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Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor.
Jean-Paul Etienne Dreyfus, dit Jean-Paul Le Chanois, né le 25 octobre 1909 à Paris 9e et mort le 8 juillet 1985 à Passy en Haute-Savoie 2, est un cinéaste et homme de théâtre français .
Jean-Paul Le Chanois (1909-1985) was a French writer, director and actor who made socialist and populist films. He collaborated with Jean Renoir and others on "La vie est à nous" (1936), and directed "The Case of Dr. Laurent" (1957) and "Les Misérables" (1958).
Jean-Paul Le Chanois. Writer: Without Leaving an Address. For many decades, no French director was held in greater contempt than Jean-Paul Le Chanois (1909-1985). He was the perfect target of criticism by the New Wave filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Jean-Paul Le Chanois is known as an Director, Actor, Screenplay, Writer, Adaptation, Dialogue, Story, Production Manager, Assistant Director, and Editor. Some of his work includes Les Misérables, The Case of Dr. Laurent, Papa, Mama, the Maid and I, The Gardener of Argenteuil, Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me, The Fugitives, Without Leaving an ...
Les Misérables: Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. With Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, René Fleur, Julienne Paroli. Jean Valjean, convicted of a minor crime, spends the rest of his life being pursued by a cruel and unrelenting policeman, Javert.
Worth a glance, however, is Jean-Paul Le Chanois’ little-remarked 1958 French-language version, at three hours a surprisingly efficient take on the novel as well as a perfect artifact of a transitional moment in French cinema.