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John Delannoy

Director
12 January 1908 to 17 June 2008

A director whose work pre-dated the French New Wave, Delannoy made his name with such films as Pontcarral, Colonel D’Empire (1942) and L’Eternel Retour (1943). As cinematic fashions changed he enjoyed success with Obsession (1954), Notre Dame De Paris (1956), Maigret Tend Un Piége (1958) and Les Amitiés Particulieres (1964).