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Babette Goes To War
''Babette Goes to War'' (french: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre) is a 1959 French CinemaScope film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes. Plot In 1940, during the German invasion of France, a young woman called Babette flees on a boat to England. She is desperate to help the Free French, who end up parachuting her back into the country on a mission to thwart the German invasion of England. Cast * Brigitte Bardot as Babette * Jacques Charrier as Lt. Gérard de Crécy-Lozère * Francis Blanche as Commander Obersturmführer aka "Papa Schulz" * Hannes Messemer as General Franz von Arenberg * Ronald Howard as Colonel Fitzpatrick * Yves Vincent as Cpt. Darcy * Pierre Bertin as Duke Edmond de Crécy-Lozère * Viviane Gosset as Duchess Hélène de Crécy-Lozère * Mona Goya as Madame Fernande * Noël Roquevertas Cpt. Gustave Brémont * Michael Cramer as Heinrich * Jean Carmetas Antoine * René Havard as Loui ...
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Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), '' Madame du Barry'' (1954), and ''Nana'' (1955). Christian-Jaque's 1946 film '' A Lover's Return'' was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler ''Fanfan la Tulipe''. At the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Silver Bear award for the same film. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Christian-Jaque began his motion picture career in the 1920s as an art director and production designer. By the early 1930s, he had moved into screenwriting and directing. He continued working into the mid-1980s, though from 1970 on, most of his work was done for television. In 1979, he was a member of ...
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Michael Cramer (actor)
Michael Cramer (1 March 1930 in Wickrath – 28 November 2000 Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography *''A Life for Do'' (1954) *''A House Full of Love'' (1954) *''Fireworks'' (1954) *'' The Perfect Couple'' (1954) *'' Island of the Dead'' (1955) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1955) *''Through the Forests and Through the Trees'' (1956) * ''The Hunter from Roteck'' (1956) * ''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) *' (1957) *'' The Big Chance'' (1957) *''Sebastian Kneipp'' (1958) *'' Ooh... diese Ferien'' (1958) *''Babette Goes to War ''Babette Goes to War'' (french: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre) is a 1959 French CinemaScope film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes. Plot In 1940, during the German inv ...'' (1959) *'' The Battle of Sutjeska'' (1973) *'' Stolen Heaven'' (1974) References External links * 1930 births 2000 deaths German male film actors People from Mönchengladbach 20th-centur ...
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The Night Heaven Fell
''The Night Heaven Fell'' (''Les bijoutiers du clair de lune'') is an Eastmancolor 1958 French-Italian film directed by Roger Vadim. Vadim had already acquired international fame with his daring debut '' And God Created Woman'' ( 1956). Like its predecessor, ''The Night Heaven Fell'' explored the exuberant sensuality of Brigitte Bardot, who was Vadim's wife at the time. Plot Set in rural Spain, Ursula (Brigitte Bardot), is a young girl who has just left a convent and has moved in with her aunt Florentine and her violent husband, the count Ribera ( José Nieto). Ribera wants to see Lambert (Stephen Boyd), a young man from the village, dead. Ursula quickly falls in love with Lambert. In a confrontation between the two, Lambert kills Ribera in self-defense. The reason for the conflict soon becomes clear to Ursula: he was having an affair with her aunt. However, when Florentine (Alida Valli) discovers her lover has no intention of making any commitment to her, she refuses to confirm ...
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Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as an author, artist and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, such as '' And God Created Woman'' (1956), ''Blood and Roses'' (1960), '' Barbarella'' (1968), and ''Pretty Maids All in a Row'' (1971). Early life Vadim was born Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (sometimes transliterated Plemiannikoff) in Paris. His father, Igor Nikolaevich Plemiannikov (), a White Russian military officer and pianist, had emigrated from the Russian Empire and became a naturalized French citizen. He was a vice consul of France to Egypt, stationed in Alexandria, later posting to Mersin, Turkey as a consul. Vadim's mother, Marie-Antoinette (née Ardilouze), was a French actress. Although Vadim lived as a diplomat's child in Northern Africa and the Middle East in his early youth, the death of his father when Vadim was nine years old ...
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is among the List of best-selling music artists, world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate, easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He found success as a solo artist after signing with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "Bobby soxer (music), bobby soxers". Sinatra released his debut album, ''The Voice of Frank Sinatra'', in 1946. When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known concert ...
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Philippe Clair
Prosper Charles Bensoussan professionally known as Philippe Clair (14 September 1930 – 28 November 2020) was a Moroccan-French actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and popular humorist. Along with fellow French directors Max Pécas and Richard Balducci, his name is synonymous with the golden age of camp and low comedy in French cinema. Career Philippe Clair moved to Paris in 1950 to study acting at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris. He won the Bernstein and College Stars awards, honors given to the best young Parisian actors. He performed on stage and television with major directors and writers in shows such as ''L'Affaire des poisons'' ffair of the Poisonsdirected by Raymond Rouleau, ''Une femme libre'' free womanby Armand Salacrou, and ''Les Îles fortunées'' he Prosperous Islandsby Simon Gantillon. Eventually he got a show of his own and became an important French humorist, mounting such works as the Judeo-Arabic ''Purée de nous z'otres'' ashe ...
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Jenny Orléans
Jenny Orléans (January 19, 1932 – April 12, 2008) was a French actress. Filmography *1953: '' Les Enfants de l'amour'' (by Léonide Moguy) *1957: '' Lovers of Paris'' (by Julien Duvivier) - Rose Compardon (uncredited) *1958: ''Me and the Colonel'' (by Peter Glenville) - Nun (uncredited) *1958: '' Der eiserne Gustav'' (by George Hurdalek) - Dicke Französin *1959: ''Babette Goes to War'' (by Christian-Jaque) - Girl / Une fille *1960: '' Goodbye Again'' (by Anatole Litvak) *1960: ''Un couple'' (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Julie *1962: '' Les Trois Chapeaux claques'' (by Jean-Pierre Marchand : ''Mme Olga'') (TV movie) - Mme Olga *1963: '' La Vie à l'envers'' (by Alain Jessua) - La concierge *1964: '' La Cité de l'indicible peur'' (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Madame Gosseran *1964: '' Tintin and the Blue Oranges'' (by Philippe Condroyer) - La Castafiore *1964: ''Déclic et des claques'' (by Philippe Clair) *1964: '' Me and the Forty Year Old Man'' (by Jack Pinoteau) - La voisine de ...
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Robert Berri
Robert Berri (16 December 1912 – 22 November 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography References External links * 1912 births 1989 deaths French male film actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors {{france-film-actor-stub ...
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Max Elloy
Max Elloy (5 May 1900 – 16 January 1975) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1942 and 1967. Filmography * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) - Max * ''Défense d'aimer'' (1942) - Le voyageur affamé * ''Feu Nicolas'' (1943) - Le croque-mort * ''Patrie'' (1946) * ''Mademoiselle s'amuse'' (1948) * ''Une femme par jour'' (1949) - Freddy * '' Manon'' (1949) - Le garçon de restaurant (uncredited) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) - Le vieux barman (segment 2 : "Le retour d'Antoine") (uncredited) * ''We Will All Go to Paris'' (1950) - Honorin * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1950) * '' Le Roi Pandore'' (1950) - Un créancier * '' Father's Dilemma'' (1950) - Lo spazzino * ''Mon ami le cambrioleur'' (1950) - L'agent de police * ''Atoll K'' (1951) - Antoine * ''Nous irons à Monte Carlo'' (1951) - Himself * ''Plaisirs de Paris'' (1952) - Léon * '' The Sparrows of Paris'' (1953) - Petit Louis * ''His Father's Portrait'' (1953) - Le chauffeur * ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (1954) * '' ...
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Alain Bouvette
Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation used to indicate Henri Alain Liogier, also known as Brother Alain, as the author when citing a botanical name * Émile Chartier (1868–1951), French philosopher and antimilitarist commonly known as Alain Places * Alain, Iran, a village in Tehran Province, Iran * Al Ain, a city in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ** Al Ain International Airport in the United Arab Emirates * Val-Alain, Quebec, village of 950 people in Quebec, Canada Other uses * 1969 Alain (1935 CG), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1935 * ''Alain'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Pinnotheridae * Prix Alain-Grandbois or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry * Rosa 'Alain' ''Rosa'' 'Alain' is a red Floribunda rose variety, ...
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Charles Bouillaud
Charles Bouillaud (1904–1965) was a French actor. Selected filmography {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouillaud, Charles 1904 births 1965 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors ...
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Jacques Hilling
Jacques Hilling (26 May 1922 – 16 February 1975) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1949 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''Return to Life'' (1949) - Un soldat (segment 4 : "Le retour de René") (uncredited) * ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) - Bit part (uncredited) * '' The Red Rose'' (1951) - M. Guillet * ''Good Enough to Eat'' (1951) - Pou - le frère de Madame de Mergrand * ''Pas de vacances pour Monsieur le Maire'' (1951) - Le docteur * ''La Putain respectueuse'' (1952) - L'ivrogne du night-club * ''Open Letter'' (1953) - Le flic - M. Pépin * '' Les Compagnes de la nuit'' (1953) - Le concierge (uncredited) * ''Thérèse Raquin'' (1953) * '' Virgile'' (1953) - Le professeur * '' Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Un journaliste * '' Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' (1954) - Le roi Dagobert / Un marcheur * '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) - L'employé de la morgue * ''French Cancan'' (1955) - Le chirurgien (uncredited) * '' Bedevilled'' (1955) - Taxi D ...
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