Claude Berri
Date of birth: 1934-07-01
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Production
Also known as: Claude Berel Langmann, Claude Langmann
Biography
Claude Berri (1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann. Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's Tess which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981. Internationally, however, two films in 1986 overshadow all his other achievements. Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources were huge hits. In 1991, his film Uranus was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film Lucie Aubrac was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2003, he was elected President of the Cinémathèque Française where he obtained enough state subsidies to cover the costs of its resurgence at its new site in the rue de Bercy. Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother. Berri and Rassam had two children: actor Julien Rassam and actor and film producer Thomas Langmann. Berri died of a stroke, in Paris, aged 74. After his death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio Morandi, Richard Serra and Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in lieu of tax. But the heirs of the film director finally sold them through French art dealer Philippe Ségalot for about €50 million to Qatar. Source: Article "Claude Berri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movie Credits
The Wounded Man
1983-05-25
Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler an
Catherine Deneuve by Chance, or, A Certain Blondeness
1978-09-18
A documentary interview with the French actress while on the sets of films in production. Several of
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002-01-30
History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a
Good Lord Without Confession
1953-10-09
Stuck in a loveless marriage, bourgeois industrialist Francois falls in love with Janine, another ma
Tess: The Experience
2004-09-28
A documentary that interviews the cast and crew of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
2007-03-16
Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
The Good Girls
1960-04-22
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
Happily Ever After
2004-08-25
Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions
The Truth
1960-11-02
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witness
Un grand cri d'amour
1998-01-07
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
Le Cinema de Papa
1971-02-10
Claude Berri plays himself as he relates his own experiences through youth and adolescence. His fath
Hard Off
1999-05-17
This French romantic comedy-drama concerns Claude Langmann, a middle-aged auctioneer, who is in a lo
I Spit on Your Grave
1959-06-26
Joe Grant, a light-skinned African American, heads to a small Southern town to investigate the lynch
Sex Shop
1972-10-25
On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to tr
Stan the Flasher
1990-03-07
Claude Berri, who usually participates in films by directing them, here returns to the screen as Sta
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
2001-09-28
After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled
The Machine
1994-05-28
This deftly made French psychological thriller terrifies with its exploration of an experiment gone
Janine
1962-01-01
During a desultory night on the town, two men talk about their experiences with women. One of them d
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962-03-07
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic
Once Upon a Time... Tchao Pantin
2003-05-18
A documentary on the making of Tchao Pantin (1983), featuring interviews with writer-director Claude
Didier
1997-01-29
Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, A
The Three Brothers
1995-12-13
Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. After being told of their inheritance th
Rue de l'estrapade
1953-04-14
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury
French Cancan
1955-04-09
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of
Asphalt
1959-02-18
Françoise Arnould plays here a married woman who decides one day to get away from her husband and re
The Man with Connections
1970-04-15
Following "The Two of Us", Claude is now 21 years old. Content with his life, he has a girlfriend Ta
Marry Me! Marry Me!
1968-09-18
Claude and Isabella met on a beach one summer and got easily involved. But while he has dreams of se
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004-10-01
A documentary tracing the career of filmmaker François Truffaut through the testimony of collaborato
Male of the Century
1975-03-12
The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
Dangerous Games
1958-12-12
Alain is the only son of a wealthy bourgeois couple. He takes violin lessons in Ménilmontant, where
To Be... A Classic
2012-01-01
Film historian/professor at UCLA Janet Bergstrom and Positif journalist N.T. Bihn discuss To Be or N
Tess: From Novel to Screen
2004-09-28
Documentary about Roman Polanski's film adaptation of the 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by
Filming 'Tess'
2004-09-28
Documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
Zazie dans le Métro
1960-10-28
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
Please, Not Now!
1961-04-19
A sexy model pretends to have a new boyfriend in a wacky plan to make her ex-lover jealous.
The Car Keys
2003-12-10
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street co
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
Line of Demarcation
1966-05-25
It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcat
The Sleeping Car Murder
1965-11-17
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destina
My Baby Is Black!
1961-03-01
Black and white unite and are confronted with hatred in two color-line-busting classics from the cla
Greed
1962-03-07
A group of university students in Paris dream of a night of love with Suzon, whose rates are stagger
Germinal
1993-09-29
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the
Le Roi des cons
1981-02-18
Georges Le Roi lives odd jobs and shares his life between two girlfriends. One day, he falls in love
The Force of Destiny
2017-12-31
This documentary on the making of JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING features director Claude
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977-08-01
Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop c
Behold a Pale Horse
1964-08-14
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 year