Abel Gance

Personal Info

Birthday

October 25, 1889

Day of Death

1981-11-10

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

아벨 강스

Abel Perthon

Abel Gance

Biography

Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).

He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote scenarios, and often sold them to Gaumont.

Known For

Napoleon

The End of the World

The Fall of the House of Usher

Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon by Abel Gance

Bonaparte et la révolution

Molière

Filmography

2024
Napoléon by Abel Gance
as Louis Saint-Just
1984
Abel Gance et son Napoléon
as Self (archival footage)
1972
Bonaparte et la révolution
as St. Just (archive footage)
1968
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
as Self - Interviewee
1963
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
as Self
1935
Napoléon Bonaparte
as Saint-Just
1931
The End of the World
as Jean Novalic
1930
Around the End of the World
as Self
1928
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Bar Customer
1927
Napoleon
as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
1923
Around The Wheel
as Self
La Roue
as Self
1910
Molière
as Molière jeune