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Henri Langlois
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 62
GenderMaleNationalityFranceBorn13/11/1914Born inİzmir, Ottoman EmpireDied13/01/1977 (aged 62)Died in14th arrondissement of ParisCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ745858 ↗Buried atMontparnasse CemeteryTMDb#1269888 ↗

Henri Langlois was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema. His film screenings in Paris in the 1950s are often credited with providing the ideas that led to the development of the auteur theory.

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Filmography18 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2023Godard CinemaMovieSelf (archive footage)109
2016Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free WomanMovie—102
2005Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the CinémathèqueMovieSelf (archive footage)91
1997Birth of a NationMovieSelf83
1990RosselliniMovieSelf (archive footage)76
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovieSelf (archive footage)72
1978Ciné regardsSeriesSelf64
1976Let's Talk Cinema, Henri Langlois' anti-coursesMovieSelf62
1975Conversation avec Henri LangloisMovieSelf61
1973Charlie Chaplin's visit to the French CinemathequeMovieSelf59
1971Samedi soirSeriesSelf57
1971Henri Langlois : élaboration du musée du cinémaMovieSelf57
1970LangloisMovieSelf56
1969À la recherche de Jean GrémillonMovieSelf55
1968Retour d'Henri Langlois à ParisMovieSelf54
1966Carl Th. DreyerMovieSelf52
1964Pour le plaisirSeriesSelf50
1962Langlois-Keaton à ParisMovieSelf48