Michel Safra (1899–1967) was a Russian-born French film producer. He was born in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, then part of the Russian Empire. After working in the German cinema for a decade during the silent era, during the early 1930s he began producing films in the French film industry.[1]
Michel Safra | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1899 |
| Died | 23 September 1967 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1932–1967 (film) |
In 1938 he established the production and distribution company DisCina with André Paulvé and produced around thirty films until his death in 1967. He was part of a sizeable contingent of Russian-born figures working in the French film industry during the era.[2]
Selected filmography
edit- In the Service of the Tsar (1936)
- Personal Column (1939)
- The Sharks of Gibraltar (1947)
- The King (1949)
- All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
- Lady Paname (1950)
- Just Me (1950)
- Pleasures of Paris (1952)
- Flesh and the Woman (1954)
- Black Dossier (1955)
- Paris, Palace Hotel (1956)
- A Kiss for a Killer (1957)
- Magnificent Sinner (1959)
- Shéhérazade (1963)
- Gibraltar (1964)
- The Diabolical Dr. Z (1967)
References
editBibliography
edit- Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993
External links
edit- Michel Safra at IMDb
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