Jane was offered a science–fiction sex comedy titled ‘Barbarella’ in Hollywood. She agreed to do it but on the condition that Roger should direct the film. The producers agreed. The film was a moderate success in both Europe and the US. In the UK, the film was one of the highest-earning films.
He wrote and directed a French–English film for Jane Fonda, titled ‘The Game is Over.’ Although the film was a major success in France, it was not much of a success in the US.
Roger’s next directorial venture was the 1957 film titled ‘No Sun in Venice. This film was not as successful as his debut directorial venture. However, his third film as a director, ‘The Night Heaven Fell,’ became highly successful. He also returned to be a screenwriter for the comedy film ‘Be Beautiful but Shut Up.’
Roger got the chance to write the 1953 film ‘School for Love,’ along with Marc. The film ended up being a major critical and commercial failure. Most of the films that Roger had written had not done well financially, and this put a big question mark on his future career as a director.
One of his first films as the assistant director of Marc was ‘Blanche Fury,’ which released in 1948. The film was made in the English language for a British company and was a box-office and commercial failure.
Roger Vadim was born Roger Vadim Plemiannikov, in Paris, France, to Igor Nikolaevich Plemiannikov and Marie-Antoinette. His mother was a French actor, while his father was a “white émigré” military officer. In the later years of his career, his father had settled in France and had taken French citizenship.
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