Richebé, Roger

(December 3, 1897, Mar­seille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - July 10, 1969, Paris, France)

   The son of Léon Richebé, a movie theater owner from Marseille, he began working with his father in 1917. He created several cinemas (le Capitole in Marseille, le Variétés in Toulouse, the Métropole in Brussels, Belgium) before switching to produc­tion. He co-founded with Pierre Braunberger Les Etablissements Braunberger-Richebé (1929-1933). Then he formed an association with Marcel Pagnol (Les Films Marcel Pagnol, 1933) before creating his own production company. He co-wrote two movies (1941 Le Roman de Renard / UK: The Tale of the Fox / USA: The Story of the Fox, animation, as co-screenwriter, producer, Irène and Wladyslaw Starewicz, shot in 1930; 1952 Der Zarewitsch / Le Tzarevitch, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Arthur-Maria Raben-alt; West Germany / France). Credits as producer only: 1930 L'Homme qui assassina (Jean Tarride); La donna di una notte (Marcel L'Herbier, Italy); 1931 On purge Bébé (Jean Renoir); La Chienne (Jean Renoir), Mam'zelle Nitouche (Marc Allégret); 1932 L'Amour à l'Américaine / USA: American Love (Claude Heymann); Fanny (Marc Allégret); 1935 Kônigsmark / USA: Crim­son Dynasty (Maurice Tourneur); 1936 Le Mort en Fuite (André Berthomieu); L'Amant de Madame Vidal (André Berthomieu); 1937 Un Déjeuner au Soleil (Marcel Cravenne); Forfaiture (Marcel L'Herbier); 1942 Monsieur La Souris / USA: Midnight in Paris (Georges Lacombe); 1943 Les Anges du Péché / UK and USA: Angels of the Streets (Robert Bresson); Voyage sans Espoir (Christian-Jaque); 1950 La Peau d'un Homme (René Jolivet); 1951 Clara de Montargis (Henri Decoin); 1955 Sophie et le Crime / USA: Girl on the Third Floor (Pierre Gaspard-Huit); 1956 Le Salaire du Péché (Denys de La Patellière). Autobiog­raphy: 1977 Au-delà de l'Ecran—70 Ans de la Vie d'un Cinéaste (Pastorelly).

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Agonie des Aigles / USA: The Death Agony of the Eagles (also producer)

        ◘ J'ai une Idée

        ◘ Minuit, Place Pigalle

        ◘ L'Habit vert (also producer)

        ◘ Prisons de Femmes / USA: Marked Girls (also adapter, producer)

        ◘ La Tradition de Minuit (also co-screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Madame Sans-Gêne (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer)

        ◘ Romance à Trois (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Domino (also producer)

        ◘ Les J3 (also producer)

        ◘ La Grande Maguet (also screenwriter, adapter, producer)

1949 ◘ Monseigneur (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer)

        ◘ Gibier de Potence (also producer)

        ◘ La Fugue de Monsieur Perle (also adapter, producer)

1953 ◘ Les Amants de Minuit (also adapter, producer)

1957 ◘ Elisa (also producer)

        ◘ Que les Hommes sont bêtes (also screenwriter, producer)

1960 ◘ Austerlitz / La battaglia di Austerlitz / Napoleone ad Austerlitz / USA: The Battle of Austerlitz (also producer; co-director with Abel Gance; France / Italy / Yugoslavia)