Roland Tual

French film director and producer

Roland Tual
Born	10 November 1902 12th arrondissement of Paris
Died	29 August 1956(1956-08-29) (aged 53) Saint-Cloud
Occupation(s)	Director Producer.

Roland Tual (10 November 1902^[1] – 29 August 1956) was a French director and producer.

First married to Colette Jéramec, the daughter of a rich Parisian industrialist, Tual then married the producer and director Denise Piazza, also known under the name Denise Tual.

Very close to surrealists, he was a friend of the painter André Masson in the 1920s.

He had financial interests in the daily Le Monde.^[2]

Filmography

Unit production manager

1932: Fantômas by Pál Fejös
1938: Mollenard by Robert Siodmak
1938: La bête humaine by Jean Renoir
1939: La Loi du nord by Jacques Feyder
1941: Remorques by Jean Grémillon
1945: Espoir by André Malraux and Boris Peskine [fr] based on the work by Malraux

Producer

1941: The Pavilion Burns by Jacques de Baroncelli
1942: Love Letters by Claude Autant-Lara
1945: L'Espoir by André Malraux and Boris Peskine based on the work by Malraux
1950: Ce siècle a cinquante ans by Roland Tual, Denise Tual and Werner Malbran [de]

Director

1942: Le Lit à colonnes
1944: Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs
1950: Ce siècle a cinquante ans by Roland Tual, Denise Tual and Werner Malbran

Art director

1932: Fanny by Marc Allégret

References

^ Archives de Paris 12e, acte de naissance n°3597, year 1902
^ Bernard Morlino, Emmanuel Berl. Les tribulations d'un pacifiste, Paris, La Manufacture, 1990, (p. 125).