Albert Capellani
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Albert Capellani was a French film director
and screenwriter
of the silent era
. He directed 168 films between 1940 and 1922. His brother was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani
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Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
of the silent era
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
. He directed 168 films between 1940 and 1922. His brother was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani
Paul Capellani
Paul Capellani was a noted French silent film actor. His brother was the director Albert Capellani.He starred in some 100 films between 1908 and 1930.In 1920 he appeared in Guy du Fresnay's De la coupe aux lèvres....
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Selected filmography
- Notre-Dame de Paris / The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911 film)The Hunchback of Notre Dame was a 1911 silent film directed by Albert Capellani and produced by Pathé Frères. It was released under the name Notre-Dame de Paris. The film was based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name. It starred Henry Krauss and Stacia Napierkowska.-External links:...
(1911) - De afwezigeDe afwezigeDe Afwezige is a 1913 Dutch silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani.-Cast:*Henri Étiévant ... Dries Schoonejans*Henri Rollan ... Peter Schoonejans*Jeanne Grumbach ... Schoonmoeder Grietje / Mother-in-law Grietje...
/ L'absent (1913) - CamilleCamille (1915 film)Camille is a 1915 film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Albert Capellani, and stars Clara Kimball Young, Paul Capellani, Lillian Cook and . Though numerous other films have had the same title, this was...
/ La Dame aux Camélias (1915) - The House of MirthThe House of Mirth (1918 film)The House of Mirth is a 1918 silent melodrama film directed by French film director Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart. It is a cinema adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel of the same name The House of Mirth and the first ever cinema adaptation of any of her work...
/ La Maison du BrouillardThe House of Mirth (1918 film)The House of Mirth is a 1918 silent melodrama film directed by French film director Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart. It is a cinema adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel of the same name The House of Mirth and the first ever cinema adaptation of any of her work...
(1918), an adaptation of Edith WhartonEdith WhartonEdith Wharton , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.- Early life and marriage:...
's 1905 novel of the same name The House of MirthThe House of MirthThe House of Mirth , is a novel by Edith Wharton. First published in 1905, the novel is Wharton's first important work of fiction, sold 140,000 copies between October and the end of December, and added to Wharton's existing fortune.... - DaybreakDaybreak (1918 film)Daybreak is a 1918 silent American drama film directed by Albert Capellani. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Emily Stevens as Edith Frome* Julian L'Estrange as Arthur Frome* Herman Lieb as Herbert Rankin* Augustus Phillips as Dr. David Brett...
(1918) - The Red LanternThe Red LanternThe Red Lantern is a 1919 silent film starring Alla Nazimova and directed by Albert Capellani. It is notable today for Anna May Wong's screen debut in an uncredited role. A single solitary print survives in Europe as well as rumors of a copy at Gosfilmofond, Moscow.-Synopsis:In China, a...
/ La lanterne rouge (1919) - Quatre-vingt-treize (1920)