André Beucler
André Beucler | |
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Plaque on Beucler's former residence in Paris. | |
| Born | 24 February 1898 |
| Died | 26 February 1985 (aged 87) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, journalist |
| Years active | 1933–1948 (film) |
André Beucler (1898–1985) was a Russian-born French journalist, novelist, screenwriter and film director. He was born in Saint Petersburg to a French father and grew up speaking Russian. During the 1930s he worked on a number of films produced by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, the French subsidiary of the German company UFA. He was awarded the SGDL Grand Prix for Literature in 1957.