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André Cayatte (b.1909 in Carcassonne, Aude, France) was a lawyer turned novelist and journalist, then screenwriter in 1938, after which he became a film director in 1942. He was known in France from the 1940s to the 1970s for uncompromising films examining the complex ethical and political dimensions of crime and justice in the French judicial system. He saw film as a stimulus for reform, advocating social concerns, and in this way was much a seminal forerunner to Costa-Gavras. Cayatte wrote or co-wrote the scripts for all of his films (his collaborators often including Charles Spaak). He was largely considered the 'Sidney Lumet of France'. Highlights of his career: "The Lovers of Verona" (1949), with dialogue by poet Jacques Prévert, is considered by many to be Cayatte's towering achievement, a first international success, a story loosely based on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". His film "Justice is Done" (1950) won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was one of the first films to deal with the moral acceptability of euthanasia. "We Are All Murderers" was one of the first strong indictments against the death penalty; it focused on a bleak vision of prisoners who were waiting to be executed and received a special award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. "Piège Pour Cendrillon" (1965) (remade in the UK as "The Cinderella Trap") was a tense thriller based on a Sebastien Japrisot novel. In 1967 "Les Risques Du Métier" starring famed Belgian singer Jacques Brel dealt with the tragedy of a school teacher,accused of abusing his pupils. "Mourir D'Aimer" (1971) was based on the real life Gabrielle Russier affair and in an highly emotional manner depicted the forbidden love of a teacher for one of her students. The film would introduce actress Annie Girardot, who was to become a French star and his favorite actress. "Il N'y A Pas De Fumée Sans Feu" and "La Raison D'Etat" were both political thrillers. "A Chacun Son Enfer" was in particular a highly disturbing and provocative criminal thriller, focusing on the unbearable suffering of the mother (Annie Girardot) of a kidnapped daughter, and is considered Cayatte 's most terrifying work. "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1958) was one of the forerunners of movies dealing with the consequences of plastic surgery, namely the emotional and psychological repercussions on the relationship between a husband and a wife. The film, starring Michelle Morgan, was later remade by Barbara Streisand as "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996). Cayatte published six novels before entering the film industry. The opus of his French work, in particular his socially conscious films, can be summed up as a sincere moral plea for a more humane form of justice in the face of rigid and difficult systems of laws and regulations. He exclusively worked for TV in the eighties; he died in 1989 in Paris, France, age 80.- Additional Crew
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Ron Field was born in 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director, known for Once Upon a Mattress (1972), America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976) and The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978). He died on 6 February 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.- Barbara Tuchman was born on 30 January 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for The Guns of August, The Guns of August (1964) and A World of Ideas (1988). She was married to Lester Reginald Tuchman. She died on 6 February 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
- Netty Herawati was born on 4 April 1930 in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. She was an actress, known for Leilani (Tabu) (1953), After the Curfew (1954) and Rodrigo de Villa (1952). She died on 6 February 1989 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Aldo Trionfo was born on 10 February 1921 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was an assistant director and director, known for Giovanni Episcopo (1977), Senso (1954) and A Husband for Anna (1953). He died on 6 February 1989 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Gleb Trofimov was born on 1 June 1908 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Gleb was a cinematographer, known for Leningrad v borbe (1942), Devyatsot nezabyvaemykh dney (1965) and Blockade (2006). Gleb died on 6 February 1989 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Filiberto Menna was born on 11 November 1926 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He died on 6 February 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Mady Alfredo was born on 4 May 1910 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Mens erger je niet (1975), Alicia (1974) and Het is weer zo laat! (1978). She died on 6 February 1989 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Glenn Mure was born on 26 December 1950 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Monique (1979) and Hot T-Shirts (1980). He died on 6 February 1989 in New York, New York, USA.