Brief introduction and detailed information of Abel Gance

Biography

French film director, actor, poet, writer and philosopher. In his early years, he studied a large number of philosophical works. Around 1911, he chose movies as a way to make a living and became a screenwriter and actor. He has written scripts such as "The Crime of Grandfather" and "Mona Lisa". In the early days of World War I, he began his career as a director by shooting propaganda films. The famous film is "I Accuse" filmed in 1919. The film shows dead soldiers standing up from their graves. It also uses overlay techniques to show famous Gallic generals appearing in the trenches in ancient Rome and guiding the soldiers to victory. This innocent description shows a sincere charm. "The Wheel" completed in 1922 proved that he was the only filmmaker in France at that time who had strong expressive power and could bring flowers and sand together into a lyrical atmosphere. The film takes a more intuitive than designed approach to describing the characters' environments. The realistic expression of social background and the success of formal exploration enabled him to achieve the highest achievement since his career in film. When creating "The Life of Napoleon" (1927), the best photographers, artists, actors and other technical personnel were gathered together. It took 4 years to create "Napoleon" (1927). It also changed the technology and created some never-before-seen cameras and lenses. . In order to expand certain parts of the film to a mural-like effect, he used a three-sided screen to break up the monotony of the white rectangular screen. This was 30 years before the advent of widescreen movies. Although the film was not a success, it opened up a new path for film performance. After the 1930s, he returned to his old path of shooting small and medium-sized literary films. It was not until 1960 that a war blockbuster "Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz" was filmed that matched his reputation. After completing the comedy Cyrano vs. D'Artagnan (1962), he quietly left the film industry, at most making occasional films for television. Gance has written some theoretical articles exploring film art and technology, the most famous of which are "The Age of Pictures Has Come" and "Prism". In view of his many inventions in film technology and his contribution to the development of French films, he won the "International Invention Award" in 1954 and the "French César Award of Honor" (1980).

Feature films started in 1915: "The Tragedy of Ackerberg", "Stras & Company", "The Madness of Dr. Doop", "The Ten O'Clock Mystery", "The Source of Beauty" , "Madman on the Cliff", "Periscope", "The Story of the Waves".

1916: "Paddy's Heroism", "The Strath Company", "Flowers of the Ruins", "Red Beard" (episodes), "Poisonous Gas", "The Right to Live" ”, “The Dead Zone”.

1917: "The Grieving Mother".

1918: "Symphony No. 10".

1919: "I Accuse".

1922: "The Wheel".

1927: "The Biography of Napoleon".

1931: "The End of the World".

1932: "The Grieving Mother".

1934: "La Traviata".

1935: "Lucrece Borgia", "Jerome Bello".

1936: "Beethoven's Immortal Love Story".

1937: "I Accuse", "The Abductor of Women", "The Boss of the Iron Factory".

1939: "Louise".

1940: "Paradise Lost".

1941: "Blind Venus".

1943: "Captain Flaccas".

1953: "July 14" ("Many Faces" short film).

1955: "Nesser Turret".

1957: Screening of "big screen" movies, "Napoleon" and "I Accuse" and several "multiple scene" short films were changed into three-dimensional movies with three screens.

1960: "The Battle of Austerlitz".

1963: "Cyrano versus Data Niang".

1966: "Mary Dudor" (TV film).

Chronology of works as director

Bonaparte et la révolution (1971)

Valmy (1967)

Marie Tudor (1966)

Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964)

The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

The Tower of Nessle (1955)

Le Capitaine Fracasse (1943 )

Vénus aveugle (1941)

Paradise Lost (1940)

Louise (1939)

I Accuse (1938 )

Beethoven (1936)

Lucrèce Bia (1935)

Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)

Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935)

End of the World (1934)

Poliche (1934)

La dame aux camélias (1934)

< p> La Fin du monde (1931)

Napoleon (1927)

Help! (1924)

The White Rose of the Railways (1923)

I Accuse (1919)

Symphony No. 10 (1918)

Red Beard (1917)

The Grieving Mother (1917)

Les Gaz Mortels (1916)

The Madness of Dr. Dupu (1915)

Strass et Compagnie (1915) as screenwriter

Bonaparte et la révolution (1971)

Marie Tudor (1966)

Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964)

The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

The Tower of Nesr (1955)

Queen Maggot (1954)

Le Capitaine Fracasse (1943)

Vénus aveugle (1941) < /p>

Lost Paradise (1940)

Louise (1939)

I Accuse (1938)

Beethoven (1936)

Lucrèce Bia (1935)

Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)

Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935)

Poliche (1934)

La dame aux camélias (1934)

La Fin du monde (1931)

Napoleon at Saint Helena (1929)

p>

Napoleon (1927)

Help! (1924)

White Rose on the Railway (1923)

I Accuse (1919)

Symphony No. 10 (1918)

Redbeard (1917)

The Mourning Mother (1917)

The Madness of Dr. Doop (1915)

Strass et Compagnie (1915)

The End of Paganini (1910) as an actor

Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)

End of the World (1934)

La Fin du monde (1931)

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Napoleon (1927) as a clip

p>

Bonaparte et la révolution (1971)

Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)

Napoleon (1927)

The White Rose of the Railways (1923) < /p>

I accuse (1919) as a producer

Valmy (1967)

La dame aux camélias (1934)

Help! (1924) )

White Rose on the Railway (1923)