Paul Cotteret
French cinematographer (1896–1983)
Paul Cotteret (1896–1998) was a French cinematographer.
Selected filmography
Siren of the Tropics (1927)
André Cornélis (1927)
Wine Cellars (1930)
The Polish Jew (1931)
Tossing Ship (1932)
Our Lord's Vineyard (1932)
Love and Luck (1932)
The Lacquered Box (1932)
Mannequins (1933)
Three Sailors (1934)
The Brighton Twins (1936)
The Woman from the End of the World (1938)
The Porter from Maxim's (1939)
His Uncle from Normandy (1939)
Narcisse (1940)
The Murderer is Afraid at Night (1942)
Private Life (1942)
Fever (1942)
The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois (1943)
Mistral (1943)
Vautrin (1943)
The Lucky Star (1943)
A Cage of Nightingales (1945)
Fantômas (1946)
Star Without Light (1946)
The Faceless Enemy (1946)
The Idol (1948)
The Wolf (1949)
Cartouche, King of Paris (1950)
One Only Loves Once (1950)
The Passage of Venus (1951)
Thirteen at the Table (1955)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
References
Bibliography
Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works. McFarland, 1998.
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