Pottier, Richard

(Richard Deutsch / June 6, 1906, Graz, Austria-November 2, 1994, Le Plessis-Bouchard, Val-d'Oise, France)

   A former student of medicine, he began as an assist­ant to Josef von Sternberg and Dimitri Buchowetzki in 1929 in Germany. He settled in Paris, where he directed his first movie in 1934 and worked as a cine-matographer (1942 Le Tonnelier documentary, medium-length), shot additional scenes for Mariage d'Amour (Henri Decoin, 1942), and worked as a screenwriter (1945 Le Roi des Resquilleurs, as co-adapter, Jean De-vaivre; 1946 Sérénade aux Nuages, as co-screenwriter, André Cayatte) and supervisor (1949 Interdit au Public, Alfred Pasquali).

 Filmography

        ◘ Si j'étais le Patron

        ◘ Fanfare d'Amour Un Oiseau rare

        ◘ Le Disque 413 (also English-language version: Guilty Melody)

        ◘ 27, Rue de la Paix

        ◘ Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge

        ◘ Lumières de Paris

        ◘ Le Monde tremblera / La Révolte des Vivants / USA: The World Will Shake (shot in 1939)

        ◘ Mademoiselle Swing (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Défense d'aimer

        ◘ Huit Hommes dans un Château

1943 ◘ Picpus

        ◘ Mon Amour est près de toi La Ferme aux Loups

        ◘ Les Caves du Majestic

        ◘ L'Insaisissable Frédéric Destins

        ◘ Vertiges

        ◘ L'Aventure commence Demain La Nuit blanche

        ◘ Deux Amours

        ◘ Barry

        ◘ Casimir / USA: Three Feet in a Bed Meurtres / UK and USA: Three Sinners

        ◘ Caroline Chérie / USA: Dear Caroline

        ◘ Rendez-vous à Grenade Ouvert contre X

        ◘ Violettes impériales / Violetas imperiales (France / Spain)

1954 ◘ Les Révoltés de Lomanach / L'eroe della Vendea (France / Italy)

        ◘ La Belle Otéro / La Bella Otero (France / Italy)

        ◘ Il prigionero del re / Le Masque de Fer (co-director with Giorgio Rivalta; Italy / France)

        ◘ La Châtelaine du Liban / La castellana del Libano / USA: The Lebanese Mission / US TV: Desert Detour (France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Chanteur de México / El cantor de Mexico (France / Spain)

1958 ◘ Tabarin (also co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Sérénade au Texas (also co-screenwriter)

1960 ◘ David e Golia / David et Goliath / USA: David and Goliath (co-director with Ferdinando Baldi; Italy / France)

1961 ◘ Il ratto delle Sabine / L'Enlèvement des Sabines / USA: Romulus and the Sabines (Italy / France)

1965 ◘ Dernier Tiercé