Henri Calef
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Film & TV
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Henri Calef was a French film director and screenwriter known for his contributions to post-World War II cinema. Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he moved to France and began his career as an assistant director, working on films such as The Lafarge Case (1938). Calef made his directorial debut with L'Extravagante Mission (1945). He gained recognition with Jericho (1946), a film about French Resistance…
Known for
- 1940: Taking over French Cinema — Self (archive footage)2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Plovdiv
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Work location
- France
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- date of death
- 1994-08-18
- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
- name in native language
- Henri Calef
- date of birth
- 1910-07-20
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Henri Calef
- birth name
- Henri Jacques Calef
- Commons category
- Henri Calef
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