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The Man of the Hour
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Julien Duvivier filmography
Julien Duvivier (8 October 1896, in Lille – 29 October 1967, in Paris) was a French film director. He rose to prominence in French cinema in the silent era, and directed some of the most notable films of the poetic realism in the 1930s, such as "La belle équipe" and "Pépé le Moko". During World War II he worked in the United States. He returned to France with "Panique" in 1946 and continued to work in Europe for the rest of his career. He had a big commercial success with "The Little World of Don Camillo" which had 12.8 million admissions in 1952. His last film was "Diabolically Yours" from 1967.
The White Sheik
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Theodore Mann
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Woman's Hour
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Rich Man, Poor Man Book II
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Jason Kristal
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Birth of a Notion (short story)
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International Who's Who in Music
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A Man Called Dagger
A Man Called Dagger (1968) is a low-budget spy film that was the first collaboration between director Richard Rush, cinematographer László Kovács and stuntman Gary Warner Kent (who also did the film's special effects).
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
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Hirschsprung's disease
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Renato Mastropietro
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Bugatti Veyron
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Lucy Goes to the Hospital
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Donna Roma
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Where was the director of The Man of the Hour born?
The director of The Man of the Hour is who?
Julien Duvivier
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Lille