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Alexandre Trauner is a Actor, Associate Producer and Production Design Hongrois born on 3 august 1906 at Budapest (Hongrie)

Alexandre Trauner

Alexandre Trauner
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Nationality Hongrie
Birth 3 august 1906 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 5 december 1993 (at 87 years) at Omonville-la-Petite (France)

Alexandre Trauner (en hongrois : Trauner Sándor), né le 3 août 1906 à Budapest en Autriche-Hongrie et mort le 5 décembre 1993 à Omonville-la-Petite, dans la Manche, est un décorateur de cinéma.

Biography

Après des études de peinture à l'École des beaux-arts de Budapest, il émigre en 1929 à Paris, où il devient l'assistant du décorateur Lazare Meerson (À nous la liberté de René Clair en 1932, la Kermesse héroïque de Jacques Feyder en 1935).

Devenu chef décorateur en 1937, il a collaboré avec les plus grands réalisateurs. On lui doit entre autres les décors de la plupart des films de Marcel Carné (Drôle de drame, Le Quai des brumes, Hôtel du Nord, Le jour se lève, Les Enfants du paradis), mais également ceux du Don Giovanni de Joseph Losey, de L'Homme qui voulut être roi de John Huston, de La Garçonnière ainsi que de La Vie privée de Sherlock Holmes de Billy Wilder ou de Subway de Luc Besson.

Pour Les Routes du sud de Losey, c'est sa maison dans la Hague qui servit de décor.

Il reçut l'Oscar du meilleur décor 1960 (catégorie noir et blanc) pour La Garçonnière de Wilder.



« Et puis il y a Trau ! Trau ? C’est Alexandre Trauner, le magicien de la perspective, le prodigieux créateur des décors. Né en 1906, Trauner quitte la Hongrie pour la France en 1929 et rencontre les Prévert en 1932, lors de la projection de L’Affaire est dans le sac organisée aux studios d’Epinay pour René Clair. C’est Lazare Meerson – décorateur de cinéma, notamment des films de René Clair, et dont Trauner est l’assistant pour Sous les toits de Paris – qui l’amène à cette projection : « Moi, j’étais à côté de Jacques, que je ne connaissais pas. En plus, je ne parlais pas très bien le français alors que lui parlait beaucoup et très vite. Mais on est tout de même devenu de grands amis ». Trauner travaille sur un nombre important de films écrits par Jacques : L’Hôtel du libre échange, Ciboulette, Vous n’avez rien à déclarer ?, Drôle de drame, Le Quai des brumes, Le jour se lève, Le soleil a toujours raison, Les Visiteurs du soir, Lumière d’été, Les Enfants du paradis, Les Portes de la nuit, Voyage Surprise, La Marie du port, L’Île des enfants perdus/La Fleur de l’âge, Une femme dans la nuit, La rue des vertus, Jour de sortie, Sylvie et le fantôme, Hécatombe… et l’inventaire est incomplet ! Israélite hongrois, c’est notamment grâce à Jacques qu’il pourra se cacher dans les montagnes près de Tourrettes-sur-Loup et travailler dans la clandestinité durant l’Occupation. Il sera aussi plus tard le décorateur de films de Bertrand Tavernier, Luc Besson ou encore Claude Berri, et fera également une brillante carrière aux États-Unis auprès de Howard Hawks, Billy Wilder, Joseph Losey, Orson Welles et d’autres. »



Alexandre Trauner est enterré dans le petit cimetière d'Omonville-la-Petite (Manche), aux côtés de son ami Jacques Prévert. Son épouse est décédée en 2011.

Best films

Irma la Douce (1963)
(Producer)
The Apartment (1960)
(Production Design)
The Nun's Story (1959)
(Art Direction)
Round Midnight (1986)
(Production Design)
Goodbye Again (1961)
(Art Direction)
Rififi (1955)
(Production Design)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alexandre Trauner (63 films)

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Actor

Reunion
Reunion (1989)
, 1h50
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Buddy films, Films about school violence
Actors Jason Robards, Samuel West, Christien Anholt, Françoise Fabian, Barbara Jefford, Barbara Jefford
Roles Caretaker
Rating68% 3.432143.432143.432143.432143.43214
American lawyer Henry Strauss (Robards) is preparing to return to Germany for the first time since he left in 1933 following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. He is seeking to renew an "enchanting friendship" of his youth with aristocrat Konradin Von Lohenburg (West).
Le Roi des cons
Directed by Claude Confortès
Genres Comedy
Actors Francis Perrin, Marie-Christine Descouard, Évelyne Buyle, Fanny Cottençon, Sophie Agacinski, Maurice Baquet
Roles Le vieux monsieur au petit chien
Rating39% 1.9924151.9924151.9924151.9924151.992415
Georges le Roi est un éternel romantique. Il cumule les boulots comme les conquêtes féminines. Un jour, Sophie Labranche sonne à sa porte pour un sondage d'opinion. Il tombe immédiatement amoureux d'elle. Séduite par lui, autant que par son talent pour deviner les résultats des sondages, elle décide de le faire embaucher dans son agence...
Paris mange son pain, 17minutes
Directed by Pierre Prévert
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Actors Alexandre Trauner, Germaine Montero, Louis Daquin, Marcel Duhamel, Paul Grimault

Dès l'aube "Paris cuit son pain" pour tous ceux qui le consommeront à travers la ville, sur un bord de trottoir ou attablés avec une nappe blanche, aux restaurants étudiants ou en famille. Le pain et ses fournées rythment la vie de la ville jusqu'à l'aube...
Love in the Afternoon, 2h10
Directed by Billy Wilder, Noël Howard, Alain Boudet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Franz Waxman, Van Doude, John McGiver
Roles Artist (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.5486053.5486053.5486053.5486053.548605
Young cello student Ariane Chavasse (Audrey Hepburn) eavesdrops on a conversation between her father, widowed private detective Claude Chavasse (Maurice Chevalier), and his client, "Monsieur X" (John McGiver). After learning of his wife's daily trysts with American business magnate Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper), Monsieur X announces he will shoot Flannagan later that day. Claude is nonchalant, regretting only the business he will lose (Flannagan is a well-known international playboy with a long history of numerous casual affairs). When Ariane cannot get the police to intervene (until after a crime has been committed), she decides to warn him herself.
The Free Trade Hotel, 1h46
Directed by Marc Allégret
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Fernandel, Raymond Cordy, Saturnin Fabre, Pierre Larquey, Mona Lys, Marion Delbo
Rating62% 3.12183.12183.12183.12183.1218
Une succession d'évènements imprévus et de quiproquos, réunissent à l'hôtel du libre échange : un expert venu pour découvrir la source de bruits suspects, sa femme, prête à le tromper avec son meilleur ami ; un avocat bègue et ses quatre filles et, enfin, le neveu de l'expert désireux de passer quelques heures avec la petite bonne du meilleur ami de son oncle.

Producer

Behold a Pale Horse, 1h58
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about religion, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Raymond Pellegrin, Paolo Stoppa, Mildred Dunnock
Roles Associate Producer
Rating66% 3.343183.343183.343183.343183.34318
The movie opens with shots from the Spanish Civil War, and a line of Spanish refugees crossing the border into France after defeat by the Francoists, Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck) turns away from the border and back towards Spain. His friends stop him, saying "Manuel, the war is over!".
Irma la Douce, 2h27
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Grace Lee Whitney, Joan Shawlee
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.6503453.6503453.6503453.6503453.650345
Irma la Douce ["Irma the Sweet"] tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest cop, who after being transferred from the park Bois de Boulogne to a more urban neighborhood in Paris, finds a street full of prostitutes working at the Hotel Casanova and proceeds to raid the place. The police inspector, who is Nestor's superior, and the other policemen, have been aware of the prostitution, but tolerate it in exchange for bribes. The inspector, a client of the prostitutes himself, fires Nestor, who is accidentally framed for bribery.

Art

The Rainbow Thief, 1h27
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals
Actors Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee, Sheila Keith, Linzi Drew, Jane Chaplin
Roles Production Design
Rating57% 2.8966452.8966452.8966452.8966452.896645
Rudolf Von Tannen is an eccentric millionaire who cares for no one but his dalmatians. One night he welcomes his guests - all of them related to him, expecting to cash in his fortune once he passes away - to a dinner party. The dogs are fed caviar and the people are given bones to eat. This sends them away in anger. Then Rudolf's predilect brothel service arrives, the Rainbow Girls, big-breasted women dressed with the colors of the rainbow. After dancing and partying with them, Rudolf has a heart attack that leaves him comatose.
Reunion
Reunion (1989)
, 1h50
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Buddy films, Films about school violence
Actors Jason Robards, Samuel West, Christien Anholt, Françoise Fabian, Barbara Jefford, Barbara Jefford
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.432143.432143.432143.432143.43214
American lawyer Henry Strauss (Robards) is preparing to return to Germany for the first time since he left in 1933 following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. He is seeking to renew an "enchanting friendship" of his youth with aristocrat Konradin Von Lohenburg (West).
The Bengali Night, 1h55
Directed by Nicolas Klotz
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi, Hugh Grant, Supriya Pathak, Pierre-Loup Rajot, John Hurt
Roles Art Direction
Rating58% 2.9043552.9043552.9043552.9043552.904355
Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
Round Midnight, 2h13
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Bérenger
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors François Cluzet, Martin Scorsese, Lonette McKee, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Trabaud, Herbie Hancock
Roles Production Design
Rating73% 3.6958853.6958853.6958853.6958853.695885
Dale Turner, a famous African-American tenor saxophone player in Paris in the 1950s is befriended by Francis, a struggling French graphic designer specialized in film posters, who idolizes the musician and who tries desperately to help him to escape alcohol abuse. As he succeeds, the budding friendship they develop changes their lives forever.
Subway
Subway (1985)
, 1h44
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Transport en Île-de-France, Métro parisien dans la culture populaire
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Christophe Lambert, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Richard Bohringer, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Roles Production Design
Rating64% 3.249753.249753.249753.249753.24975
Having stolen some compromising documents from a powerful and successful entrepreneur/gangster at a party, a man known as Fred (Lambert) escapes from the police and takes refuge in the underground world of the Paris Métro stations and tunnels. There he joins the dwellers and befriends several colourful characters, including others who are living under the subway to avoid police arrest. While the gangster's henchmen try to find Fred, he develops a romance with the gangster's young trophy wife Héléna (Adjani). She had originally invited Fred to the party featured at the opening of the film, and is bored with her gilded-caged life.
So Long, Stooge, 1h40
Directed by Claude Berri
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Motocyclette
Actors Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral, Philippe Léotard, Agnès Soral, Mahmoud Zemmouri
Roles Production Design
Rating72% 3.6498253.6498253.6498253.6498253.649825
Lambert, a withdrawn middle-aged man, works the night shift at a Parisian petrol station. He has no friends, no family; his only companion is his bottle of rum. One night, a young Arab man, Bensoussan, enters his shop — and his life. This stranger has also no family, lives alone in a dingy room, and scrapes together a living as a drug dealer. The two solitary men develop a friendship — but this is brutally brought to an end when Bensoussan is killed in front of Lambert. Lambert soon realises that his new friend was murdered by his drug dealing associates and sets out to avenge his death — assisted by Lola, a punk girl who knew Bensoussan briefly. By doing this, Lambert manages to come to terms with his own tragic past.
The Trout
The Trout (1982)
, 1h43
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Olbrychski, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Spiesser, Isao Yamagata
Roles Production Design
Rating59% 2.9519352.9519352.9519352.9519352.951935
Traumatisée depuis son enfance, Frédérique (surnommée la Truite) se venge sur les hommes en les aguichant pour les exploiter, sans jamais se donner à eux. Elle épouse Galuchat, un homosexuel, et cohabite pendant un certain temps au Japon avec le riche affairiste Saint-Genis, rencontré en même temps qu'un couple aisé, les Rambert.