Valentin, Albert

(August 5, 1908, La Lou-vière, Belgium-April 13, 1968, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   He was an assistant director to René Clair (1931 A nous la Liberté / USA: Liberty for Us; 1933 Quatorze Juil­let; 1934 Le Dernier Milliardaire; 1935 The Ghost Goes West, UK; Break the News, UK). From 1932 (Boudu sauvé des Eaux / USA: Boudu Saved from Drowning, Jean Renoir) to 1968 (Vingt-Quatre Heures de la Vie d'une Femme / 24 Stunden im Leben einer Frau, Dominique Delouche, France / West Germany), he was a screenwriter in great demand and notably wrote or co-wrote three beautiful Jean Grémillon movies (1938 L'Etrange Monsieur Victor / Der merkwurdige Monsieur Victor, France / Germany; 1944 Le Ciel est à vous, 1951 L'Etrange Madame X). He started his directing career shooting French-language versions of German films.

 Filmography

        ◘ Toi que j'adore (also screenwriter, dialogist; French-language version of Geza von Bolvary's Ich kenn'Dich nicht und Liebe Dich; Germany)

        ◘ La Chanson de l'Adieu / UK: Farewell (French-language version of Geza von Bolvary's Abschiedwalzer; Germany)

        ◘ Stradivarius (French-language version of Geza von Bolvary's Stradivari; Germany)

        ◘ Les Dieux s'amusent (French-language version of Reinhold Schunzel's Amphitryon / Aus den

        ◘ Wolken kommt das Gluck; Germany)

        ◘ Taxi de Minuit / Deux contre un (medium-length)

1940 ◘ L'Entraîneuse (shot in 1938)

        ◘ L'Héritier des Mondésir

        ◘ La Maison des Sept jeunes Filles

        ◘ A la Belle Frégate Marie-Martine

        ◘ La Vie de Plaisir (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Secret de Monte Cristo

        ◘ L'Echafaud peut attendre (also screenwriter)