In the Name of the People
1939
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The director of Continental Film was the German producer Alfred Greven, who was born in 1897 in Elberfeld and died in 1973 in Cologne. After leaving the Gymnasium he volunteered in September 1914 for the German Army. He fought at the Western Front in the infantry and was severely wounded.
Charged with producing entertaining and profitable films rather than propaganda, producer Alfred Greven employed some of the greatest French actors and most prestigious directors of the time, including Maurice Tourneur, Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Marcel Carné.
- Christine Leteux
Alfred Greven, né le 9 octobre 1897 à Elberfeld et mort le 9 février 1973 à Cologne, est un réalisateur et producteur de film allemand, directeur de la Continental-Films à sa création le 3 octobre 1940 [1].
- 9 février 1973 (à 75 ans)
- Allemand
- 9 octobre 1897Elberfeld
- Réalisateur, producteur de cinéma
Nov 21, 2017 · La Continental: Le mystère Greven: Directed by Claudia Collao. With Michèle Alfa, Antoine Balpêtré, Pierre Barillet, Jean-Louis Barrault. Alfred Greven was the head a French movie studio founded with Nazi money producing propaganda and the most subversive masterpieces of French Cinema.
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- Documentary
- Claudia Collao
- 2017-11-21
Alfred Greven is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Actor, Creator, and Production Manager. Some of their work includes The Murderer Lives at Number 21, Carnival of Sinners, The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes, Who Killed Santa Claus?, Strangers in the House, Whims, The Green Domino, and The Wolf Farm.
Alfred Greven was born on 9 October 1897 in Elberfeld, Germany. He was a producer and production manager, known for Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933), Goal in the Clouds (1939) and Two Merry Adventurers (1937). He died on 9 February 1973 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
Jan 26, 2002 · Among the exceptions were some of the 30 made by Continental, which is odd because Continental, with offices at the corner of the Champs-Elysees and rue Washington, was entirely German-run and...
