Claude Autant-Lara

Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. His career was frequently marked by controversy, and in his late 80s he was elected to the European Parliament as a member for the far-right French National Front. ^{Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (d. 2000)}

5 August 1901

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