Louis Daquin

{{short description|French film director}} {{for|the composer|Louis-Claude Daquin}} {{One source|date=March 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Louis Daquin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|5|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Calais, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|10|2|1908|5|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Film director<br />Actor | years_active = 1937–1979 }} '''Louis Daquin''' (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=7436.html |title=Louis Daquin |work=Allocine |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Portrait of Innocence'' (1941) * ''Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) * ''Patrie'' (1946) * ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (1947) * ''Mystery Trip'' (1947) * ''Daybreak'' (1949) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''Skipper Next to God'' (1951) * ''Bel Ami'' (1955) * ''Ciulinii Bărăganului'' (1958) (co-director, with Gheorghe Vitanidis) * ''The Opportunists'' (1959) * ''La Foire aux cancres'' (1963)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0200877|Louis Daquin}}

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