His first directing effort was an adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. He also was a co-screenwriter (1934 Le Voyage imprévu / USA: Slipper Episode, Jean de Limur) and second unit director (1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers / Danger Grows Wild / Opération Opium / il papavero è anche un flore / Mohn ist auch eine Blume / USA: The Poppy is Also a Flower / US video: The Opium Connection, Terence Young, UK / France / Italy / Austria). He supervised the shooting of Robert Hossein's first film (1956 Les Salauds vont en Enfer / USA: The Wicked Go to Hell, Robert Hossein).

 Filmography

1946 ◘ L'idiot / UK and USA: The idiot

        ◘ Eternel Conflit

        ◘ Retour à la Vie (segment "Le Retour d'Antoine")

        ◘ Le Paradis des Pilotes perdus / USA: The Hell of Lost Pilots

        ◘ Les Anciens de Saint-Loup (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Passion (also co-adapter)

        ◘ La Maison dans la Nuit

        ◘ Suivez cet Homme

1954 ◘ Le Puits au Miracle (short)

1956 ◘ Rencontre à Paris

        ◘ Crime et Châtiment / UK: The Most Dangerous Sin / USA: Crime and Punishment 1958 La Tour, prends garde! / Agli ordini del re / USA: King on Horseback (France / Italy / Yugoslavia) 1963 Mathias Sandorf / il grande ribelle / El conde Sandorf / El grande rebelde (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy / Spain)