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Robert Merle

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Robert Merle

Born August 28, 1908 · Tébessa, Constantine, France [now Algeria]

Died March 27, 2004 · aged 95

Robert Merle (28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist. Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was killed in 1916 in the Dardanelles. Young Merle and his mother moved to Paris, where he attended three lycées and the Sorbonne. Merle was professor of English Literature at sev…

Known For

The Day of the DolphinThe Day of the Dolphin · 1973
The Day of the Dolphin
★ 5.81973
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
Weekend at DunkirkWeekend at Dunkirk · 1964
Weekend at Dunkirk
★ 6.91964
MovieDramaWar
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
The Protected MenThe Protected Men · 2024
The Protected Men
★ 4.82024
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Ecology, equality, sustainability: Anita and Sarah pursue lofty political goals as they establish a new feminist party. By contrast, the men who are infected by a new type of virus tend to have less honorable intentions. The consequences: sexual obsession, molestation, and death. Urgent effort is put into developing a vaccine. But should the male sex be saved at all?
MalevilMalevil · 1981
Malevil
★ 6.71981
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible noise and the heat's getting higher and higher. They don't realize what's happening: when they come out of the cellar, they realize that everything has burned, and all the buildings are destroyed...
Death Is My TradeDeath Is My Trade · 1977
Death Is My Trade
★ 7.71977
MovieWarDrama
A biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.
MalevilMalevil · 2010
Malevil
★ 2.02010
MovieTV MovieDrama
After a nuclear war that devastated the planet's surface, the surviving inhabitants of Castle Malevil try to organize themselves and regain a taste for life.

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