Jacques Brunius
Jacques Brunius is known for L'Atalante (1934), L'Âge d'or (1930), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951).
Biography
Jacques B. Brunius (born Jacques Henri Cottance, 16 September 1906 – 24 April 1967) was a French actor, director and writer, who was born in Paris and died in Exeter, UK. He was cremated in Sidmouth, with a tribute by Mesens.
Assistant director to Luis Buñuel on L'Âge d'or, he appeared in more than 30 movies, using several alternate names: Jacques Borel, J.B. Brunius, Jacques-Bernard Brunius, Jacques Brunius, Brunius, J.B.Brunius. He acted in many of the early, more political, movies of his friend Jean Renoir. During World War II he broadcast from England to France over Radio Londres. He married French-English actress Cecile Chevreau in 1951. Their son Richard was born in 1956.
Member of the surrealist group in France and then in England, with his friends E.L.T. Mesens, Conroy Maddox, Ithell Colquhoun, Simon Watson Taylor and Roland Penrose. Brunius attacked Toni del Renzio, who was married to Colquhoun and who was attempting to reanimate an inactive English group in 1942–3. Brunius co-signed the tract Idolatry and Confusion, which condemned and mocked del Renzio. In reality, Mesens feared a takeover of the group leadership by del Renzio.
He never missed an opportunity to defend surrealism, and participated in many radio shows. In 1959, he undertook a vigorous defense of the poetic value of nursery rhymes.
The text was published by John Lyle in Transforma(c)tion n°7 under the title "Language and Lore of Children".
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Known for
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7.5 L'Atalante
1934
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6.8 L'Âge d'or
1930
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7.2 The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
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7.3 A Day in the Country
1946
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7.1 The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936
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6.1 The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
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6.9 Heartbeat
1938
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5.8 Sea Devils
1953
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6.8 The Wooden Horse
1950
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6.4 House of Secrets
1956
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5.0 Wicked as They Come
1956
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7.2 Orders to Kill
1958
Full filmography
35 films — 24 in the catalogue
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6.2 Return from the Ashes
1965
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3.7 Le Chant du monde
1965 · (uncredited)
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6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Duc de d'Angouleme (England) (uncredited)
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7.2
Orders to Kill
1958 · Cmndt. Morand
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6.3 Dangerous Exile
1957 · De Chassagne
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Onion Johnnie
1957 · narrator
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8.0 Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
1957 · Doctor
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7.7 True as a Turtle
1957 · Monsieur Charbonnier
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6.4
House of Secrets
1956 · Lessage
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5.0
Wicked as They Come
1956 · Inspector Caron
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5.6 To Paris with Love
1955 · Monsieur Marconne
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6.9 Forbidden Cargo
1954 · Det. Pierre Valance
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5.8 Laughing Anne
1953 · Frenchie
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6.5 Always a Bride
1953 · Inspector
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5.8
Sea Devils
1953 · Fouche
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6.6 South of Algiers
1953 · Kress (as Jacques Brunius)
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5.8 24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952 · Concierge, Pension Lisa
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7.0 To the Rescue
1952 · Mr. Black
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7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Customs Official
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6.8 Une fille à croquer
1951 · (uncredited)
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6.7 Andalusia
1951 · (uncredited)
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7.0 El sueño de Andalucía
1951
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7.0
The Changing Face of Europe
1951 · Self - Narrator
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6.8
The Wooden Horse
1950 · André
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7.3
A Day in the Country
1946 · Rodolphe
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5.5 L'Héritier des Mondésir
1940 · Le médecin (uncredited)
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6.9
Heartbeat
1938 · Props master
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9.0
Le Temps des cerises
1938 · Director's grandson
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6.4 Life Is Ours
1936 · Le président du conseil d'administration
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7.1
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · Mr. Baigneur
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7.0 L'Hôtel du libre échange
1934 · Le monsieur du train
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7.5
L'Atalante
1934 · Policeman with a Bicycle (uncredited)
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7.0 L'affaire est dans le sac
1932 · Adrien, le client au béret
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6.8
L'Âge d'or
1930 · Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
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The Blakes Slept Here
1953
People data: TMDb.
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