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Christian Matras

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Christian Matras (29 December 1903, Valence, Drôme, France - 4 May 1977, Paris) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than hundred feature films, including Grand Illusion (1937), directed by Jean Renoir; The Milky Way (1969), directed by Luis Buñuel; and Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962), directed by Georges Franju; Lola Montès (1955), The Earrings of Madame De... (1953), Le Plaisir (1952), La Ronde (1950), all directed by Max Ophüls; and L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948) directed by Jean Cocteau. Source: Article "Christian Matras (cinematographer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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The Earrings of Madame de...

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Grand Illusion

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Woman Times Seven

Director of Photography

The Game of Truth

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The Melodrama They Never Let Us Keep

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Woman Times Seven

1967

The Game of Truth

1961

The Earrings of Madame de...

1953

Grand Illusion

1937