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

Notes and references

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

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