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Antoine Balpêtré
Antoine Balpêtré (3 May 1898 – 28 March 1963) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1963. Partial filmography * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le commandant Thiéry * '' The House of Mystery'' (1933) - Rudeberg * ''Gaspard de Besse'' (1935) - Cabasse * ''Le monde tremblera'' (1939) * ''Le duel'' (1941) - Le constructeur Bugnet * ''The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' (1942) - Albert, le ministre de l'Intérieur (uncredited) * ''Picpus'' (1943) - Le grand patron * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) - Denis * ''Le Corbeau'' (1943) - Le docteur Delorme * ''Le visiteur'' (1946) - Louberger * ''Fort de la solitude'' (1948) - Le commissaire * ''La figure de proue'' (1948) - Le père Morfouage * ''Paysans noirs'' (1948) - Le médecin * ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) - Le président du conseil * '' Suzanne and the Robbers'' (1949) - Bevardel * ''Le paradis des pilotes perdus'' (1949) - Révérend-Père Spach * ''Millionaires fo ...
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Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyo ...
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Son Of The Hunchback
''Son of the Hunchback'' (Italian: ''Il Figlio di Lagardere'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Rossano Brazzi, Milly Vitale and Gabrielle Dorziat.Parish p.498 The film's sets were designed by Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Philippe de Lagardère * Milly Vitale as Olympe de Chaverny * Gabrielle Dorziat as Contessa Lagardere * Vittorio Sanipoli as Conte Zeno * Nerio Bernardi as Cocardasse * Nico Pepe as Helonin * Antoine Balpêtré as Pérolle * Simone Renant as Mathilde Pérolle * Beppe Tranico * Raymond Cordy as Passepoil * Olga Vittoria Gentilli * Franco Balducci * Cesare Bettarini Cesare Bettarini (17 October 1901 – 19 October 1975) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in a number of productions during the Fascist era, including the 1935 drama '' Like the Leaves'' (1935).Caldiron p.46 Selected filmography * '' The Wed ... * Arrigo Peri * Isa Querio References ...
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I Vampiri
''I Vampiri'' ( The Vampires) is a 1957 Italian horror film. The film was directed by Riccardo Freda and completed by the film's cinematographer, Mario Bava. It stars Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo and Dario Michaelis. The film is about a series of murders on young women who are found with their blood drained. The newspapers report on a killer known as the Vampire, which prompts young journalist Pierre Lantin to research the crimes. Lantin investigates the mysterious Du Grand family who lives in a castle occupied by Gisele Du Grand who is in love with Lantin. She lives with her aunt, who hides her face in a veil, as well as the scientist Julian Du Grand, who is trying to find the secret to eternal youth. The film was developed during a growth in the Italian film industry which allowed for the market to expand beyond a local Italian audience and would allow Italian film makers to explore new genres of filmmaking. Freda made a deal with producers at the Italian film studio Tit ...
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The Case Of Doctor Laurent
''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (French: ''Le cas du Docteur Laurent'') is a 1957 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel and Silvia Monfort.Harriss p.196 It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris with location shooting taking place around Saint-Martin-Vésubie and Venanson in the French Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Cast * Jean Gabin as Le docteur J. Laurent * Nicole Courcel as Francine * Silvia Monfort as Catherine Loubet * Henri Arius as Le docteur A. Bastid * Daxely as M. Simonet, le boulanger * Lucien Callamand as M. Bertrand - le directeur de l'école * Josselin as M. Roux * Mag-Avril as Céline * Marthe Marty as La mère de Franchine * Germaine de France as Mme Vanolli * Raymone as La mère Loubet * Orane Demazis as La veuve Escalin * Yvonne Gamy as La sage-femme traditionnaliste * Henri-Jacques Huet as Antonin Escallin * Viviane Méry a ...
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If Paris Were Told To Us
''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cast *Françoise Arnoul as Duchesse de L... *Jeanne Boitel as Mme Geoffrin / Sarah Bernhardt *Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI *Julien Carette as Un cocher *Danielle Darrieux as Agnès Sorel *Sophie Desmarets as Rose Bertin *Clément Duhour as Aristide Bruant * Sacha Guitry as Louis XI *Odette Joyeux as La Passementiere *Robert Lamoureux as Latude *Jacques Dumesnil as Cardinal Richelieu *Pierre Larquey as Pierre Broussel *Jean Marais as François Ier *Jean Martinelli as Henri IV / Firmin *Lana Marconi as La reine Marie-Antoinette *Michèle Morgan as Gabrielle d'Estrées *Jean Parédès as Un médecin *Giselle Pascal as Comtesse de G... *Gérard Philipe as Le Trouvère *Odile Rodin as the Princess of Essling * ...
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Black Dossier (film)
''Black Dossier'' (french: Le Dossier noir) is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Jacques Arnaud arrives in a small town somewhere in the province. Soon a citizen reports to him that strangers have broken into his house where they stole a mysterious "black dossier". This file had been given to him by a recently demised citizen named Le Guen. The content of this file included information on the town's foremost businessman who behind his proper façade seems to be a ruthless fraudster. Arnaud has the corps of Le Guen exhumed and proof is found that this man has died of poisoning. Cast * Jean-Marc Bory as Judge Jacques Arnaud * Danièle Delorme as Yvonne Dutoit * Bernard Blier as Commissaire Noblet * Lea Padovani as Françoise Le Guen * Antoine Balpêtré as Dutoit * Paul Frankeur as Charles Broussard * Nelly Borgeaud as Danièle Limousin * Noël Roquevert as Commissaire Franconi * Daniel Cauchy as Jo ...
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A Free Woman
''A Free Woman'' ( it, Una donna libera) is a 1954 Cinema of Italy, Italian melodrama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dario Cecchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 film italiani da salvare, 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Plot Cast * Françoise Christophe as Liana Franci * Pierre Cressoy as Gerardo Villabruna *Gino Cervi as Massimo Marchi *Elisa Cegani as Madre di Liana *Lianella Carell as Solange *Christine Carère as Leonora Franci *Galeazzo Benti as Sergio Rollini References External links

* 1954 films Films directed by Vittorio Cottafavi 1954 drama films Italian drama films Italian black-and-white films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-drama-film-stub ...
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House Of Ricordi
''House of Ricordi'' ( it, Casa Ricordi) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Marcello Mastroianni and Micheline Presle. The Ricordi family's interactions with many of the great composers of the nineteenth century are portrayed. The film's sets were designed by Mario Chiari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios and on location in Milan, Paris and Rome. Main cast * Roland Alexandre as Gioacchino Rossini * Myriam Bru as Luisa Lewis * Elisa Cegani as Giuseppina Strepponi * Andrea Checchi as Giulio Ricordi * Danièle Delorme as Maria * Gabriele Ferzetti as Giacomo Puccini * Fosco Giachetti as Giuseppe Verdi * Renzo Giovampietro as Tito Ricordi * Nadia Gray as Giulia Grisi * Roldano Lupi as Domenico Barbaja * Marcello Mastroianni as Gaetano Donizetti * Micheline Presle as Virginia Marchi * Maurice Ronet as Vincenzo ...
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The Red And The Black (1954 Film)
''The Red and the Black'' (french: Le rouge et le noir) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on the novel ''The Red and the Black'' by Stendhal. The film starred Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux, and won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics award for the best film of 1955 and the Grand Prix de l'Académie du Cinéma the same year. It was shot the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Shown in various versions, the film's length is generally given as 113 minutes. In Canada it was 171 minutes; a longer version in France was 185 minutes(or 194 minutes in 2 parts and at its New York opening it was 137 minutes. Cast *Gérard Philipe as Julien Sorel *Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Rénal *Antonella Lualdi as Mathilde de la Mole *Jean Mercure as Marchese de la Môle *Jean Martinelli as Mon ...
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Adam Is Eve
''Adam Is Eve'' (French: ''Adam est... Ève'') is a 1954 French comedy film directed by René Gaveau and starring Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet and Thérèse Dorny. It is based on 1952 novel of the same name and was the first French film that covered sex change.Reeser p.127 Synopsis Charles Beaumont is finishing his national service and is engaged to be married. After taking part in a boxing match he increasingly feels strange sensations and goes to consult a doctor. He is transformed into Charlotte, a young woman, and unwilling to tell his family or fiancée he disappears and earns a living dancing in a nude cabaret show. Cast * Michèle Carvel as Charles / Charlotte Beaumont * Jean Carmet as Gaston * Thérèse Dorny as Mme Beaumont * Mireille Perrey as Mme Corinne * Antoine Balpêtré as Dr. Charman * Anouk Ferjac as Claire * Antoinette Moya as Adeline Beaumont * Robert Lombard as Alphonse * Robert Rocca as Léon * Gilbert Guiraud as Lucien * René Blancard as M Be ...
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Before The Deluge
''Before the Deluge'' (french: Avant le déluge) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Plot Four boys and a girl want to get away from their parents and their country because they are afraid of an atomic war. They plan to use a boat to get to an idyllic island. When they realise their savings aren't sufficient they feel it was justified to obtain the required money by committing a crime. Cast * Antoine Balpêtré as Monsieur Albert Dutoit (as Balpetre) * Paul Bisciglia as Jean-Jacques Noblet * Bernard Blier as Monsieur Marcel Noblet * Jacques Castelot as Serge de Montesson * Jacques Chabassol as Jean Arnaud * Clément Thierry as Philippe Boussard (as Clement-Thierry) * Roger Coggio as Daniel Epstein * Léonce Corne as Commissaire Auvain (as Leonce Corne) * Jacques Fayet as Richard ...
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Stain In The Snow
''Stain in the Snow'' (French: ''La neige était sale'') is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. The setting if shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.Walker-Morrison p.241 Synopsis Frank is brought up in a brothel by his prostitute mother. As he grows up he becomes increasingly criminal and violent. Cast * Daniel Gélin as Frank Friedmayer * Valentine Tessier as Mme Irma * Marie Mansart as Suzy Holtz * Daniel Ivernel as Krommer * Véra Norman as Moune * Nadine Basile as Bertha * Paul Faivre as Le concierge * Joëlle Bernard as Une fille * Camille Guérini as Le commissaire * Cla ...
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