|
Claude Bertrand (actor)
Claude Bertrand (24 March 1919 – 14 December 1986) was a French film, television and voiceover actor. In a career that has spanned four decades, Bertrand was best known in French film and television as a voice over actor. He was the French dub for Roger Moore, Charles Bronson, John Wayne, Bud Spencer and Burt Lancaster. He also shared his voice in animation, he provided the voice of Baloo in the French version of The Jungle Book, O'Malley in The Aristocats and Little John in Robin Hood. He also voiced Captain Haddock in Tintin and the Temple of the Sun and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks. He also dubbed Roger Moore into French in the James Bond series between 1973 and 1985. Bertrand died in 1986 after suffering from cancer. Filmography Film * ''L'échafaud peut attendre'' (1949) * '' Le Secret de Mayerling'' (1949) - (uncredited) * ''Les mousquetaires du roi'' (1951) * ''Spartaco'' (1951) - (french version, voice) * ''The Love of a Woman'' (1953) - André Lorenzi (voice, uncr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gréasque
Gréasque (; oc, Griasca) is a commune northeast of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It was traditionally a mining town. Population The inhabitants are called ''Gréasquéens''. See also *Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department The following is a list of the 119 communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official town website Communes of Bouches-du-Rhône [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of A Woman
''The Love of a Woman'' (French: ''L'amour d'une femme'', Italian: ''L'amore di una donna'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cinema p.194 It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Île d'Ouessant off Finistère. Synopsis A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island. Main cast * Micheline Presle as Dr. Marie Prieur * Massimo Girotti as André Lorenzi * Gaby Morlay as Germaine Leblanc * Paolo Stoppa as Le curé * Marc Cassot as Marcel * Marius David as Lulu, l'adjoint d'André * Yvette Etiévant as Fernande de Malgorny * Roland Lesa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baloo
Baloo (from hi, भालू ur, بھالو ''bhālū'' "bear") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' from 1894 and ''The Second Jungle Book'' from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack. His most challenging pupil is the "man-cub" Mowgli. Baloo and Bagheera, a panther, save Mowgli from Shere Khan the tiger, and endeavor to teach Mowgli the Law of the Jungle in many of ''The Jungle Book'' stories. Name and species He is described in Kipling's work as "the sleepy brown bear". Robert Armitage Sterndale, from whom Kipling derived most of his knowledge of Indian fauna, used the Hindi word "''Bhalu''" for several bear species, though Daniel Karlin, who edited the Penguin reissue of ''The Jungle Book'' in 1987, states that, with the exception of colour, Kipling's descriptions of Baloo are consistent with the sloth bear, as brown bears and Asian black bears do not occur in the Seoni area where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Maître D'école
''Le maître d'école'' is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Claude Berri. Plot Gérard Barbier was a clothing salesman. Dismissed because he defended a child caught stealing boots, he decided to become a teacher. Once at school, he realized that this teaching profession is not quite as he had seen it. Cast * Coluche : Gérard Barbier * Josiane Balasko : Mrs. Lajoie * Jacques Debary : Director * Charlotte de Turckheim : Charlotte * Roland Giraud : Mr. Meignant * André Chaumeau : Academic advisor * Jean Champion : Inspector * Georges Staquet Georges Staquet (1932, in Bruille-lez-Marchiennes – 2011) was a French actor. Partial filmography * ''The Day and the Hour'' (1963) - L'aubergiste (uncredited) * '' Bande à part'' (1964) - Legionary * ''Marie Soleil'' (1964) * '' Pierrot l ... : Gérard's father References External links * * 1981 comedy films 1981 films Films directed by Claude Berri French comedy films 1980s French-language films 1980s French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelve Tasks Of Asterix
''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' (''Les Douze travaux d'Astérix'') is a 1976 Belgian/French animated feature film based on the ''Asterix'' comic book series, and the third in the animated franchise. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of the series, wrote the story and directed the film themselves; with co-direction by Pierre Watrin and the screenplay co-written by Pierre Tchernia, a friend of Goscinny and Uderzo. The film was directed, produced and animated at Goscinny and Uderzo's own animation studio, Studios Idéfix and is the only Asterix animated film that has used the Xerography Process. At the time of its release, the film received mixed reviews since its tone is more cartoony and frequently breaks the fourth wall. Nowadays its reception is more favorable, with it often being cited as one of the best ''Astérix'' films, even reaching the status of a cult classic. It was the only Asterix film (animated or live-action) to be based on an original screenplay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shame Of The Jungle
''Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle'' () is a 1975 French/Belgian adult animated comedy film. It is a parody of the 1932 film ''Tarzan the Ape Man'' directed by cartoonist Picha and Boris Szulzinger. The film was the first foreign-animated film to receive an X rating in the United States. An English dub was released in 1979 where the English cast consists of Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. (the son of noted ''Tarzan'' actor Johnny Weissmuller), with comedians John Belushi, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, and Brian Doyle-Murray. This film is also known as ''Jungle Burger'' in the United Kingdom. Plot The film takes place in the deepest part of Africa. The evil, bald, and multi-breasted Queen Bazonga, who resides in a blimp, inside a cave shaped like a woman’s legs spread open revealing her vagina, plans to conquer Earth. Before she can do that, however, she wishes to have a full set of hair so people can take her seriously. Her two-headed assistant, called the Charles of the Pits, suggest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Musketeers (1973 Live-action Film)
''The Three Musketeers'' (also known as ''The Three Musketeers (The Queen's Diamonds)'') is a 1973 swashbuckler film based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, and produced by Ilya Salkind. It stars Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, and Richard Chamberlain as the titular musketeers, with Raquel Welch, Geraldine Chaplin, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Simon Ward, Georges Wilson and Spike Milligan. The film adheres closely to the novel, and also injects a fair amount of humor. It was originally proposed in the 1960s as a vehicle for The Beatles, whom Lester had directed in '' A Hard Day's Night'' and ''Help!''. It was shot by David Watkin, with an eye for period detail, in Madrid and Segovia, Spain. The fight scenes were choreographed by master swordsman William Hobbs. The musical score was composed by Michel Legrand. ''The Three Musketeers'' premiered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Amour L'après-midi
''Love in the Afternoon'' (french: L'Amour l'après-midi; released in North America as ''Chloe in the Afternoon'') is a 1972 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. It is the sixth and final installment in Rohmer's ''Six Moral Tales'' series. An English-language remake starring Chris Rock, titled ''I Think I Love My Wife'', was released in 2007. Singer-songwriter St. Vincent named the opening song of her 2011 album, '' Strange Mercy'', after the film. Plot Frédéric, the young and successful partner in a Paris business firm, is happily married to Hélène, an English teacher, and father to one child with another on the way. Still, something eats away at him. While going through his day, Frédéric begins to ponder the times before he was married, when he was free to be with any woman he wanted and could feel the deep satisfaction of anticipation while he chased them. At one point, he has an elaborate fantasy where he possesses a magical amulet t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Soon The Darkness (1970 Film)
''And Soon the Darkness'' is a 1970 British thriller film directed by Robert Fuest and starring Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice and Sandor Elès. The plot follows two British nurses on a cycling holiday in rural France; during their trip, one of them vanishes, and the other struggles to search for her in a rural community. It was the first movie made under Bryan Forbes at EMI Elstree to be released (''Hoffman'' had been produced first but was released later). Plot Jane and Cathy are two young nurses from Nottingham who are taking a cycling holiday through rural France. While having lunch at a busy restaurant, Cathy notices a handsome man drinking alone at an adjacent table. Shortly after the women depart, the man also leaves the cafe on a Lambretta scooter. On a country road surrounded by farmland, the women are passed by the man on his scooter. Several minutes later, the women pass by him as he rests by a cemetery. As the women pass through a small village, they encounter t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Gendarme Se Marie
''The Gendarme Gets Married'' (french: Le gendarme se marie) is the third installment of the ''Gendarmes'' series, starring again Louis de Funès and one more time Geneviève Grad as his daughter. This comedy film succeeds ''Gendarme in New York'' and is followed by three further installments. Plot The gendarme Cruchot meets the widow Josepha. They quickly fall in love. But Cruchot's daughter doesn't like Josepha and is determined to prevent the wedding by all means necessary. Cast * Louis de Funès: Ludovic Cruchot * Michel Galabru: Jérôme Gerber * Jean Lefebvre: Lucien Fougasse * Christian Marin: Albert Merlot * Guy Grosso: Gaston Tricard * Michel Modo: Jules Berlicot * Geneviève Grad: Nicole Cruchot, daughter of Ludovic Cruchot * Claude Gensac: Josépha Cruchot * Mario David: Frédo * Nicole Vervil: Madame Gerber, Jérôme's wife * France Rumilly: the nun, "Soeur Clotilde" * Bernard Lavalette Bernard Lavalette (20 January 1926 – 14 December 2019) was a French fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Me General
''Kiss Me General'' (original title: ''Martin Soldat'') is a 1966 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Marlène Jobert and Anthony Sharp. An actor disguises himself as a soldier during the Second World War, but is mistaken for a soldier and becomes a war hero during the Allied Liberation of France in 1944. Cast * Robert Hirsch - Martin * Véronique Vendell - Zouzou * Walter Rilla - Général von Haffelrats * Marlène Jobert - La résistante * Anthony Sharp - Major * Reinhard Kolldehoff - Le chef de la Gestapo * Paul-Emile Deiber - Le général de Lamarzelle * Adrien Cayla-Legrand - Charles De Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government .... References External links * 1966 films 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
