FILM DIRECTOR

Christian-Jaque

1904 - 1994

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Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame du Barry (1954), and Nana (1955). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian-Jaque has received more than 79,502 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Christian-Jaque is the 406th most popular film director (up from 448th in 2019), the 2,303rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,464th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Christian-Jaques by language

Over the past year Christian-Jaque has had the most page views in the with 29,165 views, followed by English (8,570), and Russian (6,939). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (46.04%), Hungarian (30.95%), and Portuguese (27.56%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Christian-Jaque ranks 406 out of 2,041. Before him are Jerzy Kawalerowicz, James L. Brooks, Russ Meyer, Claire Denis, Alberto Lattuada, and Kaneto Shindo. After him are John Guillermin, André Téchiné, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Kon Ichikawa, Walter Ruttmann, and Giuliano Montaldo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Christian-Jaque ranks 99. Before him are José Antonio Aguirre, Deng Yingchao, Arshile Gorky, Joseph M. Juran, Mihai Antonescu, and Christopher Isherwood. After him are Tadao Takayama, Karl Ernst, Achille Varzi, Delmer Daves, Nikolai Berzarin, and Alexandrina of Balazar. Among people deceased in 1994, Christian-Jaque ranks 103. Before him are Marcel Bich, Manos Hatzidakis, Roberto Burle Marx, Donald Judd, Jérôme Lejeune, and Álvaro del Portillo. After him are Elissa Aalto, Vazgen I, Jean Carmet, Aleksandar Petrović, Kevin Carter, and Vitas Gerulaitis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Christian-Jaque ranks 2,303 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain Robert (1962), Jean Metzinger (1883), Jacques de Morgan (1857), Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), Julien Benda (1867), and Pierre de Castelnau (1170). After him are Ginette Neveu (1919), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), François Certain de Canrobert (1809), François Hotman (1524), and Félix Ziem (1821).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Christian-Jaque ranks 52. Before him are Leos Carax (1960), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Patrice Leconte (1947), Jacques Copeau (1879), and Claire Denis (1946). After him are André Téchiné (1943), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Michel Gondry (1963), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Claude Zidi (1934), and Édouard Molinaro (1928).

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Filmography

The Black Tulip
Director
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a robbery, he scars the Tulip's face, and hopes to use this to expose Guillaume, but Guillaume is one step ahead.
Feb 28o 19646.304 / 10
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Director
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.
Mar 20o 19526.8 / 10
The Law Is the Law
Director
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
Sep 17o 19587.169 / 10