Roland Tual (10 November 1902Archives de Paris 12e, acte de naissance n°3597, year 1902 – 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.Bernard Morlino, Emmanuel Berl. Les tribulations d'un pacifiste, Paris, La Manufacture, 1990, (p. 125).
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 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
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
External links
lesgensducinema.com Filmographie partielle sur Dvdtoile Roland Tual (1904-1956) on André Breton.fr Tual Roland Portrait de Roand Tual on Centre Georges Pompidou