Maurice Dekobra
Writing · Novel · Writer · Screenplay
Born May 26, 1885 · Paris, France
Active 1927–1973 · Awards: Prix du Quai des Orfèvres
Maurice Dekobra (26 May 1885, Paris – 1 June 1973, Paris) was a French writer. His real name was Ernest-Maurice Tessier. Viewed as a subversive writer in the 1920s and 1930s, he became one of the best-known French writers between the First…
Filmography
Morals at Midnight (1930) — NovelChange of Heart (1928) — WriterSoupçons (1956) — Novel · ProducerThe Roundup is for Tonight (1954) — Writer · DirectorOverseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957) — WriterGambling Hell (1942) — NovelPrince or Clown (1928) — NovelThe Ways of Love Are Strange (1927) — WriterMadonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928) — NovelSiren of the Tropics (1927) — WriterOperation Diplomatic Passport (1965) — Screenplay · NovelLatin Quarter (1929) — Idea · ScreenplayLatin Quarter (1939) — Scenario WriterHell Is Sold Out (1951) — NovelYoshiwara (1937) — NovelLa Madone des sleepings (1955) — NovelFriends and Lovers (1931) — Novel