Henri Jeanson

Henri Jeanson

Henri Jules Louis Jeanson (6 March 1900 in Paris – 6 November 1970 in Équemauville) was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of 'Pataphysics". Jeanson was born on 6 March 1900 in Paris. His father was a teacher. Before becoming a journalist, he had several casual jobs, including being depicted as a soldier on a good-luck card for a postcard seller, belying his future pacifism. In 1917, he started work for La Bataille, newspaper of the Confédération générale du travail. Noted for his strong writing, he was a journalist throughout the 1920s, with intervening stints as reporter, interviewer and film critic. He was distinguished by the potency of his style and a taste for polemic. Jeanson worked for several papers including the Journal du peuple, Hommes du Jour and the Canard enchaîné, where he defended complete pacifism. He resigned from the Canard enchaîné in 1937, in solidarity with Jean Galtier-Boissière. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison in July 1939, for publishing an article in Solidarité internationale antifasciste, a periodical founded in November 1938 by Louis Lecoin, in which he congratulated Herschel Grynszpan for his assassination of Ernst vom Rath, an official of the German embassy in Paris. He was arrested in November 1939, at which time he had already joined his regiment in Meaux, for articles which had appeared in March and August 1939, and for having signed Louis Lecoin's tract "Paix immédiate". On 20 December 1939, he was sentenced by a military tribunal to five years in prison for "calling for disobedience within the ranks". Jeanson was in prison for his pacifist writings, and this only a few days before the German army marched into Paris. His freedom was obtained by the lawyer and minister César Campinchi. He remained in Paris and in August 1940 was given the chief editorship of Aujourd'hui, an "independent" newspaper. The first issue went out on 10 September 1940. In November 1940, the German authorities pressured him to take a public position against the Jews and in favour of the politics of collaboration with the Vichy regime. Jeanson resigned and went back to prison. He was freed a few months later after the intervention of his friend Gaston Bergery, a neo-radical who had turned to the collaborationists through ultra-pacifism. From that point on he was banned from the press and the cinema, and worked secretly, writing film dialogues without putting his name to them. With Pierre Bénard, Jeanson participated in the development of secret pamphlets, and just missed being re-arrested in 1942. He continued to lie low until the liberation of France. His story is said to illustrate the contradictions and compromises of absolute pacifism: the willingness to seek an understanding with Germany to avoid war, transforming, after France's defeat, into a desire for proper coexistence, even offering to serve the Germans. The newspaper Aujourd'hui was far from being innocent in its hunting down those allegedly responsible for France's defeat, resorting to the "clean sweep of the broom" myth in its Anglophobia. The paper entered into resonance with Marshal Philippe Pétain's narrative, and took the direction of German propaganda. ... Source: Article "Henri Jeanson" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Henri Jeanson
  • Popularity: 2.065
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1900-03-06
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Анри Жансон
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Henri Jeanson Movies

  • 2007
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    Arletty, Lady Paname

    Arletty, Lady Paname

    6 2007 HD

    A biography of the French actress Arletty.

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  • 1963
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    Don't Tempt the Devil

    Don't Tempt the Devil

    6.3 1963 HD

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  • 1950
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    Three Sinners

    Three Sinners

    6.7 1950 HD

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  • 1952
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    Holiday for Henrietta

    Holiday for Henrietta

    7 1952 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Black Tulip

    The Black Tulip

    6.2 1964 HD

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  • 1954
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    Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

    5.3 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

    5.3 1954 HD

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  • 1937
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    Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

    Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

    3.875 1937 HD

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  • 1947
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    Carbon Copy

    Carbon Copy

    6.053 1947 HD

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  • 1948
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    In the Eyes of Memory

    In the Eyes of Memory

    6.6 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lost Souvenirs

    Lost Souvenirs

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lady Paname

    Lady Paname

    6.1 1950 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Man in the Buick

    The Man in the Buick

    6.3 1968 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lady Paname

    Lady Paname

    6.1 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Nathalie

    Nathalie

    5.9 1957 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Merry Monarch

    The Merry Monarch

    6 1933 HD

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  • 1962
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    Crime Does Not Pay

    Crime Does Not Pay

    5.125 1962 HD

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  • 1933
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    La Dame de chez Maxim's

    La Dame de chez Maxim's

    5 1933 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Man in My Life

    The Man in My Life

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lost Souvenirs

    Lost Souvenirs

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Sinners

    The Sinners

    6.1 1949 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Crowned Fish Tavern

    The Crowned Fish Tavern

    5.6 1947 HD

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  • 1944
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    L'aventure est au coin de la rue

    L'aventure est au coin de la rue

    4.2 1944 HD

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  • 1937
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    French White Cargo

    French White Cargo

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Shanghai Drama

    The Shanghai Drama

    6.4 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Pépé le Moko

    Pépé le Moko

    7.2 1937 HD

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  • 1957
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    Lovers of Paris

    Lovers of Paris

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Curtain Rises

    The Curtain Rises

    7.9 1938 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Cow and I

    The Cow and I

    6.7 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Cow and I

    The Cow and I

    6.7 1959 HD

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  • 1961
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    This Time it Must Be Caviar

    This Time it Must Be Caviar

    6 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Operation Caviar

    Operation Caviar

    5.1 1961 HD

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  • 1936
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    Mister Flow

    Mister Flow

    6.5 1936 HD

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  • 1947
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    Square of Knaves

    Square of Knaves

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Square of Knaves

    Square of Knaves

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Devil and the Ten Commandments

    The Devil and the Ten Commandments

    5.6 1962 HD

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  • 1951
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    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    5.3 1951 HD

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  • 1961
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    Madame

    Madame

    5.6 1961 HD

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  • 1950
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    Twelve Hours to Live

    Twelve Hours to Live

    5.9 1950 HD

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  • 1938
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    Le Patriote

    Le Patriote

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Moment of Truth

    The Moment of Truth

    5.3 1952 HD

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  • 1959
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    Atomic Agent

    Atomic Agent

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1961
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    Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

    Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

    5.2 1961 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Sword and the Balance

    The Sword and the Balance

    7.6 1963 HD

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  • 1937
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    Life Dances On

    Life Dances On

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1965
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    Le Majordome

    Le Majordome

    7.4 1965 HD

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  • 1944
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    Carmen

    Carmen

    8 1944 HD

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  • 1964
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    Paris When It Sizzles

    Paris When It Sizzles

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Girl from Maxim's

    The Girl from Maxim's

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1955
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    Nana

    Nana

    6.2 1955 HD

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  • 1946
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    A Lover's Return

    A Lover's Return

    5.9 1946 HD

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  • 1960
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    It Happened All Night

    It Happened All Night

    4.8 1960 HD

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  • 1951
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    Savage Triangle

    Savage Triangle

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Savage Triangle

    Savage Triangle

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Lie of Nina Petrovna

    The Lie of Nina Petrovna

    5.6 1937 HD

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  • 1966
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    Paris in August

    Paris in August

    7.346 1966 HD

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  • 1949
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    Between Eleven and Midnight

    Between Eleven and Midnight

    6.7 1949 HD

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  • 1954
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    Daughters of Destiny

    Daughters of Destiny

    4 1954 HD

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  • 1938
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    Hôtel du Nord

    Hôtel du Nord

    7.2 1938 HD

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  • 1945
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    Angel and Sinner

    Angel and Sinner

    5.5 1945 HD

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  • 1938
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    Princess Tarakanova

    Princess Tarakanova

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1960
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    It Happened All Night

    It Happened All Night

    4.8 1960 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Damned

    The Damned

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1960
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    Wasteland

    Wasteland

    5.8 1960 HD

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  • 1964
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    Champagne for Savages

    Champagne for Savages

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1959
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    Guinguette

    Guinguette

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1948
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    Monelle

    Monelle

    6.3 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Loves of Colette

    The Loves of Colette

    7.5 1948 HD

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  • 1959
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    Marie-Octobre

    Marie-Octobre

    7.3 1959 HD

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  • 1934
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    Sidonie Panache

    Sidonie Panache

    10 1934 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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