Denys de La Patellière
# Denys de La Patellière

Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France–21 July 2013) was a French film director and scriptwriter. He also directed Television series.

He died in 2013 at the age of 92.

## Biography

The son of an officer, Denys de La Patellière was preparing for the entrance exam to the Military School of Saint-Cyr. During World War II, he enlisted in the Liberation Army. At the end of the conflict, he made a career in cinema. His brother-in-law, who worked for the Cinema Organizing Committee [fr], helped him enter the Buttes-Chaumont laboratory as a cinematographic developer worker. Subsequently, he became an editor for the news journal of the press company Les Actualités françaises [fr].

## Filmography as director

* 1955 : Les Aristocrates, with Pierre Fresnay
* 1956 : The Wages of Sin, with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau
* 1957 : The Ostrich Has Two Eggs, with Pierre Fresnay
* 1957 : Retour de manivelle, with Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Peter van Eyck, Bernard Blier
* 1958 : The Possessors, with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier
* 1959 : Rue des prairies, with Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur
* 1959 : Eyes of Love, with Danielle Darrieux and Jean-Claude Brialy
* 1960 : Taxi for Tobruk, with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Hardy Krüger and Maurice Biraud
* 1961 : Emile's Boat, with Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot, Michel Simon and Pierre Brasseur
* 1963 : Destination Rome, with Charles Aznavour, Serena Vergano and Marisa Merlini
* 1964 : God's Thunder, with Jean Gabin, Lilli Palmer, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein
* 1964 : Marco the Magnificent, with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles, Omar Sharif, Elsa Martinelli, Akim Tamiroff
* 1965 : The Upper Hand, with Jean Gabin, George Raft, Gert Fröbe, Nadja Tiller, Mireille Darc
* 1966 : Soleil noir, with Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, Valentina Cortese
* 1966 : Le Voyage du père, with Fernandel
* 1968 : Darling Caroline, with France Anglade, Vittorio De Sica, Bernard Blier, Charles Aznavour, Gert Fröbe, Jean-Claude Brialy, Karin Dor
* 1968 : Le tatoué, with Jean Gabin and Louis de Funès
* 1972 : Le Tueur [fr], with Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Bernard Blier, Gérard Depardieu
* 1973 : Forbidden Priests, with Robert Hossein, Claude Jade
* 1980 : Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, with Jacques Weber (TV)
* 1990 : Paparoff se dédouble, with Michel Constantin, Pascale Petit (TV)
* 1992 : Diamond Swords, with Caroline Goodall, Jason Flemyng

## Filmography as scenarist

* La Tour, prends garde ! (1958)
