Jean Rabier
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Jean Rabier is a French cinematographer
and frequently works with director Claude Chabrol
. He has almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961-1991.
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
and frequently works with director Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
. He has almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961-1991.
Selected filmography
- Madame BovaryMadame Bovary (1991 film)Madame Bovary is a 1991 French film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the eponymous novel by 19th-century French author Gustave Flaubert...
(1991) - Dr. MDr. M (film)Dr. M. is a 1990 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. The film is a remake of 1922's Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, which was in turn based on Mabuse der Spieler by Norbert Jacques.-Plot:...
(1990) - Jours tranquilles à ClichyQuiet Days in Clichy (1990 film)Quiet Days in Clichy is a 1990 film directed by Claude Chabrol. It is based on the autobiographical novel Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller. The novel was previously adapted into a 1970 Danish film.-Plot:...
(Quiet Days in Clichy) (1990) - Une affaire de femmesStory of WomenStory of Women is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on July 30, 1943, for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the book by Francis Szpiner. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.-Plot:Isabelle...
(Story of Women) (1988) - Le Cri du hibou (The Cry of the Owl) (1987)
- MasquesMasks (film)Masks is a 1987 French comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Philippe Noiret as Christian Legagneur* Robin Renucci as Roland Wolf...
(Masks) (1987) - Inspecteur LavardinInspecteur LavardinInspecteur Lavardin. is a 1986 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. It is the sequel to his 1984 film Cop au vin.-Synopsis:...
(1986) - Poulet au vinaigreChicken with VinegarChicken with Vinegar is a 1985 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. It is distributed in the USA with the title, Cop Au Vin...
(Chicken with Vinegar) (1985) - Les Fantômes du chapelierThe Hatter's GhostThe Hatter's Ghost is a 1982 film directed by Claude Chabrol. It is based on the 1947 novel Le Petit Tailleur et le Chapelier by Georges Simenon. The film takes place in Brittany and was shot in the towns of Concarneau and Quimper.-Plot:...
(The Hatters's Ghost) (1982) - Le Cheval d'orgueilThe Horse of PrideThe Horse of Pride. is a 1980 film directed by Claude Chabrol. It's title in French is Le cheval d'orgueil. It is based on Le cheval d'orgueil, an autobiography by Pêr-Jakez Helias...
(The Proud Ones / The Horse of Pride) (1980) - Violette NozièreViolette NozièreViolette Nozière is a 1978 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. The film, based on a true French murder case in 1933, is about an eighteen-year-old girl named Violette and her encounters with a number of older men. The film had a total of...
(Violette) (1978) - Les Liens de sangBlood RelativesBlood Relatives is a 1978 French film directed by Claude Chabrol....
(Blood Relatives) (1978) - Alice ou la dernière fugueAlice or the Last EscapadeAlice or the Last Escapade. is a 1977 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is Alice ou la dernière fugue...
(Alice / Alice or The Last Escapade) (1977) - Folies bourgeoisesThe Twist (film)The Twist is a 1976 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is Folies bourgeoises .-Plot:...
(The Twist) (1976) - Les MagiciensDeath Rite-Plot:At a luxury hotel in Djerba, Tunisia, psychic magician Vestar meets the dark Edouard . Heading to the hotel, Vestar has a vision of a woman being murdered in the desert. Edouard, a member of the leisure class, decides to use his influence to make the dream become a reality...
(Death Rite) (1976) - Les Innocents aux mains salesInnocents with Dirty HandsInnocents with Dirty Hands aka Dirty Hands. is a 1975 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is Les innocents aux mains sales. The film was based on the novel The Damned Innocents by Richard Neely...
(Dirty Hands / Innocents with Dirty Hands) (1975) - Une partie de plaisirUne partie de plaisirUne partie de plaisir is a 1975 French film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring its screenwriter and longtime Chabrol collaborator Paul Gégauff. In the film, Gégauff plays a writer with a troubled marriage that ends in tragedy...
(A Piece of Pleasure / Pleasure Party) (1975) - NadaNada (1974 film)Nada is a Franco-Italian film directed by Claude Chabrol released in 1974 and adapted from the crime novel Nada by Jean-Patrick Manchette.- Synopsis :The anarchist group "Nada" decides to kidnap the United States Ambassador to France...
(The Nada Gang) (1974) - Les Noces rougesWedding in BloodWedding in Blood is a 1973 French thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Stéphane Audran - Lucienne Delamare* Michel Piccoli - Pierre Maury* Claude Piéplu - Paul Delamare...
(Wedding in Blood) (1973) - Docteur PopaulDr. PopaulDr. Popaul is a 1972 French black comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol. At the time of its release, it was the biggest hit of Chabrol's career...
(Scroundel in White / High Heels / Play Now, Play Later) (1972) - La Décade prodigieuseLa Décade prodigieuseLa Décade prodigieuse is a French murder-mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel Ten Days' Wonder by Ellery Queen....
(Ten Days Wonder) (1971) - Juste avant la nuitJust Before NightfallJust Before Nightfall is a 1971 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the novel of the same name by Edouard Atiyah. Audran won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role at the 27th British Academy Film Awards.-Plot:...
(Just Before Nightfall) (1971) - Cold SweatCold Sweat (1970 film)Cold Sweat is a 1970 film starring Charles Bronson, directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1959 novel Ride the Nightmare by Richard Matheson.-Plot:Joe Martin, an American, rents boats in the South of France...
(1970) - La RuptureThe Breach (1970 film)The Breach is a 1970 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the novel The Balloon Man by Charlotte Armstrong. The film was also known as The Breakup at times in its release in the United States...
(The Breach / Hallucination / The Breakup) (1970) - Le Boucher (The Butcher) (1970)
- Que la bête meureThis Man Must DieThis Man Must Die , American title The Beast Must Die, is a 1969 French and Italian thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol. The story is based on a 1938 novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, writing as Nicholas Blake, The Beast Must Die. The film had a total of 1,092,910 admissions in France. -Plot:A...
(This Man Must Die) (1969) - La Femme infidèle (The Unfaithful Wife) (1969)
- Les BichesLes Biches (1968 film)Les Biches is a 1968 French film starring Stephane Audran, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Jacqueline Sassard. It was directed by Claude Chabrol, and depicts a tortured lesbian relationship between the Audran and Sassard characters. Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin...
(The Does / Bad Girls / Girlfriends) (1968) - La Route de CorintheLa route de CorintheLa route de Corinthe is a 1967 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.-External links:...
(The Road to Corinth) (1967) - Le ScandaleThe Champagne MurdersLe scandale is a 1967 French suspense thriller directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Anthony Perkins. It was the first of two films that Chabrol made with Perkins, who is most famous for his role in Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who Chabrol admires above all other directors.For his role...
(The Champagne Murders) (1967) - La Ligne de démarcationLine of Demarcation (film)Line of Demarcation. is a 1966 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is La Ligne de démarcation. It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy.-Plot:A small...
(Line of Demarcation) (1966) - Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamiteLe Tigre se parfume à la dynamiteLe tigre se parfume à la dynamite is a 1965 secret agent spy film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring and written by Roger Hanin as the Tiger...
(An Orchid for the Tiger / Our Agent Tiger) (1965) - Marie-Chantal contre le docteur KhaMarie-Chantal contre le docteur KhaMarie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha is a 1965 spy film directed by Claude Chabrol.-Cast:*Marie Laforêt : Marie-Chantal*Francisco Rabal : Paco Castillo*Serge Reggiani : Ivanov*Charles Denner : Johnson*Akim Tamiroff : Dr...
(Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha) (1965) - Paris vu par... (Six in Paris) (segment La Muette) (1965)
- Le Tigre aime la chair fraîcheLe Tigre aime la chair fraicheLe Tigre aime la chair fraiche is a 1964 secret agent spy film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring and written by Roger Hanin as the Tiger...
(Code Name: Tiger / The Tiger Likes Fresh Meat) (1964) - Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) (1964)
- Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du mondeLes plus belles escroqueries du mondeLes plus belles escroqueries du monde is a 1964 film composed of four segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors.-Cast:...
(The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers) (segment L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel) (1964) - OphéliaOphelia (film)Ophelia is a 1963 French film directed by Claude Chabrol. Its story mirrors that of Shakespeare's Hamlet.-Plot:Yvan's father has recently died and his mother, Claudia, marries her husband's brother, Adrien. Yvan refuses to accept the new marriage and descends into a fantasy world where he believes...
(1963) - La Baie des AngesLa Baie des Anges-External links:*...
(Bay of Angels) (1963) - LandruLandruLandru is a 1963 French motion picture drama directed by Claude Chabrol. The screenplay was written by Françoise Sagan...
(Bluebeard) (1963) - L'Œil du MalinThe Eye of EvilL'oeil du malin is a 1962 drama directed by Claude Chabrol. It is one of Chabrol's first films to include social criticism on bourgeoisie lifestyles that would become one of his trademarks in later films...
(The Eye of Evil) (1962) - Cléo de 5 à 7Cléo from 5 to 7Cléo from 5 to 7 is a 1962 Rive Gauche film by Agnès Varda. The story starts with a young singer, Florence "Cléo" Victoire, at 5PM June 21, as she waits until 7PM. The film is noted for its handling of several of the themes of existentialism, including discussions of mortality, the idea of...
(Cléo from 5 to 7) (1962) - Les Sept Péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins) (segment L'Avarice) (1962)
- Les GodelureauxLes GodelureauxLes Godelureaux is a 1961 French revenge drama directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel by Eric Ollivier.-Plot:Roger is publicly humiliated by Arthur and plots to destroy Arthur's life, using Ambroisine as bait.-Cast:*Jean-Claude Brialy as Ronald*Bernadette Lafont as Ambroisine*Charles...
(Wise Guys) (1961) - Le Beau SergeLe Beau SergeLe Beau Serge is a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, released in 1958. It is often considered the first product of the Nouvelle Vague or "French New Wave" film movement.-Synopsis:...
(Handsome Serge / Bitter Reunion) (1958) — also with Henri DecaëHenri DecaëHenri Decaë gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making documentary shorts, directing and photographing industrial and commercial films...