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French Films Of 1956
A list of films produced in France in 1956. See also * 1956 in France * 1956 in French television References External links French films of 1956at the Internet Movie DatabaseFrench films of 1956at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1956 1956 Films 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 ... French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Film
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Babes In The Secret Service
''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (French: ''Les pépées au service secret'') is a 1956 French comedy thriller film directed by Raoul André and starring Claudine Dupuis, Louise Carletti and Tilda Thamar. Rège 16 The film's sets were designed by the art director Louis Le Barbenchon. It is a sequel to the 1955 film '' The Babes Make the Law''. Synopsis Having already proven their capabilities in their previous adventures, three sisters are recruited by the French secret service to track down some wanted information on a new explosive device. Cast * Claudine Dupuis as Elvire * Louise Carletti as Christine * Tilda Thamar as Olga * Raymond Souplex as Bonneval * Robert Berri as Carboni * Simone Berthier as Hortense * Alain Bouvette as La Quille * Paul Demange as Le chef d'orchestre * Fabienne as Antigone * Harry-Max as Le médecin de la prison * René Havard as Calamar / Sébastien / Le clochard * Abel Jacquin as Le directeur de la prison * Robert Le Béal as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Corey
Isabelle Corey (29 May 1939 – 6 February 2011) was a French actress and model. Corey started modeling in Paris in her teens for magazines such as ''Jardin des Modes'', ''Elle'' and ''Madame Figaro''. She was discovered in the Latin Quarter, where she lived with her parents, by Jean Pierre Melville and was offered the lead in his classic film noir, '' Bob le flambeur''. Following parts in such films as '' And God Created Woman'', she continued her film career in Italy where she settled in Rome, to work with such producers, directors and actors as Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ..., Alberto Sordi, Dino De Laurentiis and Roberto Rossellini. Filmography External links * "Brigitte Bardot and Isabell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Duchesne
Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956). He was the first husband of French film actress Yvette Lebon. Controversy surrounds Duchesne for activities during the German occupation of France during World War II. A 1985 history of French cinema during the war, citing a French film historian, states that Duchesne had been among three film workers who suffered "serious sanctions" for wartime activities on behalf of the German occupiers; he "was suspected of working for the Gestapo." According to a 2019 review of the Kino-released DVD of ''Bob le flambeur,'' a featurette on the disc informs that the actor's "gambling debts caught the attentions of the Nazis during the Occupation, and Duchesne became a collaborator, actively participating in the torture of at least one member of the French Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are ''Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956), '' Le Doulos'' (1962), ''Le Samouraï'' (1967), ''Army of Shadows'' (1969) and ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970). While with the French Resistance during World War II, he adopted the pseudonym Melville as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. Spiritual father of the French New Wave, he has influenced new generations of filmmakers across the world. Life and career Jean-Pierre Grumbach was born in 1917 in Paris, France, the son of Berthe and Jules Grumbach. His family were Alsatian Jews. After the fall of France in 1940 during World War II, during which he was evacuated from Dunkirk as a soldier in the French Army, Grumbach entered the French Resistance to oppose the German Nazis who occupied the country. He adopted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Le Flambeur
''Bob le flambeur'' (English translation": "Bob the Gambler" or "Bob the High Roller") is a 1956 French heist gangster film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Roger Duchesne as Bob. It is often considered both a film noir and a precursor to the French New Wave, the latter because of its use of handheld camera and a single jump cut. Plot Bob is a gambler who lives on his own in the Montmartre district of Paris, where he is well-liked by the demi-monde community. A former bank robber and convict, he has mostly kept out of trouble for the past 20 years, and is even friends with a police commissioner, Ledru, whose life he once saved. Ever the gentleman, Bob lets Anne, an attractive young woman who has just lost her job, stay in his apartment in order to keep her from the attentions of Marc, a pimp he hates. Bob declines Anne's advances, instead steering her to his young protégé Paolo, who soon sleeps with her. Through Jean, an ex-con who is now a croupier at the casin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Sylvain
Claude Sylvain (1930–2005) was a French actor and singer.Powrie p.257 After appearing in films of the 1950s, playing in a mixture of female lead role, lead and supporting roles, she switched to appear as a performer in cabaret where she met her husband Francis Claude. Selected filmography * ''Madame du Barry (1954 film), Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Service Entrance (1954 film), Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''On Trial (1954 film), On Trial'' (1954) * ''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (1955) * ''Rififi'' (1955) * ''Tower of Lust'' (1955) * ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) * ''Si tous les gars du monde...'' (1956) * ''In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes'' (1956) * ''Blood to the Head'' (1956) * ''The Man in the Raincoat'' (1957) References Bibliography * Powrie, Phil. ''The Cinema of France''. Wallflower Press, 2006. External links * 1930 births 2005 deaths French film actresses 20th-century French women singers Actresses from Paris {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Frankeur
Paul Frankeur (29 June 1905 - 27 October 1974) was a French actor who appeared in films by Jacques Tati (''Jour de fête'') and Luis Buñuel (''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' and ''The Phantom of Liberty''). He was sometimes credited as Paul Francoeur. Selected filmography * ''Nous les gosses'' (1941) - Le secrétaire du commissaire (uncredited) * ''Croisières sidérales'' (1942) - Le premier bonimenteur * ''Fantastic Night'' (1942) - Le patron du bistrot * ''Le mariage de Chiffon'' (1942) - Le mécanicien de Max * ''Une étoile au soleil'' (1943) * ''Le voyageur de la Toussaint'' (1943) - (uncredited) * ''Madame et le mort'' (1943) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) - Edouuard - le cordonnier (uncredited) * ''Night Shift (1944 film), Night Shift'' (1944) - Un réparateur de ligne * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) - L'inspecteur de police * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) - (uncredited) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes'' (1945) * ''Star Without Light (1946 film), Star Without Ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' (1938), ''La bête humaine'' (1938), ''Le jour se lève'' (1939), and ''Le plaisir'' (1952). During his career he had twice won both the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Biography Early life Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other. Selected filmography *''Trente et Quarante'' (1945) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) *''Lessons in Conduct'' (1946) * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''The Straw Lover'' (1951) * ''L'Amour, Madame'' (1952) * ''Faites-moi confiance'' (1954) * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) * ''Gas-Oil'' (1955) * ''Spring, Autumn and Love'' (1955) * '' Blood to the Head'' (1956) * ''Le rouge est mis'' (1957) * ''Three Days to Live'' (1957) * ' (1958) * '' Le désordre et la nuit' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood To The Head
''Blood to the Head'' (French: ''Le sang à la tête'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur and Claude Sylvain.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.177 It is based on the 1942 novel '' Young Cardinaud'' by Georges Simenon. It was shot at the Epinay Studios and on location in La Rochelle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Bouladoux. Cast * Jean Gabin as François Cardinaud * Paul Frankeur as Drouin * Claude Sylvain as Raymonde Babin * Georgette Anys as Titine Babin * José Quaglio as Mimile Babin * Paul Faivre as Monsieur Cardinaud - père * Léonce Corne as Charles Mandine * Florelle as Sidonie Vauquier * Paul Azaïs as Alphonse, le patron des 'Charentes' * Rivers Cadet as Le patron du Robinson * Paul Oettly as Vauquier * Yolande Laffon as Isabelle Mandine * Julienne Paroli as Madame Cardinaud - mère * Gabriel Gobin as Arthur Cardinaud * Marcel Pérès as Thévenot, un marinier * Rudy Palmer as Vittorio * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilda Thamar
Tilda Thamar (born Matilde Sofía Margarita Abrecht; 7 December 1921 – 12 April 1989) was an Argentine actor. She was born in Entre Rios Province, Argentina, in 1921. She was married to Spanish portrait painter Alejo Vidal-Quadras and divorced in 1971. Thamar and Vidal-Quadras lived in Paris, France. Thamar was killed in a car accident in Clermont-en-Argonne, Meuse, in the Lorraine region of France in 1989. Selected filmography * ''Encadenado'' (1940) * ''Wake Up to Life'' (1945) * '' A Model from Paris'' (1946) * ''White Horse Inn'' (1948) * ''Night Round'' (1949) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''Oriental Port'' (1950) * ''Devil's Roundup'' (1952) * ''Massacre in Lace'' (1952) * '' The Woman with the Orchid'' (1952) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * '' Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster'' (1953) * '' Maid in Paris'' (1956) * ''Paris, Palace Hotel'' (1956) * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) * ''A Bomb for a Dictator'' (1957) * ''A Night at the Moulin Rouge'' (1957) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
