Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle

1912-02-20 Avignon, Vaucluse, France 16 Credits

Biography

Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist largely known for two famous works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Boulle  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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La face

La face

2016

Writer

5.8
Writing

Paul Berthier, an ambitious public prosecutor, is witness to the accidental drowning of a young girl in the Charente but does nothing to help. It star...

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

2001

Novel

5.8

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes domi...

Un métier de seigneur

Un métier de seigneur

1986

Novel

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980

Characters

5.9

When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must pr...

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Characters

7.4

When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax...

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Characters

7.5

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death shoul...

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

1980

Characters

7.5

Human astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are forced to become involved in the strange gladiatorial games of the district r...

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Back to the Planet of the Apes

1980

Characters

5.5

Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps t...

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

Characters

5.7

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

Characters

6.2

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, an...

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Characters

6.4

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans...

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970

Characters, Novel

6.1

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

1968

Novel

7.6

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds him...

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

1966

Original Story

Writing

A make-up test to determine the feasibility of 'Planet of the Apes' (1968).

Noc bez końca

1959

Story

Writing
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Novel

7.8

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence...