Bernard, Raymond

(October 10, 1891, Paris, France - December 12, 1977, Paris, France)

   The son of writer-playwright Tristan Bernard (1866-1947) and brother of writer Jean-Jacques Bernard, he studied dramatic art at age fifteen and made his film debut as an actor in 1916 in Jeanne Doré (René Hervil, Louis Mercanton), in which starred Sarah Bernhardt. The same year, he served as assistant to Jacques Feyder (L'Homme de Compagnie). The first movies he directed were adaptations from his father's works. He made an uncredited appearance in the remake of his film Le Miracle des Loups (1961 Le Miracle des Loups / La congiura dei potenti / USA: Blood on His Sword / The Miracle of the Wolves, André Hunebelle, France / Italy).

 Filmography

        ◘ Le Ravin sans Fond (co-director with Jacques Feyder)

        ◘ Le Gentilhomme commerçant / USA: The Com­mercial Gentleman

        ◘ Le Traitement du Hoquet

1919 ◘ Le Petit Café / USA: The Little Cafe (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Secret de Rosette Lambert

        ◘ La Maison vide

        ◘ Triplepatte

        ◘ Le Costaud des Epinettes L'Homme inusable Décadence et Grandeur

        ◘ Le Miracle des Loups / USA: Miracle of the Wolves (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1927 ◘ Le Joueur d'Echecs / USA: The Chess Player (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Tarakanova (shot in 1928-1929)

        ◘ Faubourg-Montmartre

        ◘ Les Croix de Bois / UK and USA: Wooden

        ◘ Crosses (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Misérables (three parts: "Une Tempête sous un Crâne", "Les Thénardier", "Liberté, Liberté chérie"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Tartarin de Tarascon

        ◘ Amants et Voleurs (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Anne-Marie (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Coupable

        ◘ Marthe Richard au Service de la France

        ◘ J'étais une Aventurière

        ◘ Les Otages / USA: The Mayor's Dilemna

        ◘ Cavalcade d'Amour

1946 ◘ Un Ami viendra ce Soir / USA: A Friend Will Come Tonight (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Adieu Chérie (also co-adapter)

1949 ◘ Maya (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1951 ◘ Le Cap de l'Espérance / La nostra pelle (France / Italy)

1952 ◘ Le Jugement de Dieu (also co-adapter; shot in 1949-1950)

1953 ◘ La Dame aux Camélias / La signora delle camelie / USA: A Lady Without Camelias (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Belle de Cadix / La bella de Cadiz (also co-adapter; France / Spain)

1955 ◘ Les Fruits de l'Eté / Ihre Liebesnacht / Nicht alle kônnen Engel sein! / USA: Fruits of Summer (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Le Septième Commandement (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Septième Ciel / La vedova elettrica (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)