Skip to content
MovieCove
Jean Wiener

Jean Wiener

Composer and actor · Died June 8, 1982, aged 86 · Paris, France

Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, 14th arrondissement of Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer. Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with Erik Satie. He then embarked on a career as concert impresario, composer and pianist. He was the house pianist at the Gaya bar, and later at Le Boeuf sur le Toit. In 1924, a chance encounter with Clement Doucet (who succeeded him at Le Boeuf) brought him into the world of popular music. Already a jazz enthusiast, Wiener found fame with Doucet in the music hall s of Europe as a piano duo, under the name "Wiener et Doucet" in which they performed classical music, hot dance and jazz. The two friends recorded many duos between 1925 and 1937. After the end of the war in 1945, Wiener devoted himself fully to composition, notably film music (working on more than 300), as well as the opening theme music for ORTF's film history program "History speechless" (History without words). He was of some significance in the promotion of new music, both by his friends in the Les Six (Milhaud, Poulenc, etc.), and by composers such as Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. His compositions involve the use of jazz informed by French wit and elegance. His daughter, Elizabeth Wiener, is an actress, singer and singer-songwriter. Jean Wiener published his memoirs in 1978 as Allegro Appassionato. Source: Article "Jean Wiener" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Read more

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 19, 1896
Died
June 8, 1982 (aged 86)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Composer and actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 82 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 26% in 30 days

What are Jean Wiener's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 95th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
23%
Survival
15%
Power
12%
Morality
10%
Society
10%
Ideas
5%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
6
Melancholic
5
Tense
3
Warm
3
Dread
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jean Wiener's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on The Criterion Channel (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Jean Wiener's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

82 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Le Crime d'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Love Letters in Somalia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Au piano

  • The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • On the Lam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • The Wedding Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • The Demise of Father Mouret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Les Ajoncs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Dieu a choisi Paris(1969)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Gentle Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Les deux coquines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Sound

  • The Diary of an Innocent Boy(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Mouchette(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Golem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Les filous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Au hasard Balthazar(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Merlusse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Lady L(1965)

    as Krajewski

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Our Agent Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Quatrevingt-treize (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Sound Director

  • Pantalaskas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Stop the Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Pianist

  • The Female(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Be Beautiful But Shut Up(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Ni vu, ni connu(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Seventh Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • La création du monde(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Lovers of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Notre Dame, cathédrale de Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • La Garçonne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Les Lumières du soir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Deadlier Than the Male(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Rencontre à Varsovie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • School for Love(1955)

    Composer · as Piano Teacher (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Station 307 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Composer

  • Touchez pas au grisbi(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Count of Monte Cristo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Composer

  • Dust of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Je suis un mouchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Forgotten Stones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • Under the Paris Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • The Century Is Fifty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Composer

  • Rendezvous in July(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Perfume of the Lady in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • L'Escadron blanc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • The Mark of the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • Zanzabelle in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • Panic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Composer

  • Back Streets of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • Nous continuons la France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • The Lightning Rod Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • The Passengers of Ursa Major (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • The Scarecrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • The Heart of a Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer · as (uncredited)

  • Cristobal's Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • The Last Turning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • Behind the Facade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer · as Pianist of the “Perroquet” (uncredited)

  • The Woman at the End of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Le Messager de la lumière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • De man zonder hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • Nights of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • L'Homme sans cœur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • The Man of the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • The Lower Depths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • Quand minuit sonnera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • Klokslag twaalf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • The Tomboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • The Crime of Monsieur Lange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • Le Voyage imprévu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • La Bandera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • Phénomènes électriques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • The Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Maria Chapdelaine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • S. S. Tenacity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Sound Director

  • Une vie perdue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • The Man with the Hispano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • The Crazy Ray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Composer

  • The Woman from Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Composer · as Le pianiste

Career shape

A full career of 81 titles from 1922 to 1987.

Biggest box office

The Female (1958)

$608K worldwide

Highest rated

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Au hasard Balthazar (1966)

Film career

  • 1965Screen debut· Lady L

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 81: 4 only acting, 4 with another roleMusic74 of 81: 70 only music, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score78thOther crew3 of 81: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

81 titles, 4 with more than one role — music and acting overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1920s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew1930s22 · 1 acting · 22 crew1940s15 · 1 acting · 15 crew1950s20 · 2 acting · 19 crew1960s13 · 1 acting · 12 crew1970s6 · 2 acting · 4 crew1980s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jean Wiener's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 13 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · composer

Dieu a choisi Paris (1969)

78th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)

Midcredits 96th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 67/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jean Wiener work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean Wiener's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ghislain Cloquet shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles