Alexander Esway (2)

Alexander Esway (20 January 1895 – 23 August 1947) was a Hungarian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Life and career
Esway was born Sándor Ezry in Budapest. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he worked as a director and screenwriter, first in Germany and then in the UK. He began working primarily in France from 1933, although he also continued to work in the UK where he set up a short-lived production company, Atlantic Film Productions, in 1935. The company's only production was Thunder in the City, starring Edward G. Robinson. During World War II, he worked in Hollywood on Allied propaganda films, most notably, The Cross of Lorraine. After the war, he returned to France where he made his last two films: the two-part war film Le Bataillon du ciel, based on the book of the same name by Joseph Kessel, and L'Idole, starring Yves Montand. Esway died in St. Tropez at the age of 52. wiki

Director (20 credits)
1948 L'idole (as Alexandre Esway)
1947 They Are Not Angels (as Alexandre Esway)
1945 Steppin' in Society
1940 The Man Who Seeks the Truth (as Alexandre Esway)
1939 Quartier latin (uncredited)
1939 Monsieur Brotonneau (as Alexandre Esway)
1938 Bargekeepers Daughter
1938 Barnabé (as Alexandre Esway)
1938 Hercule (as Alexandre Esway)
1936 The Conquest of the Air
1935 It's a Bet
1935 Music Hath Charms (uncredited)
1935 Plenty of Time for Play (Short)
1934 Mauvaise graine (as Alexandre Esway)
1933 Le jugement de minuit (as Alexandre Esway)
1931 Shadows
1931 Kinder des Glücks
1930 Children of Chance
1929 Taxi for Two (silent version)
1928 Herkules Maier
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OK Mauvaise graine (Billy Wilder & Alexander Esway, 1934)

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