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Henri Pouctal (c. 1856 – 3 February 1922) was an early French silent film director, screenwriter, and actor of the stage and film.[1] He is best known for his directorship on silent films of the 1910s, notably Alsace (1916) or Chantecoq (1916), and The Count of Monte Cristo serials in 1918.

Henri Pouctal
Bornc. 1856[1][2]
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, France
DiedFebruary 3, 1922(1922-02-03) (aged 65–66)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, screenwriter, art director
Years active1908—1922
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1917) : center, Léon Mathot (Dantès) ; right, Nelly Cormon (Mercédès).

He was a stage actor at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, and André Antoine's Théâtre Libre.[1][2] The first film directed by him was Le Curé de Campagne in 1908.[1] Pouctal directed about 100 films between 1908 and 1922. By 1913, he became the artistic director of Le Film d'Art production company.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Rège, Philippe (2009-12-11). Encyclopedia of French Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 837. ISBN 978-0-8108-6939-4.
  • ^ a b c d e Abel, Richard; Myrent, Glenn (2005). "Pouctal, Henri". Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
  • ^ Karney, Robyn; Finler, Joel Waldo; Bergan, Ronald (2006). Cinema Year by Year: The Complete Illustrated History of Film. Dorling Kindersley. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-7566-2259-6.
  • ^ Furhammar, Leif; Isaksson, Folke (1971). Politics and Film. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-289-79813-3.
  • ^ Peiró, Eva Woods (2012). White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films. University of Minnesota Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8166-4584-8.
  • ^ a b Griffiths, Kate; Watts, Andrew (2020-12-24). The History of French Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 30, 47. ISBN 978-1-5013-1181-9.
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