Dagan, Robert-Paul

(January 9, 1904, Paris, France - November 3, 1983, Saint-Lo, Manche, France)

   After his studies at the Agronomic Institute, he was a screenwriter (1937 Maman Colibri, as co-screenwriter, Jean Dréville; 1945 Echec au Roy, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Jean-Paul Paulin; 1952 La Forêt de l'Adieu, as co-screenwriter, Ralph Habib), assistant director (1938 Ultimatum, Robert Wiene; La Tragédie impériale, Marcel L'Herbier; 1939 Son Oncle de Normandie, Jean Dréville; La Brigade sau­vage, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Dréville; Entente cordiale, Marcel L'Herbier; 1940 Le Président Haudecoeur, Jean Dréville; 1941 Histoire de rire / USA: Foolish Hus­bands, Marcel L'Herbier; 1942 Haut le Vent, Jacques de Baroncelli; 1943 L'Honorable Catherine / USA: The Honorable Catherine, Marcel L'Herbier; 1945 La Vie de Bohème / La Bohème, Marcel L'Herbier, France / Italy, shot in 1942; 1946 L'Affaire du Collier de la Reine / USA: The Queen's Necklace, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Dréville; 1950 Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi / USA: The Last Days of Pompeii / Sins of Pompeii, Marcel L'Herbier, Italy / France, shot in 1948; 1953 L'Homme trahi, Walter Kapps, unfinished), and technical adviser (1943 Le Loup des Malveneur, Guillaume Radot). Other credit (as actor): 1946 Les Malheurs de Sophie (Jacqueline Audry).

 Filmography

1946 ◘ L'Ennemi sans Visage (Robert-Paul Dagan com­pleted the film after the death of Maurice Cammage)

        ◘ Désarroi (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1953 ◘ Le Père de Mademoiselle (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; co-director with Marcel L'Herbier)