Henri Pouctal

Henri Pouctal
Henri Pouctal
Born	c. 1856; La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, France
Died	February 3, 1922 (aged 65–66); Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Film director, actor, screenwriter, art director
Years active	1908—1922

Henri Pouctal (c. 1856 – 3 February 1922) was an early French silent film director, screenwriter, and actor of the stage and film.^[1] He is best known for his directorship on silent films of the 1910s, notably Alsace (1916) or Chantecoq (1916), and The Count of Monte Cristo serials in 1918.

He was a stage actor at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, and André Antoine's Théâtre Libre.^[1]^[2] The first film directed by him was Le Curé de Campagne in 1908.^[1] Pouctal directed about 100 films between 1908 and 1922. By 1913, he became the artistic director of Le Film d'Art production company.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

Le Curé de Campagne (1908)^[1]
A Conquest [fr] (1911)
La Dame aux Camélias (1912)^[3]
The Tragedy of the Mine [fr] (1913)
La Fille du Boche (1915)^[4]
La Menace (1915)^[5]
Alsace (1916)
Chantecoq (1916)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1918)^[6]
Travail (1920), based on the book, Travail (1901) by Emile Zola^[2]^[6]
Gigolette (1920)^[2]
The Crime of Bouif (1922)^[2]
Saint Joan the Maid (1929)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rège, Philippe (2009-12-11). Encyclopedia of French Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 837. ISBN 978-0-8108-6939-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Abel, Richard; Myrent, Glenn (2005). "Pouctal, Henri". Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
^ Karney, Robyn; Finler, Joel Waldo; Bergan, Ronald (2006). Cinema Year by Year: The Complete Illustrated History of Film. Dorling Kindersley. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-7566-2259-6.
^ Furhammar, Leif; Isaksson, Folke (1971). Politics and Film. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-289-79813-3.
^ Peiró, Eva Woods (2012). White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films. University of Minnesota Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8166-4584-8.
^ ^a ^b Griffiths, Kate; Watts, Andrew (2020-12-24). The History of French Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 30, 47. ISBN 978-1-5013-1181-9.

External links[edit]

Henri Pouctal at IMDb

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[Rège-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rège, Philippe (2009-12-11). Encyclopedia of French Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 837. ISBN 978-0-8108-6939-4.

[Abel-2] Abel, Richard; Myrent, Glenn (2005). "Pouctal, Henri". Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.

[3] Karney, Robyn; Finler, Joel Waldo; Bergan, Ronald (2006). Cinema Year by Year: The Complete Illustrated History of Film. Dorling Kindersley. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-7566-2259-6.

[4] Furhammar, Leif; Isaksson, Folke (1971). Politics and Film. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-289-79813-3.

[5] Peiró, Eva Woods (2012). White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films. University of Minnesota Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8166-4584-8.

[Griffiths-6] Griffiths, Kate; Watts, Andrew (2020-12-24). The History of French Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 30, 47. ISBN 978-1-5013-1181-9.

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