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Gérard Barray
Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor. Early life and education Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, he discovered a passion for jazz; he participated in a few shows in nightclubs while pursuing his studies and obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Toulouse. Camille Ricard, an actress and teacher at the Conservatory of Toulouse, who advised him to go to Paris with a letter of recommendation for a friend, Noel Roquevert. Barray enrolled at the Cours Simon, a drama school in Paris. Four years later, Gérard Barray won the Jury Prize. Career It will then excel in the roles of knights with a big heart. He starred as D'Artagnan, Pardaillan, Surcouf and Scaramouche. In total there practice gender in a dozen feature films, most of which are box-office success, widely known abroad. Besides films swashbuckling as Pardaillan and Scaramo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 493,465 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2019 census); its metropolitan area has a population of 1,454,158 inhabitants (2019 census). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 20 French Métropoles, with one of the three strongest demographic growth (2013-2019). Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT satellite system, ATR and the Aerospace Valley. It hosts the CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST) which is the largest national space centre in Europe, but also, on the military side, the newly created NATO space centre of excellence and the French Space Command and Space Academy. Thales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Musketeers (1961 Film)
''The Three Musketeers'' is a 1961 film adaptation of the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was released in two parts within the same year. Plot summary Cast * Gérard Barray as d'Artagnan * Mylène Demongeot as Milady de Winter * Perrette Pradier as Constance Bonacieux * Georges Descrières as Athos * Bernard Woringer as Porthos * Jacques Toja as Aramis * Jean Carmet as Planchet * Guy Delorme as the Count De Rochefort * Daniel Sorano as Cardinal Richelieu * Françoise Christoph as ('' Queen'') Anne of Austria * Robert Berri as M. Bonacieux * Henri Nassiet as M. de Tréville * Guy Tréjan as (''King'') Louis XIII * Jacques Berthier as the Duke of Buckingham Production Filming locations included Bois de Boulogne, Château de Guermantes in Seine-et-Marne and Semur-en-Auxois Semur-en-Auxois () is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The politician François Patriat, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and Émile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Cloche
Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, Commercy, Meuse – 23 March 1990, Bordeaux, France) was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) he won a 1948 Special Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ''Monsieur Vincent,'' a dramatization of the life of St. Vincent de Paul that starred Pierre Fresnay, won the Academy Award in 1947 for best foreign film. It also was honored as the best film in France that year. Mr. Cloche, whose career spanned more than a half-century, also made spy thrillers and films with religious and social themes. His best-known films include ''La Cage aux Oiseaux'' (''The Bird Cage''); ''Le Docteur Laennec,'' the story of the inventor of the stethoscope; ''Ne de Pere Inconnu'' (''Father Unknown'') and ''La Cage aux Filles (''The Girl Cage''). In 1940, Mr. Cloche founded a film society for young talent. It later became France's leading film school, the Institute of Adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agent X-77 Orders To Kill
''Agent X-77 Orders to Kill'' (french: Baraka sur X 13, es, Operación Silencio, it, Agente X77 ordine di uccidere, also known as ''Baraka for Secret Service'') is a 1966 French-Spanish-Italian spy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Gérard Barray and Sylva Koscina. Silvio Siano is credited as co-director in the Italian version of the film (credited as "Edgar Lawson") due to co-production obligations. It is loosely based on the novel ''Silence clinique'' by Eddy Ghilain. Cast * Gérard Barray as Serge Vadile, Agent X-77 (Agent X 13 in France) *Sylva Koscina as Mania * Agnès Spaak as Ingrid * José Suárez as Franck *Yvette Lebon as Elvire *Renato Baldini as Dr. Lupescu *Gemma Cuervo as Solange *Gérard Tichy as Dr. Reichmann *Luis Induni as M. Klein *Aldo Bufi Landi Aldo Bufi Landi (7 April 1923 – 2 February 2016) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1947 and 2013. Selected filmography * '' Malaspina'' (1947) * '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pyramid Of The Sun God
''The Pyramid of the Sun God'' (German: ''Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes'' is a 1965 West German and Italian western film adventure directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It is based on a book by Karl May, and was part of a boom of Karl May adaptations during the decade.Bergfelder p.188 It follows on from ''The Treasure of the Aztecs'' (1965), also directed by Siodmak and featuring the same cast. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Veljko Despotovic and Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. Rio Grande Cast *Lex Barker as Dr. Karl Sternau *Michèle Girardon as Josefa Cortejo *Gérard Barray as Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla * Hans Nielsen as Don Pedro Arbellez * Rik Battaglia as Captain Lazaro Verdoja *Gustavo Rojo as Lieutenant Potoca *Theresa Lorca as Karja *Ralf Wolter as Andreas Hasenpfeffer *Kelo Henderson as Frank Wilson *Alessandra Panaro as Rosita Arbellez * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (1946). Early life Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak and the brother of Curt, Werner and Roland. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig (the myth of his American birth in Memphis, Tennessee was necessary for him to obtain a visa in Paris during World War II). He worked as a stage director and a banker before becoming editor and scenarist for Curtis Bernhardt in 1925 (Bernhardt directed a film of Siodmak's story ''Conflict'' in 1945). At twenty-six he was hired by his cousin, producer Seymour Nebenzal, to assemble original silent movies from stock footage of old films. Siodmak worked at this for two years before he persuaded Nebenzal to finance his first feature, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Treasure Of The Aztecs
''The Treasure of the Aztecs'' (German: ''Der Schatz der Azteken'') is a 1965 western adventure film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was based on a novel by Karl May, part of a boom in adaptations of the author's works during the decade.Bergfelder p.188 It was followed by a second part ''The Pyramid of the Sun God'' (1965). It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Barcelona and Yugoslavia. The film sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. It was made in Eastmancolor. Cast *Lex Barker as Dr. Karl Sternau *Gérard Barray as Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla * Rik Battaglia as Captain Lazaro Verdoja *Michèle Girardon as Josefa Cortejo *Alessandra Panaro as Rosita Arbellez *Theresa Lorca as Karja *Ralf Wolter as Andreas Hasenpfeffer *Fausto Tozzi as Benito Juarez * Hans Nielsen as Don Pedr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardi Pardaillan!
''Hardi Pardaillan!'' is a 1964 Cinema of France, French-Cinema of Italy, Italian adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Gérard Barray, Valérie Lagrange, Philippe Lemaire, Sophie Hardy, and Guy Delorme. It was also known as ''The Gallant Musketeer''. Cast * Gérard Barray as Pardaillan * Valérie Lagrange - Bianca Farnèse * Philippe Lemaire - The Duke of Angoulême * Guy Delorme - Maurevert * Sophie Hardy * Jean Topart - The Duke of Guise * Jacques Castelot - Henri III * Caroline Rami - Rousotte. * Robert Berri - Gueule d'mour Release ''Hardi Pardaillan!'' was shown in Italy on 29 February 1964 and in France on 8 April 1964. References External links 1964 films French historical adventure films Italian historical adventure films 1960s French-language films 1964 adventure films French swashbuckler films Films directed by Bernard Borderie Films set in the 16th century French sequel film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar (1964 Film)
''Gibraltar'' is a 1964 thriller film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Hildegard Knef, Gérard Barray, Geneviève Grad and Elisa Montés. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. The film's were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Synopsis A secret agent goes undercover to infiltrate smugglers between Tangiers and Gibraltar. Cast * Hildegard Knef as Elinor van Berg * Gérard Barray as Frank Jackson * Geneviève Grad as Cathy Maxwell * Elisa Montés as Lola * Claudio Gora as General Maxwell * Fausto Tozzi as Paoli * Bernard Dhéran as Harry Williams * Jacques Seiler as Kovacks * José Marco Davó as Prestamista * Silvia Solar as Miriam * Luis Induni as Admiral * Jean Ozenne as Thomas Barnett * Antonio Molino Rojo as Thug * Frank Braña as Thug See also *''Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer. Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, and finally director. In 1955 he founded his own production company, Producciones Isasi in Barcelona. He founded a second firm, Moon Films, in Madrid. In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action films designed for the wider European market including ''Scaramouche'' (''The Adventures of Scaramouche'') in 1963 ''and Estambul 65'' (''That Man in Istanbul'') in 1965. He made some English-language films, most notably ''They Came to Rob Las Vegas''. He abandoned directing for a decade after making ''El Perro'' (''The Dog'') in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with ''El Aire de un Crimen'' (''The Hint of a Crime'') in 1987. He directed 13 feature films, wrote eleven and produced eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shéhérazade (film)
''Shéhérazade'' is a 1963 French adventure film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Anna Karina as the title character. The cast also featured Gérard Barray, Antonio Vilar and Giuliano Gemma The film is loosely based on the '' One Thousand and One Nights''. The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Plot Baghdad in the year 809. The city is ruled by the Caliph, Haroun-al-Rashid, to whom the beautiful and spiritual Scheherazade has been promised. Ambassadors of Charlemagne arrive in Baghdad to ask the Caliph for free access to the Christian holy sites. Among these envoys from the west is the knight Renaud Villecroix, who falls in love with her. The grand vizier, enemy of the Caliph, ambushes a traveling party and takes Scheherazade prisoner, threatening to cut off her head. Renaud saves her and flees into the desert with her. Cast * Anna Karina as Shéhérazade * Gérard Barray as Renaud de Villecroix * Antonio Vilar as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Giulio Majano
Anton Giulio Majano (5 July 1909 – 12 August 1994) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. His career spanned from 1937 to 1986. Selected filmography Director and screenwriter * '' The Eternal Chain'' (1952) * '' Good Folk's Sunday'' (1953) * '' The Rival'' (1956) * ''Il padrone delle ferriere'' (1959) * '' Atom Age Vampire'' (1960) * ''The Corsican Brothers'' (1961) * '' La Cittadella'' (TV, 1964) * '' E le stelle stanno a guardare'' (TV, 1971) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1975, TV series) Screenwriter * '' Hurricane in the Tropics'' (1939) * '' Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) * ''The White Primrose'' (1947) * '' Un giorno nella vita'' (1948) * ''City of Pain'' (1948) * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) * '' The Beggar's Daughter'' (1950) * '' Cavalcade of Heroes'' (1950) * '' Strano appuntamento'' (1950) * ''For You I Have Sinned ''For You I Have Sinned'' ( it, Per salvarti ho peccato) is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Pierre Cressoy, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
