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French Films Of 1981
A list of films produced in France in 1981. Notes References * * External links * 1981 in France * 1981 in French television French films of 1981at the Internet Movie DatabaseFrench films of 1981at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1981 1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ... Films French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Kreuzer
Lisa Kreuzer (born 2 December 1945) is a German television and film actress with credits for appearances in over 120 films and television series. Career Kreuzer co-starred with Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz in Wim Wenders's film ''The American Friend'' (1977), a German-French co-production. During the years that she and Wenders were married (1974 to 1978), she also appeared in his Road Movie trilogy: ''Alice in the Cities'' (1974), '' The Wrong Move'' (1975) and '' Kings of the Road'' (1976). She is also in Christopher Petit's Wenders-influenced ''Radio On'' (1979), which was shot in the UK and is predominantly in English. More recently, she is also known for her role as Claudia Tiedemann in ''Dark'', the first German-language Netflix original series. Kreuzer appeared in the German TV series ''Derrick'' from 1977 to 1990 on nearly a dozen occasions. Filmography Films *''Alice in the Cities'' (1974), as Lisa, Alice's mother. *'' The Wrong Move'' (1975), as Janine *''Kampf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988. He played leading parts in five films directed by Werner Herzog (''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', 1972; ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'', 1979; ''Woyzeck'', also 1979; ''Fitzcarraldo'', 1982; ''Cobra Verde'', 1987), who later chronicled their tumultuous relationship in the documentary ''My Best Fiend'' (1999). Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities, including many Spaghetti Westerns (such as '' For a Few Dollars More'', 1965; '' A Bullet for the General'', 1966; ''The Great Silence'', 1968; ''And God Said to Cain'', 1970), horror films, war movies, dramas, and Edgar Wallace ''krimi'' pictures. His infamy was elevated by a number of eccentric creative endeavors, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruits Of Passion
''Fruits of Passion'' (french: Les fruits de la passion; ja, 上海異人娼館／チャイナ・ドール, ) is a 1981 French-Japanese co-production directed by Shūji Terayama and starring Klaus Kinski. The film is loosely based on the novel ''Retour à Roissy'' by Anne Desclos, written as a sequel to the '' Story of O''. Plot The lead characters of the '' Story of O'' and ''Retour à Roissy'' novels, Sir Stephen and O, are placed in southern China where Sir Stephen owns a casino. Sir Stephen places O in a Chinese brothel for "training" and O is then subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience. A sub-plot concerns a local rebellion due to the resentment towards Europeans by the local population and a young man desperate to afford O's favors at the brothel. Cast * Isabelle Illiers as O * Klaus Kinski as Sir Stephen * Arielle Dombasle as Nathalie * Peter as Madame * Keiko Niitaka as Aisen * Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sakuya * Hitomi Takah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996) was a Swiss actor. In 1961, he became a favorite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco and began starring in many low-budget horror and erotic films produced in Spain and France. After portraying Franco's mad doctor character Dr. Orloff, he eventually appeared in a total of 40 Franco films, in addition to his roles for numerous other directors. Life and career Vernon was born Mario Lippert in Baden-Baden, Germany, to a Swiss father and an American mother, and was fluent in German, English and French. Originally a stage and radio actor, he worked primarily in France and became a well-known supporting actor after 1945 by playing villainous Nazi officers in post-war French films. Jean-Pierre Melville's ''Le Silence de la mer'', in which he played a gentle anti-Nazi German officer, made him somewhat famous but, in part due to his rough-hewn looks and Swiss accent, he was subsequently relegated to playing gangsters and heavie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Pierro
Marina Pierro (born 9 October 1956, or 1960) is an Italian actress, model, writer, and film director, who is best known for her artistic relationship with Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006). Pierro and Borowczyk's collaboration lasted approximately ten years and comprised five completed films and one foray into episodic television. Pierro has been described as an "erotic icon of auteur cinema" and she has referred to herself as Walerian Borowczyk's muse. Michael Brooke, a writer specializing in European cinema and an enthusiast of Borowczyk's films, has suggested the importance of Pierro in evaluating the director's work: For '' Redeemer'' magazine in 1993, Peter Tombs wrote, Of her relationship with Borowczyk, Pierro herself stated, Early life, meeting Borowczyk, and ''Behind Convent Walls'' Marina Pierro was born in Boscotrecase in the Campanese region of Italy. Various sources give 1956 and 1960 as the year of her birth. Pierro spent her childhood and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Kier
Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey. Early life Kier was born in Cologne, near the end of World War II. The hospital where he was born was bombed by the invading Allied forces moments after his birth, and he and his mother had to be dug out of the rubble. He grew up without a father. In his youth, he was an altar boy and cantor. He moved to London, England at the age of 18 to learn English. Career In 1966, Kier was cast in the lead role for the film ''Road to St. Tropez''. An early starring role in Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docteur Jekyll Et Les Femmes
''Docteur Jekyll et les femmes'' is a 1981 horror film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The film is a variation on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' and stars Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Howard Vernon, and Gérard Zalcberg. The film, a co-production between France and West Germany, was released in France in 1981 and won an award for Best Feature Film Director at the 1981 Sitges Film Festival for Borowczyk. Plot Fanny Osborne (Marina Pierro) and her mother arrive at the home of Dr. Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) to celebrate their engagement. The party is attended by numerous dignitaries, including General Carew (Patrick Magee) and his daughter; Dr Lanyon (Howard Vernon), a close friend and mentor to Henry who is nonetheless nonplused by Henry's endorsement of "transcendental science"; Enfield (Eugene Braun Munk), Henry's attorney; and the Reverend (Clément Harari). After dinner, the daughter of a guest is found raped and murdere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer (born 16 January 1942) is a French actor. Personal life Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, to a French mother and a German father. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has three other children, Mathieu, Richard and Lou. Career Besides acting Bohringer is also a musician, writer, and poet who has produced and directed several films. Bohringer won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985, and the César Award for Best Actor This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor (french: César du meilleur acteur). History Superlatives Winners 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following indiv ... in 1988. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohringer, Richard 1941 births Living people People from Moulins, Allier French male stage actors French male film actors French male television actors Best Actor César Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez
Wilhelmenia Fernandez, sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, is an American soprano. She was born in Philadelphia in 1949. She appeared in the 1981 film ''Diva'' by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix.HEATON, MICHAEL.Soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez Soars from Philadelphia's Ghetto to Paris Glamour in ''Diva''. ''People'', 9 May 1983. Fernandez's early training was at the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) is a school dedicated to providing higher education to aspiring opera singers. It is the only tuition-free institution in the world devoted solely to operatic training and performance. The school was founded in 1934 ..., followed by a scholarship at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Her operatic debut was as Bess in ''Porgy and Bess'', for Houston Grand Opera, a production which toured both the U.S. and Europe. She made her début in Paris as Musetta in ''La bohème'' (with Plácido Domingo and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Andréi
Frédéric Andréi (born 23 October 1959) is a French actor and director. In 1980 he starred in ''Le Voyage en douce'' under director Michel Deville. The next year he played the lead in Jean-Jacques Beineix's ''Diva Diva (; ) is the Latin word for a goddess. It has often been used to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music. If referring to an actress, the meaning of ''diva'' is cl ...'', as Jules, a moped-riding postman obsessed with an American opera singer. He directed the feature films ''Paris Minuit'' (1986) and ''Par suite d'un arrêt de travail'' (2008). References External links * French male film actors 1959 births Living people {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diva (1981 Film)
''Diva'' is a 1981 French thriller film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel ''Diva'' by Daniel Odier. It eschewed the realist mood of 1970s French cinema and instead adopted a colourful, melodic style, later described as '' cinéma du look''. The film made a successful debut in France in 1981 with 2,281,569 admissions, and had success in the U.S. the next year, grossing $2,678,103. ''Diva'' became a cult classic and was internationally acclaimed. Plot A young Parisian postman, Jules, is obsessed with opera, and particularly with Cynthia Hawkins, a beautiful and celebrated American soprano who has never allowed her singing to be recorded. Jules attends a recital at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris, where Hawkins sings the aria "''Ebben? Ne andrò lontana'' from the opera '' La Wally''. He illicitly makes a high-quality bootleg recording of her performance using a Nagra professional tape-recorder. Afterwards, he steals the gown she was wearing fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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