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Cinédis
Cinédis was a French film distribution company active from the 1930s to the 1960s, releasing a mixture of French films and Dubbing (filmmaking), dubbed imports from abroad. The company enjoyed its strongest years during the 1950s, when French audience numbers reached their peak. It handled a number of co-production (film), co-productions between France and Italy. The artist René Ferracci designed many of the company's posters.Smith p.203 Selected filmography *''Colomba (1933 film), Colomba'' (1933) * ''A Man of Gold'' (1934) * ''The Imberger Mystery'' (1935) * ''Thirteen Days of Love'' (1935) * ''Holiday for Henrietta'' (1952) * ''The Wages of Fear'' (1953) * ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954 film), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (1954) * ''House of Ricordi'' (1954) * ''Wild Fruit'' (1954) * ''Knave of Hearts (film), Knave of Hearts'' (1954) * ''Flesh and the Woman'' (1954) * ''Madame du Barry (1954 film), Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Marianne of My Youth'' (1955) * ''Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Fruit
''Wild Fruit'' ( French: ''Les fruits sauvages'') is a 1954 French drama film directed by Hervé Bromberger and starring Estella Blain, Évelyne Ker and Nadine Basile. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and distributed by Cinédis. Synopsis Maria kills her father in order to stop him forcing her younger sister Christine into prostitution. The family flee to small village in Provence but are eventually tracked down by the police. Cast * Estella Blain as Maria Manzana * as Christine Manzana * as Anna * Nadine Basile as Françoise * Jean-Pierre Bonnefous as José Manzana * Roger Dumas as Hans * Jacques Moulières as Frédéric * Michel Reynald as Michel Manzana * Talina Sauser as Lolita * Norbert Pierlot as Le berger * Marco Villa as Forgeau * Albert Rémy as Louis * Georges Chamarat as Manzana Awards 1954 Locarno International Film Festival *Won: Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernandel The Dressmaker
''Fernandel the Dressmaker'' (French: ''Le Couturier de ces dames'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Fernandel, Suzy Delair and Fred Pasquali.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in the city's Place du Trocadéro. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Cast * Fernandel as Fernand Vignard * Suzy Delair as Adrienne Vignard * Fred Pasquali as Picrafos * Françoise Fabian as Sophie * André Bervil as Apollini * Gaston Orbal as Le Comte de Treignac * Robert Pizani as Le Baron * Georges Chamarat Georges Chamarat (30 March 1901 – 21 November 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981. He starred in the film '' The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered into the ... as Maitre Plaisant * Robert Destain as Zwertas * Robert Lombard as Bernheim * Raymond Bour as M. Bodune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flesh And The Woman
''Flesh and the Woman'' () is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the USA under the title ''Flesh and the Woman'', and in the UK as ''The Card of Fate''. It is a remake of the 1934 film '' Le Grand Jeu''. Plot After an affair with a young woman named Sylvia the Frenchman Pierre Martel leaves Paris and goes to Algeria because he wants to start over. His wife refuses to follow him. Dismayed about all this he decides to join the French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion (, also known simply as , "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow List of militaries that recruit foreigners, foreign nationals into French service. The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consis .... As a soldier he runs into a look-alike of Sylvia. Cast References External links * 1954 films 1954 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films French black-and-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris, Palace Hotel
''Paris, Palace Hotel'' is a 1956 French-Italian romantic comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul and Tilda Thamar.Parish p.61 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Synopsis A manicurist working at a luxurious hotel in Paris and a young garage mechanic there to pick up a customer's luxury car, both pretend to be wealthy residents to impress each other with the friendly assistance Henri Delormel, one of the real guests at the hotel. Cast * Charles Boyer as Henri Delormel * Françoise Arnoul as Françoise Noblet * Roberto Risso as Gérard Necker dit Brugnon * Tilda Thamar as Madeleine Delormel * Georges Chamarat as Alexandre - le coiffeur * Louis Seigner as Marcel Brugnon * Simone Bach as Barbara (brunette in red dress) * Darry Cowl as Jules Hoyoyo * Jacques Jouanneau as lackey at the entrance * Jean Clarieux as surprise New Year's Eve manager * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena And Her Men
''Elena and Her Men'' (; originally released in English-speaking countries as ''Paris Does Strange Things'') is a 1956 film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, and Mel Ferrer. It was Bergman's first film after leaving her husband, director Roberto Rossellini. Many film critics see the film as the third entry in a trilogy that also includes '' The Golden Coach'' (1952) and '' French Cancan'' (1955). A restored copy of the film was released in the early 21st century. Plot In fin de siècle Paris, Elena Sokorowska, a young, beautiful, and free-spirited Polish princess, thinks that the daisies she gives to her boyfriends help them achieve their ambitions, and, once they do so, she loses interest and looks for another man to help. After dumping a composer who has just learned his opera is to be staged at La Scala, Elena's aunt informs Elena that her family has run out of money, so, in order to save them, she agrees to marry Martin-Michaud, a wealthy, ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madelon (film)
''Madelon'' (French: ''La Madelon'') is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Jean Richard and Roger Pierre.The A to Z of French Cinema p.140 It is inspired by the popular song of the First World War " La Madelon" about Madelon, a waitress working in a country inn encountered by a group of soldiers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Synopsis In the First World War, Madeleine, a singing waitress who has become of the idol to the French Army travels up to Paris and the Western Front searching for her lover, encountering on the way a variety of different nationalities who make up the Allied forces. Cast * Line Renaud as Madeleine Thullier, dite La Madelon * Jean Richard as Antoine Pichot * Roger Pierre as Le caporal Georges Beauguitte * Pierre Larquey as Le curé * Georges Chamarat as Auguste Thullier * André Valmy as Le capitaine Van Meulen * Gilbert Gil as Un commandant d'aviation chez Maxim's * Jacques D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Maneuver
''The Grand Maneuver'' () is a 1955 French comedy-drama romance film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as ''Summer Manoeuvres'', and in the United States under the title ''The Grand Maneuver''. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour. Plot Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will "obtain the favours" of a woman selected secretly by lot, before his company departs for its summer manoeuvres in a month's time. His target turns out to be Marie-Louise Rivière, a Parisian divorcée who runs a milliner's shop, and who is also being courted by the serious and respectable Victor Duverger. Marie Louise's growing attraction towards Armand is tempered by her discoveries about his reputation, while Armand's calculated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Camillo's Last Round
''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (French: ''La grande bagarre de Don Camillo'', Italian: ''Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It was the third of five films featuring Fernandel as the Italian priest Don Camillo and his struggles with Giuseppe "Peppone" Bottazzi, the Communist mayor of their rural town. The film had 5,087,231 admissions in France. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Boretto and Brescello in Emilia-Romagna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Plot In the small town of Brescello, skirmishes are continuing between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor Peppone Bottazzi. After staging a theft of Don Camillo's prized chickens in retribution for a political prank pulled by the priest, Peppone decides to enter the big time of politics by standing for national senator. Peppone has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Diaboliques (film)
''Les Diaboliques'' (, released as ''Diabolique'' in the United States and variously translated as ''The Devils'' or ''The Fiends'') is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. It is based on the 1952 novel '' She Who Was No More'' (''Celle qui n'était plus'') by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The story blends elements of thriller and horror, with the plot focusing on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man. It was the 10th highest-grossing film of the year in France, with a total of 3,674,380 admissions. The film also received the 1954 Louis Delluc Prize. Clouzot, after finishing '' The Wages of Fear'' (1953), optioned the screenplay rights, preventing Alfred Hitchcock from making the film. The film helped inspire Hitchcock's '' Psycho'' (1960). Robert Bloch, the author of the novel '' Psycho'', stated in an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring, Autumn And Love
''Spring, Autumn and Love'' (French: ''Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernandel, Nicole Berger and Andrex.Parish p.177 The film's sets were designed by Jacques Colombier. Cast * Fernandel as Fernand 'Noël' Sarrazin * Nicole Berger as Cécilia * Andrex as Blancard * Georges Chamarat as Bourriol * Denise Grey as La cliente * Gaston Rey as Antoine Sarrazin * Maria Zanoli as Anais * Jacqueline Noëlle as Monique * Mag-Avril as La première commère * Madeleine Sylvain as Mme. Calvette * Edmond Ardisson as Le facteur * Enrico Glori as Le maître d'hôtel * Julien Maffre as Le lampiste * René Worms as Le voyageur * Geo Georgey as Le boucher * Jenny Hélia as La cliente des négociants * Marthe Marty as La deuxième commère * Viviane Méry as La marchand de journaux * Manuel Gary as Victor * Philippe Nicaud as Jean Balestra * Claude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Dossier (film)
''Black Dossier'' (French: ''Le Dossier noir'', Italian: ''Fascicolo nero'') is a 1955 French-Italian crime drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Jean-Marc Bory, Danièle Delorme and Lea Padovani. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. 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 deceased 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 corpse 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 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |