Albert Dieudonné

Albert Dieudonné was a French actorscreenwriter film director and novelist Dieudonné was born in Paris France and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908 for The Assassination of the Duke of Guise with musical score by Camille SaintSaëns In 1924 he directed the film drama Catherine in which he also appeared as a major character Jean Renoir acted as his assistant director on the film Between 1915 and 1916 Dieudonné acted in five films for director Abel Gance including the 1915 film La Folie du Docteur Tube and the 1916 film Le périscope In 1927 he was hired back to star in the title role in Gances epic film Napoléon In 1929 Dieudonné wrote a novel that was made into a 1930 musical comedy film titled La Douceur DAimer Sweetness of Love and he wrote the script for the 1936 La Garçonne Albert Dieudonné died in Paris in 1976