Autant-Lara, Claude

Autant-Lara, Claude
▪ 2001
Claude Autant 
      French motion picture director (b. Aug. 5, 1903, Luzarches, France—d. Feb. 5, 2000, Antibes, France), was one of the world's leading directors in the post-World War II era, winning international acclaim with his classic film Le Diable au corps (1947). Educated in London and Paris, he first found work in the movie industry as a set decorator for Marcel L'Herbier's Le Carnaval des vérités (1919). Autant-Lara's first short film, Faits divers (1923), was made while he was an assistant director to René Clair. Later he worked in Hollywood directing French versions of American movies. It was not until 1933, however, that he directed his first feature, Ciboulette. Two films that Autant-Lara completed in 1942—Le Mariage de chiffon and Lettres d'amour—prefigured his work in Le Diable au corps. Adapted from a novel by Raymond Radiguet, Le Diable au corps was the story of an adolescent boy's affair with a married woman whose husband was away at war. Both its subject matter and its antiwar, antiestablishment sentiments made it Autant-Lara's most popular—and most controversial—film. In the 1950s Autant-Lara's preference for literary adaptations and his emphasis on psychological realism, tight scripting, and carefully delivered dialogue fell out of fashion. He nonetheless continued to make motion pictures, directing his last film, Gloria, in 1977. In the late 1980s he again stirred controversy, this time in the world of politics. He became a member of the far-right National Front and was elected to the European Parliament in 1989. That same year, after a magazine quoted several of his anti-Semitic remarks, he resigned his seat.

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▪ French director
born August 5, 1903, Luzarches, France
died February 5, 2000, Antibes

      French motion-picture director who won an international reputation with his film Le Diable au corps (1947; Devil in the Flesh).

      Autant-Lara's mother, an ardent pacifist, lived with her son in England during World War I. After several years of schooling in London he returned to France to study art. At 16 years of age he painted the sets for Marcel L'Herbier's film Le Carnaval des vérités (1919; “Carnival of Truths”) and assisted Jean Renoir (Renoir, Jean) and other directors as a set decorator and costume designer.

      Autant-Lara's first short film, Faits divers (1923; “Diverse Facts”), was made while he was an assistant director to René Clair (Clair, René). After directing two other brief films, he accepted a job in Hollywood directing French versions of American films. It was not until 1933, however, that he directed his first feature film, Ciboulette. Two films that Autant-Lara completed in 1942—Le Mariage de Chiffon and Lettres d'amour—prefigured his work in Le Diable au corps and strengthened his standing as one of the major exponents of the French cinema's “tradition of quality.” Adapted from a novel by Raymond Radiguet (Radiguet, Raymond), Le Diable au corps is the story of an adolescent boy's affair with a married woman whose husband is a soldier. Both its subject matter and its antiwar, antiestablishment sentiments made it Autant-Lara's most popular film.

      With the advent of the French New Wave in the 1950s, Autant-Lara's preference for literary adaptations and his emphasis on psychological realism, tight scripting, and carefully delivered dialogue fell out of fashion. He nonetheless continued to make motion pictures, directing his last film, Gloria, in 1977. In the late 1980s he again stirred controversy, this time in the world of politics. He became a member of the far-right National Front and was elected to the European Parliament in 1989. That same year, after a magazine quoted several of his anti-Semitic remarks, he resigned his seat.

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