Marcel Vandal

Marcel Vandal
Born	1 March 1882 Paris France
Died	14 April 1965 Le Perreux-sur-Marne, France
Occupation	Film producer and director

Marcel Vandal (1882–1965) was a French film producer. During the 1910s he worked closely with the German producer Erich Pommer for the French company Elcair.^[1] Vandal served in the French Army during the First World War. He directed four silent films between 1926 and 1928.

Vandal and Pommer later collaborated following the latter's exile from Nazi Germany, firstly in Paris on Liliom (1934)^[2] and later in London for Vessel of Wrath (1938).^[3]

Selected filmography

Producer

• The Secret of Polichinelle (1923)
• The Bread Peddler (1923)
• Paris (1924)
• The Flame (1926)
• The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
• The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
• David Golder (1931)
• Mountains on Fire (1931)
• Amourous Adventure (1932)
• La Châtelaine du Liban (1934)
• Liliom (1934)

Director

• Graziella (1926)
• The Crystal Submarine (1927)

References

1. Hardt p.19-22
2. Hardt p.142
3. Hardt p.151

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

• Marcel Vandal at the Internet Movie Database