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Léon Barsacq(1906-1969)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Set Decorator
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Léon Barsacq was born on 18 October 1906 in Feodosiya, Crimea, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Longest Day (1962), Diabolique (1955) and Beauty and the Devil (1950). He died on 23 December 1969 in Paris, France.
BornOctober 18, 1906
DiedDecember 23, 1969(63)
BornOctober 18, 1906
DiedDecember 23, 1969(63)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)
The Longest Day
7.7
  • Art Director(as Leon Barsacq)
  • 1962
Diabolique (1955)
Diabolique
8.1
  • Art Director
  • 1955
Beauty and the Devil (1950)
Beauty and the Devil
7.3
  • Set Decorator
  • 1950
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur in Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise
8.3
  • Production Designer(as Leon Barsacq)
  • 1945

Credits

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Production Designer

  • Senta Berger and Alain Delon in Diabolically Yours (1967)
    Diabolically Yours
    6.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1967
  • J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967)
    J'ai tué Raspoutine
    5.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1967
  • Soleil noir (1966)
    Soleil noir
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1966
  • Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965)
    Three Rooms in Manhattan
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1965
  • Bourvil in Tout l'or du monde (1961)
    Tout l'or du monde
    6.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1961
  • Recours en grâce (1960)
    Recours en grâce
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1960
  • Honoré de Balzac, Louis Daquin, Philippe Hériat, Jean-Claude Pascal, and Madeleine Robinson in Les arrivistes (1960)
    Les arrivistes
    5.2
    • Production Designer
    • 1960
  • Alain Delon, Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, and Lino Ventura in Le chemin des écoliers (1959)
    Le chemin des écoliers
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1959
  • Lovers of Paris (1957)
    Lovers of Paris
    6.9
    • Production Designer (as Leon Barsacq)
    • 1957
  • The Gates of Paris (1957)
    The Gates of Paris
    7.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1957
  • Curd Jürgens and Geneviève Page in Michael Strogoff (1956)
    Michael Strogoff
    6.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1956
  • Bold Adventure (1956)
    Bold Adventure
    5.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1956
  • The Grand Maneuver (1955)
    The Grand Maneuver
    6.7
    • Production Designer (as Leon Barsacq)
    • 1955
  • Bel Ami (1955)
    Bel Ami
    5.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1955
  • Fruits of Summer (1955)
    Fruits of Summer
    5.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1955

Art Director

  • The Visit (1964)
    The Visit
    7.4
    • Art Director
    • 1964
  • Symphonie pour un massacre (1963)
    Symphonie pour un massacre
    7.2
    • Art Director
    • 1963
  • Three Fables of Love (1962)
    Three Fables of Love
    5.8
    • Art Director
    • 1962
  • Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)
    The Longest Day
    7.7
    • Art Director (as Leon Barsacq)
    • 1962
  • Pascale Petit in Cross of the Living (1962)
    Cross of the Living
    7.6
    • Art Director
    • 1962
  • Olivia de Havilland, Myrna Loy, Edward Arnold, Adolphe Menjou, and Tommy Noonan in The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
    The Ambassador's Daughter
    5.9
    • Art Director (as Leon Barsacq)
    • 1956
  • Diabolique (1955)
    Diabolique
    8.1
    • Art Director
    • 1955
  • Rome 11:00 (1952)
    Rome 11:00
    7.7
    • Art Director
    • 1952
  • Viviane Romance in Maya (1949)
    Maya
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1949
  • Le chanteur inconnu (1947)
    Le chanteur inconnu
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1947
  • Micheline Presle and Louis Salou in Angel and Sinner (1945)
    Angel and Sinner
    7.2
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur in Children of Paradise (1945)
    Children of Paradise
    8.3
    • Art Director (as Leon Barsacq)
    • 1945
  • Les mystères de Paris (1943)
    Les mystères de Paris
    6.5
    • Art Director
    • 1943

Set Decorator

  • Phedre (1968)
    Phedre
    6.6
    • Set Decorator
    • 1968
  • Soleil noir (1966)
    Soleil noir
    5.9
    • Set Decorator
    • 1966
  • La belle de Cadix (1953)
    La belle de Cadix
    6.0
    • Set Decorator
    • 1953
  • The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
    The Lovers of Toledo
    5.1
    • Set Decorator
    • 1953
  • Beauty and the Devil (1950)
    Beauty and the Devil
    7.3
    • Set Decorator
    • 1950
  • Maurice Chevalier, Marcelle Derrien, and François Périer in Man About Town (1947)
    Man About Town
    7.1
    • Set Decorator
    • 1947
  • L'idiot (1946)
    L'idiot
    6.6
    • Set Decorator
    • 1946
  • The Devil's Envoys (1942)
    The Devil's Envoys
    7.2
    • Set Decorator (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • L'ange que j'ai vendu (1938)
    L'ange que j'ai vendu
    • Set Decorator
    • 1938

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  • Alternative names
    • L. Barsacq
  • Born
    • October 18, 1906
    • Feodosiya, Crimea, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
  • Died
    • December 23, 1969
    • Paris, France

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    Brother of André Barsacq

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