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Claude Autant-Lara

French film director (1901–2000)

Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for more than 50 years. His films were often adapted from literary sources and sometimes took provocative attitudes, including anti-clerical and sexually frank ones. His directing credits include Devil in the Flesh, La Traversée de Paris and In Case of Adversity.

Claude Autant-Lara appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1947 to 1958. That includes 3 titles as director. Most of that work is in drama, crime and comedy. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Jean Gabin (2), Albert Michel (2).

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What movies and TV shows has Claude Autant-Lara been in?
Claude Autant-Lara appears in In Case of Adversity (1958), La Traversée de Paris (1956) and Devil in the Flesh (1947) on The Remote.
When was Claude Autant-Lara born?
Claude Autant-Lara was born on 5 August 1901.

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