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French Films Of 1951
A list of films produced in France in 1951. See also * 1951 in France References External links French films of 1951at the Internet Movie DatabaseFrench films of 1951at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1951 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ... 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] |
Frank Villard
Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine des gitans'' (1942) * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) - Jean Delmas * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) - Jean * ''The Faceless Enemy'' (1946) - Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) - Georges Baermann * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) - Ancelin * ''Fausse identité'' (1947) - L'inspecteur Rolle * ''Le cavalier de Croix-Mort'' (1948) - François d'Anthar * ''Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre'' (1948) - Jean * ''Le signal rouge'' (1949) - Ing. Nicolas Riedel * '' Gigi'' (1949) - Gaston * '' Vient de paraître'' (1949) - Maréchal * '' Manèges'' (1950) - François * ''Minne'' (1950) - Antoine * ''Fusillé à l'aube'' (1950) - Rudolf Hennings * ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'' (1951) - Jean Michaut * '' The Beautiful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Early life Hans Albers was born in Hamburg, the son of a butcher, and grew up in the district of St. Georg. He was seriously interested in acting by his late teens and took acting classes without the knowledge of his parents. In 1915 Albers was drafted to serve in the German Army in World War I, but was wounded early on. After his release from the Hospital in Wiesbaden where he had been treated, he performed in the local Residenztheater in comedies, antics and operettas. After the war Albers moved to Berlin, where he found work as a comedic actor in various Weimar-Era Berlin theatres. His breakthrough performance was that of a waiter in the play ''Verbrecher'' (Criminals). It was also in Berlin that Albers began a long-term relationship with Jewish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluebeard (1951 Film)
''Bluebeard'' (german: Blaubart) is a 1951 comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry and Fritz Kortner.Zipes p.409 It is based on the fairy tale Bluebeard by Charles Perrault. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France and Switzerland. It was made using the Gevacolor process. A separate French-language version ''Barbe-Bleue'' was also made. Cast * Hans Albers as Blaubart * Cécile Aubry as Aline * Fritz Kortner as Haushofsmeister * Lina Carstens as Amme * Arno Paulsen as Matthes * Jacques Sernas as Florian * Ina Halley as Anna * Henri Rollan as Freiherr d'Etioles * Denise Cormand as Valentine d'Etioles * Carl Wery as Herzog * Reggie Nalder as Captain of the guard * Elly Claus as Kunigunde, die Deutsche * Diane Lefort as Lucrezia, die Italienerin * Espanita Cortez as Mercedes, die Spanierin * Geneviève Gérald as Lady Anny Fling, die Schottin * Phung Thi Nghiep as Tschao Ming Kuong, die Chinesin * Leila Fouad as Fatme, die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Dupuy
René Dupuy (17 May 1920 – 1 August 2009) was a French actor, theater director and theater manager. A student at the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique in Paris, René Dupuy was later theater manager of: * the Théâtre Gramont from 1954 to 1973, * the Théâtre de l'Athénée from 1966 to 1972, * the Théâtre Fontaine from 1972 to 1985. He was professor of dramatic art at the . Theatre Comedian * 1950: '' Henri IV'' by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon * 1950: '' Le Cid'' by Corneille, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon * 1950: '' Le Bal des voleurs'' by Jean Anouilh, directed by André Barsacq, Théâtre des Arts * 1951: '' The Prince of Homburg'' by Heinrich von Kleist, directed by Jean Vilar, Festival d'Avignon * 1956: '' Irma la douce'' by Marguerite Monnot, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont * 1958: ''Édition de midi'' by Mihail Sebastian, directed by René Dupuy, Théâtre Gramont * 1963: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Calvi
Gérard Calvi (born Grégoire Krettly; 26 July 1922 – 20 February 2015) was a French composer. Interested in music from an early age, Calvi's first composing work was for the French production ''The Patron'' in 1949. From here he provided music for various French films, most notably ''Gangster Boss'', as well as the show ''La Plume de Ma Tante'', which was nominated for Best Musical at the 13th Tony Awards. He composed music for three Asterix films: ''Asterix the Gaul'', ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' and ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix''. He also composed the memorable Asterix theme for the first film, which was dispensed with by the time the music for ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' was composed in 1976. His last work was for the feature film ''The Crab Revolution'' in 2004. He died in 2015, aged 92. Shows * ''Ah! Les belles bacchantes'' (1954) * ''La Plume de Ma Tante'' (1958) * ''La Grosse Valise'' (1965) * '' Le Saint prend l'affût'' (1966) Selected filmography * '' Branqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dhéry
Robert Dhéry (27 April 1921 – 3 December 2004) (born Robert Léon Henri Fourrey or Robert Foullcy) was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter. He was married to actress Colette Brosset, with whom he appeared onstage in ''La Plume de Ma Tante''. He appeared on Broadway from 1958 to 1960 in ''La Plume de Ma Tante'', and was, along with the rest of the entire cast (Pamela Austin, Colette Brosset, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec) awarded a Special Tony Award 1959 for contribution to the theatre. Selected filmography * '' Night Shift'' (1944) * ''Last Chance Castle'' (1947) * '' Branquignol'' (1949) * ''I Like Only You'' (1949) * '' Bernard and the Lion'' (1951) * ''Love Is Not a Sin'' (1952) * ''La demoiselle et son revenant'' (1952) * ''The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne ''The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne'' (French: ''Les Corsaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard And The Lion
''Bernard and the Lion'' (French: ''Bertrand coeur de lion'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and starring Dhéry, Gérard Calvi and Roger Saget.Rège p.325 The film's art direction was by Raymond Nègre. Cast * Robert Dhéry as Bertrand * Gérard Calvi as Hans * Roger Saget as Paulo la Paluche * Robert Destain as Anselme * René Dupuy as Le lieutenant * Jacques Legras as Paul * Franck Daubray as L'épicier * Jacques Sommet as Gaston * Capucine as La baronne * Frédérique Nadar as La soubrette * Marthe Serres as La chanteuse * Hubert Deschamps as François, le domestique du baron * Henri Pennec * Jean Sabrou * Christian Gallo * Raymond Mary * François Jacques * Al Cabrol * Jean Richard as Le brigadier * Colette Brosset as Anne * Julien Carette Julien Henri Carette (23 December 1897 – 20 July 1966) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1964. Selected filmography * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Versois
Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène Vallier and Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff. Their father, Vladimir, was a noted opera singer of Russian descent, and their motherMilitza Envald Voropanoff was a dancer. Born in Paris, she began acting as a child and for a while pursued a ballet career. Personal life Versois married actor Jacques René Dacqmine (30 November 1923 – 29 March 2010; ''The Queen's Necklace'') in 1951 but the couple divorced a year later. She had four children by her second husband, Comte ''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word 'count' (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word 'county' (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * A count in French, from Latin ''comes'' * A ... François Reynier Ambroise Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Vilar
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António ( Portuguese orthography) or Antônio ( Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giselle Pascal
''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first performed by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris on 28 June 1841, with Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi as Giselle. It was an unqualified triumph. It became hugely popular and was staged at once across Europe, Russia, and the United States. The ghost-filled ballet tells the tragic, romantic story of a beautiful young peasant girl named Giselle and a disguised nobleman named Albrecht, who fall in love, but when his true identity is revealed by his rival, Hilarion, Giselle goes mad and dies of heartbreak. After her death, she is summoned from her grave into the vengeful, deadly sisterhood of the Wilis, the ghosts of unmarried women who died after being betrayed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
