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Games Of Desire
Games of Desire (Ger. ''Die Lady'') is a German-French drama film released in 1964 and featuring Swedish star Ingrid Thulin in the lead role. Plot Nadine Anderson, an elegant well-to-do woman, leads a luxurious but boring life, the wife of the Swedish ambassador to Athens. Her husband, Eliot's lack of sexual interest is responsible for Nadine's sexual frustration. The marriage is a fraud as Eliot is interested only in men, with an eye on his young secretary Martin. No longer willing to continue her deeply unsatisfying life Nadine becomes a prostitute in the dim streets of Piraeus, the port of Athens, in search of "real men" who give her that which her husband is neither able nor willing to. She meets Nikos, a dock worker, who exemplifies her idea of a "real man". But his manipulative sister Electra, a prostitute and a striptease dancer, tries to blackmail the Ambassador's wife. Electra wants to leave her miserable existence behind and demands that Nadine hire her as a maid with a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Lilian Thulin (; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress and director who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish and international critics. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Brink of Life'' (1958) and the inaugural Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''The Silence'' (1963), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for ''Cries and Whispers'' (1972). Early life and education Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna (née Larsson) and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by The Royal Dramatic Theatre ("''Dramaten''") in 1948. Career For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman. Thulin appeared in Bergman's '' Wild Strawberries'' (1957), '' The Magician'' (1958, in which she spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hubschmid
Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 31 December 2001) was a Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Henry Higgins in a production of ''My Fair Lady''. In some of his Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian. He appeared in dozens of films and television series between 1938 and 1991. Many of these were German and International productions. Selected filmography * ''Fusilier Wipf'' (1938, Swiss) - Reinhold Wipf * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939, German) - Imre von Hontos, Maria Ilonas Bruder * ''Der letzte Appell'' (1939, German) * ''Mir lönd nüd lugg'' (1940, Swiss) - Hans Landolt * ''Mein Traum'' (1940, Swiss) - Bob Ellis * ''Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe'' (1940, Swiss) - Wilhelm * '' The Rainer Case'' (1942, German) - Franz Rainer * ''Meine Freundin Josefine'' (1942, German) - Herr Milander * ''Altes Herz wird wieder jung'' (1943, German) - Willibald Mack * ''Wilder Urlaub'' (1943, Swiss) - Fritz Hablützel * '' Love Letters'' (1944, German) - Robert Wieland * ''Der ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Kourkoulos
Nikos Kourkoulos ( el, Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 in Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern times. Kourkoulos is best known to Greek audiences for playing "Angelos Kreouzis" in '' Oratotis miden'', but he also appeared in other movies such as ''To Homa vaftike kokkino'', ''Exodos kindynou'', ''O Astrapogiannos'', ''O Katiforos'' among others. Life and career Nikos Kourkoulos grew up in the Athens district of Zografou. As young sports and football were his loves. He belonged to Panathinaikos F.C. roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he decided to become an actor after reading books on theatre. He studied acting at the National Theatre of Greece's School of Drama, and made his stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Dumas, fils' ''La dame aux camélias'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudine Auger
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress best known for her role as a Bond girl, Dominique "Domino" Derval, in the James Bond film '' Thunderball'' (1965). She earned the title of Miss France Monde (the French representative to the Miss World beauty pageant) and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest. Early life Auger was born in Paris, France. She attended St. Joan of Arc College and later the Conservatoire de Paris, where she performed dramatic roles. She made her film debut when she was still in school. Career Jean Cocteau cast Auger in an uncredited role as a tall ballerina in ''Testament of Orpheus'' (1960). When she was 18, she married the 43-year-old writer-director Pierre Gaspard-Huit, and he cast her in several films, including '' Le Masque de fer'' (1962) and '' Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance'' (1963). In 1966 she co-starred in the World War II drama '' Triple Cross'' with Yul Brynner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Verley
Bernard Verley (born 4 October 1939) is a French actor and producer. Biography Former student of les ''Beaux-Arts'' in Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ..., he then joined the TNP Jean Vilar. His brother '' Renaud Verley'' is also an actor. In the mid-1970s, he devoted himself to film production. He returns as an actor in the 90s, after a break of nine years. Filmography Actor Producer Theater See also References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verley, Bernard 1939 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Mass media people from Lille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Films
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, ''Mary Poppins,'' '' My Fair Lady,'' and ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'' Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 - Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first Beatles film, premieres. * August 27 – The film ''Mary Poppins'' is released. Not o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
