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Gérard Darrieu
Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor. Selected filmography *1950: ''Three Telegrams'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - Jeune dragueur *1951: ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' - Un prisonnier (uncredited) *1951: ''Boîte de nuit'' - Le groom *1951: ''Dupont Barbès'' *1952: ''Love Is Not a Sin'' - Un déménageur (uncredited) *1952: '' Three Women'' - Un hussard *1952: ''Le jugement de Dieu'' - (uncredited) *1952: ''Rires de Paris'' *1952: '' Crimson Curtain'' - Un machiniste au théâtre *1954: '' Poisson d'avril'' (directed by Gilles Grangier) - Le livreur de la machine à laver (uncredited) *1954: ''Le vicomte de Bragelonne'' *1955: ''Sophie et le Crime'' - L'agent cycliste au billet de loterie (uncredited) *1956: '' People of No Importance'' - Le routier au lapin *1956: '' Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' - Garde du Petit-Trianon (uncredited) *1956: '' Gervaise'' - Charles *1957: ''The Crucible'' - Cheever *1957: ''Sénéchal the Magnificent'' - Un gangster (uncredit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Telegrams
''Three Telegrams'' (French: ''Trois télégrammes'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Gérard Gervais, Pierrette Simonet and Olivier Hussenot.Rège p.293 The film's art direction was by Auguste Capelier. It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S .... Cast References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1950 films 1950 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Henri Decoin French black-and-white films Films shot at Billancourt Studios Films scored by Joseph Kosma 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Life (1958 Film)
''One Life'' () is a 1958 French drama film directed by Alexandre Astruc, starring Maria Schell and Christian Marquand. It is also known as ''End of Desire'' in the United States. It is set in the 19th century and tells the story of the unhappy marriage between an idealistic woman of aristocratic background and a cynical man. The film is based on the novel ''Une Vie'' by Guy de Maupassant. It was shown in competition at the 19th Venice International Film Festival. It had 2,315,098 admissions in France. The song "Une Vie", written by Roman Vlad and Marc Lanjean, was released as a single by Maria Schell in 1958, and covered by Eddie Barclay's big band in 1959. Cast * Maria Schell as Jeanne Dandieu * Christian Marquand as Julien de Lamare * Ivan Desny as De Fourcheville * Pascale Petit as Rosalie * Antonella Lualdi as Gilberte de Fourcheville * Louis Arbessier as M. Dandieu * Marie-Hélène Dasté as Mme. Dandieu * Michel de Slubicki as Paul de Lamare * Andrée Tainsy Andrée M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gorillas (film)
''The Gorillas'' (French: ''Les gorilles'') is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Jean Girault and starring Darry Cowl, Francis Blanche and Bernard Dhéran.Rège p.32 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Sydney Bettex. Cast * Darry Cowl as Edouard * Francis Blanche as Félix * Bernard Dhéran as Hubert Loisif * Michel Galabru as Le contractuel débutant * Jean Lefebvre as L'électro * Jess Hahn as Boris, Alexis Alexevitch, le maquilleur * Jean Le Poulain as Le metteur en scène * Patricia Viterbo as Claudine Carter * Maurice Chevit as Le premier contractuel * Clément Harari as Rha-Thé, l'indou magicien * Béatrice Altariba as Sylvie Danlevent * Pierre Doris as Le représentant en vins * Philippe Dumat as Frank Danlevent * Robert Dalban as Montecourt, l'entraîneur * Maria Pacôme as Josépha Dépelouze * Jacques Seiler as Le valet * Grégoire Aslan as Maître Lebavard * Mauri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend At Dunkirk
''Weekend at Dunkirk'' (french: Week-end à Zuydcoote) is a 1964 war drama film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1949 Prix Goncourt winning novel ''Week-end at Zuydcoote'' (French: ''Week-end à Zuydcoote'') by Robert Merle. Plot Set during the Battle of Dunkirk, the film follows Julien Maillat, a French Army sergeant who tries to join the British Army on the Royal Navy's boat flotilla to England. No matter how hard he tries to make it, he and his French squad-mates and colleagues are hard-pressed to get away as the fight is getting harder and the Germans closer and closer. Selected cast * Jean-Paul Belmondo as Staff sergeant French Army Julien Maillat * Catherine Spaak as Jeanne * Jean-Pierre Marielle as a French military chaplain friend of Maillat * François Périer as Alexandre * Pierre Mondy as Dhéry * Pierre Vernier as undertaker * Paul Préboist as a soldier * Ronald Howard as captain Robinson * Eric Sinclair : le capitaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Spy Chase
''Les Barbouzes'' ( Barbouze being French slang for a spy, deriving from the idea that spies hide behind false beards) is a 1964 French cult comedy film, screened in the USA as ''The Great Spy Chase''. Starring Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier and Mireille Darc, with witty dialogue by Michel Audiard, it is an espionage caper built around the efforts of agents from various countries to extract valuable weaponry patents from the young and attractive widow of an international arms dealer. Plot In Paris, French counter-espionage are alerted to the death in an expensive brothel of international arms dealer Shah. To avoid repercussions and to exploit this opportunity, they smuggle his corpse back to his castle in Bavaria in the care of top agent Francis, posing as the dead man's cousin Ludo. There he hands it over to the young and very attractive French widow Amaranth, who is now the legal owner of the valuable patents for nuclear weaponry that Shah had acquired. The fake cousin Ludo's missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elusive Corporal
''The Elusive Corporal'' (french: Le Caporal épinglé) is a 1962 French film directed by Jean Renoir that stars Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, and Claude Rich. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Renoir shot his film in Austria in 1961 from Jacques Perret (writer), Jacques Perret's book based on his own prisoner of war experiences. Renoir's friend and assistant director Guy Lefranc had also been a World War II prisoner of war and had developed the project for seven years.p.58 Durgnat, Raymond ''Jean Renoir'' University of California Press, 1974 The story serves as a companion piece to the director's 1937 film, ''Grand Illusion (film), Grand Illusion'', once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp. Plot Among over a million French prisoners of war taken to work in camps in Germany in 1940 is the Corporal, a young man of good ... [...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] |
The Fenouillard Family
''The Fenouillard Family'' (French: ''La famille Fenouillard'') is a 1960 French historical comedy film directed by Yves Robert and starring Sophie Desmarets, Jean Richard and Annie Sinigalia. It is based on a pioneering nineteenth century text comic, ', by Georges Colomb. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Cast * Sophie Desmarets as Léocadie Fanouillard * Jean Richard as Agénor Fenouillard * Annie Sinigalia as Cunégonde * Marie-José Ruiz as Artémise * Bruno Balp * Little Bara * Jean Bellanger * Charles Bouillaud * Madeleine Clervanne as Mme de Bréauté-Beuzeville * Gérard Darrieu as Souris-Bibi * Gilbert Denoyan as Harris * Hubert Deschamps as Le maître d'école * André Gille as Follichon * Roger Pelletier * Yves Peneau * Guy Piérauld * Robert Rollis * Henri Virlojeux as Le commandant * Jean-Claude Arnaud * Georges Aubert as Bordure * André Badin * Bernard Blier as Un voyageur * Bernard Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nabob Affair
''The Nabob Affair'' (French: ''Au voleur!'', German: ''Affäre Nabob'') is a 1960 French-West German comedy film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Paul Guers, Perrette Pradier and O.E. Hasse.Rège p.489 Cast * Paul Guers as Serge * Perrette Pradier as Amenita * O.E. Hasse as Le Nabab * Sonja Ziemann as La milliardaire * Mary Marquet as L'hôtelière * Georges Alban as Commissar * Gérard Darrieu * Jean-Pierre Lorrain * Jean-Pierre Zola Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ... as Hotel director References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1960 films 1960s crime comedy films West German films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Ralph Habib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers On A Tightrope
''Lovers on a Tightrope'' (French: ''La corde raide'') is a 1960 French drama film directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet and starring Annie Girardot, François Périer and Gérard Buhr.The A to Z of French Cinema p.187 The film's sets were designed by the art director Olivier Girard. Synopsis A wealthy Paris businessman suspecting that his wife is having an affair with a Automobile repair shop, garage mechanic, hired as private detective to investigate them. Cast * Annie Girardot as Cora * François Périer as Daniel * Geneviève Brunet (actress), Geneviève Brunet as Isabelle * Gérard Buhr as Henri * Christine Caron as L'infirmière * Marcelle Arnold as La standardiste * Annie Andrel as La dame du vestaire * Piella Sorano as Maria * Hubert Deschamps as Carconi * Pierre Moncorbier as Le détective * Lucien Raimbourg as Le portier de l'hôpital * Michel Seldow as L'homme aux lunettes * Henri Virlojeux as Le garçon d'étage * Léonce Corne as Le curé * Roger Saget as Edouard * Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat Shows Her Claws
''The Cat Shows Her Claws'' (French: ''La chatte sort ses griffes'') is a 1960 French war drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Françoise Arnoul, Horst Frank and François Guérin.Bessy & Chirat p.287 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Paris including Montmartre. It is the sequel to the 1958 film '' The Cat'' about the French Resistance. Synopsis Cora Menessier is sentenced to death by the Resistance in 1944 for an alleged betrayal. After her execution she is left for dead, but is recovered by the Germans who brainwash her and plan to use her as a counter-agent. They release her to target a Resistance operation designed to blow up a train carrying V1s to be used to bombard London and the English coast. Cast * Françoise Arnoul as Cora Menessier dite La Chatte * Horst Frank as Major von Hollwitz * François Guérin as Louis * Harold Kay as Charles * Françoise Spira as Marie-José * Jacques Fabbri as Gustave - le chef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signé Arsène Lupin
''Signé Arsène Lupin'' ( it, Il ritorno di Arsenio Lupin, also known as ''Signed, Arsene Lupin'') is a 1959 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Yves Robert. It is the sequel of ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'' (1957). Plot Arsène Lupin and his accomplice La Ballu rob a villa. Being disturbed by the police, they have time to take a picture. This painting represents a fresco in three parts, La Ballu steals the second painting. The third painting is in the Florence Museum but when Lupin arrives, the painting is gone. Cast * Robert Lamoureux: André Laroche / Arsène Lupin * Alida Valli: Aurelia Valeano * Jacques Dufilho: Albert * Robert Dalban: Inspector Béchoux * Michel Etcheverry: Van Nelden * Jean Galland: General * Harold Kay: Henri * Paul Müller: Attache at the embassy in Rome * Ginette Pigeon: Agnès * Roger Dumas: Isidore Beautrelet aka Véritas * Yves Robert: La Ballu * Gabriel Gobin: Employee of the SNCF * Paul Préboist: Drunk man * Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |