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Bastille Day (1933 Film)
''Bastille Day'' or ''July 14'' (French: ''Quatorze Juillet'') is a 1933 French romantic comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Annabella, George Rigaud and Raymond Cordy. It was made at the Epinay Studios by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis. The film's art direction was by Lazare Meerson. Plot Anna, a flower-girl, is in love with Jean - a young taxi driver. Jean doesn't have the same feelings for Anna as he still thinks about Pola, who dumped him. Eventually, Jean asks Anna for a dance at to the ball, but all hell breaks loose when Pola shows up with two men who will stop at nothing to disturb this newly arising love. Cast * Annabella as Anna * George Rigaud as Jean * Raymond Cordy as Jean's fellow cabbie *Paul Ollivier as the tuxedoed drunk * Raymond Aimos as Charles *Thomy Bourdelle * Michel André *Pola Illéry as Pola * Maximilienne as the tenant *Gaston Modot Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Clair
René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Clair's best known films include '' Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' (''The Italian Straw Hat'', 1928), '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (''Under the Roofs of Paris'', 1930), ''Le Million'' (1931), ''À nous la liberté'' (1931), ''I Married a Witch'' (1942), and ''And Then There Were None'' (1945). Early life René Clair was born and grew up in Paris in the district of Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |