Cardinal, Pierre

(June 8, 1924, Algiers, Alge­ria-May 16, 1998, Saint-Martin-aux-Buneaux, Seine-Maritime, France)

   Having graduated from the IDHEC, where he later taught, he served as assistant to director René Jayet (1949 Une Nuit de Noces; 1951 Le Chéri de sa Concierge) before directing a couple of feature films. Then he entered French TV in 1956 and is remembered for his literary adaptations.

 Filmography

1952 ◘ Au Cœur de la Casbah (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1955 ◘ Fantaisie d'un Jour (also co-producer)

 Television Filmography

1956 ◘ Gros Plan (documentary; also producer; episodes "Marcel Pagnol", "Maria Casarès", "Paul Meurisse", "Albert Camus", "Henri De-coin", "Paul Géraldy", "Jean Cocteau", "Michel Simon", "Marcelle Auclair", "Henri Jeanson")

        ◘ La Sorcellerie (documentary)

        ◘ Elan blanc (6 x 15')

        ◘ Le Rouge et le Noir (also screenwriter, adapter)

1962 ◘ Candide (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Jean Barois

        ◘ Jacques le Fataliste et son Maître

1963 ◘ La Route (15 x 13')

        ◘ Lettres de la Religieuse portugaise

        ◘ Les Beaux Yeux d'Agatha (4 x 70')

        ◘ Destins

        ◘ La Grande Peur dans la Montagne

        ◘ L'œuvre (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ La Boniface

        ◘ Le Désert de l'Amour

1971 ◘ Vipère au poing / Viper in the Fist

        ◘ Sous le Soleil de Satan (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Silbermann

1972 ◘ Les Fossés de Vincennes

        ◘ La Mare au diable

        ◘ Les Mémoires de Guerre du Général de Gaulle (three-part documentary)

        ◘ Une Simple Question d'Etiquette (documentary; short; Canada)

        ◘ Madame Bovary

        ◘ Saint-Just ou La Force des Choses

        ◘ La Vie de Marianne (6 x 52')

        ◘ Ces Chênes qu'on abat

1978 ◘ 68 dans le Monde (documentary; co-director with Frédérique Grou-Radenez)

        ◘ Nazarin (4 x 80')

        ◘ Mers El-Kébir

        ◘ La Vie de Pierre de Coubertin

        ◘ Bel Ami (3 x 90')

        ◘ Le Dialogue des Carmélites 1988 Lhèdre