René Le Somptier

René Eugène Le Somptier (12 November 1884 in Caen – 23 September 1950 in Paris) was a French filmmaker and journalist.[1]

He made his first short film, Poum à la chasse, in 1908 with his father as an actor. He was injured in World War I and after the war together with Charles Burguet made his first full-length film, La sultane de l’amour (1918).

In 1922 he produced La dame de Montsoreau based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, starring Geneviève Félix. A colorized version was released in 1925.

Films
  • Poum à la chasse (1908)
  • Un drame de l'air (1913)
  • La sultane de l’amour (1918)
  • La montée vers l'Acropole (1920)
  • La dame de Montsoreau (1922)
  • The Bread Peddler (1923)
  • La forêt qui tue (1926)
  • Le p'tit Parigot (1926) - a movie serial in 6 parts[2]
  • Le dernier conte de Shéhérazade (1937)

Notes and references
  1. Hanotte
  2. "Forum des images". Retrieved 2010-07-03.

Sources
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