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Patrice Chéreau

Director

Patrice Chéreau

Born November 2, 1944 in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, FranceDied October 7, 201322 films

Patrice Chéreau (November 2, 1944 – October 7, 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for his staging of the Jahrhundertring, the centenary Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976.

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Queen Margot posterFirst watchQueen Margot19947.2Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot…View film

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Filmography

22 films as director
  1. 2016Strauss: ElektraDirector
  2. 2009PersecutionDirector
  3. 2007Tristan und IsoldeDirector
  4. 2005GabrielleDirector
  5. 2003His BrotherDirector
  6. 2001IntimacyDirector
  7. 2000TeaspoonDirector
  8. 1998Those Who Love Me Can Take the TrainDirector
  9. 1997ADNDirector
  10. 1994Queen MargotDirector
  11. 1994WozzeckDirector
  12. 1991dans la solitude des champs de cotonDirector
  13. 1991Lest We ForgetDirector
  14. 1987Hôtel de FranceDirector
  15. 1983The Wounded ManDirector
  16. 1981Peer GyntDirector
  17. 1980Wagner: Das RheingoldDirector
  18. 1980Wagner: Die WalküreDirector
  19. 1980Siegfried - Bayreuther FestspieleDirector
  20. 1980Wagner: GötterdämmerungDirector
  21. 1978Judith TherpauveDirector
  22. 1975Flesh of the OrchidDirector