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Georges Wakhévitch
Georges Wakhévitch (russian: Георгий Леонидович Вахевич; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s. Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included '' Boris Godunov'', '' Otello'', ''Die Meistersinger'' and London's first ever staging of Verdi's '' Macbeth'' in 1960. He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's ''Faust'', replacing some in use for over half a century. He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre. As of January 2021 Odesa's population was approximately In classical antiquity a large Greek settlement existed at its location. The first chronicle mention of the Slavic settlement-port of Kotsiubijiv, which was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, dates back to 1415, when a ship was sent from here to Constantinople by sea. After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control, the port and its surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529, under the name Hacibey, and remained there until the empire's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792. In 1794, the modern city of Odesa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Catherine t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitchevo (1936 Film)
''Nitchevo'' (Russian for "nothing", "ничего" ʲɪʨɪˈvo is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and George Rigaud. It is a remake of the 1926 silent film of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch Cast * Harry Baur as Le commandant Robert Cartier * Marcelle Chantal as Thérèse Sabianne * George Rigaud as Hervé de Kergoët * Jean-Max as Sarak * Lisette Lanvin as Claire * Ivan Mozzhukhin as L'officier Meuter * Paul Azaïs as Lemoule, un matelot * Jean Tissier as L'inventeur Ducourjour * Habib Benglia as Un matelot * Jean Daurand as Un matelot * Abel Tarride as Arbères * Paul Velsa as Le cuisinier * Lucien Coëdel as Le radio * Marcel Lupovici as Le lieutenant * Philippe Richard as Le gardien chef * Philippe Derevel * Jean Dunot * Rodolphe Marcilly * André Siméon Reception Writing for '' Night and Day'' in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruy Blas (film)
''Ruy Blas'' is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais and Marcel Herrand. The screenplay was written by Jean Cocteau based on the 1838 play of the same title by Victor Hugo. It was shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and on location at Cassis in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as La reine d'Espagne Marie de Neubourg * Jean Marais as Ruy Blas / Don César de Bazan * Marcel Herrand as Le marquis Don Salluste de Bazan * Gabrielle Dorziat as La duchesse d'Albuquerque * Alexandre Rignault as Goulatromba * Giovanni Grasso as Don Gaspar Guritan * Paul Amiot as Le marquis de Santa Cruz * Jone Salinas as Casilda, la servante * Gilles Quéant as Le duc d'Albe * Jacques Berlioz as Un ministre * Charles Lemontier as Le comte de Camporeal * Pierre Magnier as Le marquis de Priego * Armand Lurville as L'archevêque References Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagle With Two Heads
''The Eagle with Two Heads'' (French title ''L'Aigle à deux têtes'') is a French film directed by Jean Cocteau released in 1948. It was adapted from his own play ''L'Aigle à deux têtes'' which was first staged in 1946, and it retained the principal actors from the first Paris production. Synopsis On the 10th anniversary of the assassination of the king, his reclusive widow, the Queen, arrives to spend the night at the castle of Krantz. Stanislas, a young anarchist poet who seeks to assassinate her, enters her room, wounded; he looks exactly like the dead king, and the Queen shelters him instead of handing him over to the police. She sees him as the welcome embodiment of her own death, calling him Azrael (the angel of death). An ambiguous love develops between them, uniting them in a bid to outwit the machinations of the court politicians, represented by the Comte de Foëhn, the chief of police, and Édith de Berg, the Queen's companion. In order to remain true to their ideal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dance Of Death (1948 Film)
''The Dance of Death'' (French: ''La danse de mort'', Italian: ''La prigioniera dell'isola'') is a 1948 French-Italian drama film directed by Marcel Cravenne and starring Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac and Palau.Lennig p.473 It is based on August Strindberg's '' The Dance of Death''. The film's sets were designed by Georges Wakhévitch. Plot An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress off the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military life with Edgar, reveals on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, the veritable hell their marriage has been. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people. Sensing that Alice, together with her cousin and would-be lover, Kurt, may ally against him, retaliates with v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of The Clouds
''Song of the Clouds'' (French: ''Sérénade aux nuages'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by André Cayatte and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Gauthier and Jacques Louvigny.Crisp p.116 It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Auguste Capelier and Georges Wakhévitch. It was one of the most popular movies in France in 1945 with admissions of 3,498,968.French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story Cast * as Sylvio * |
The Eleventh Hour Guest
''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (French: ''L'invité de la onzième heure'') is a 1945 French mystery film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Roger Pigaut.Rège p.229 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch. Synopsis An inventor claims to have invented an incredible new machine which acts as a thought detector amongst other things. On the evening he unveils it to his family and intended wife, tragedy strikes and he is found dead. Cast * Jean Tissier as Christophe Berri * Roger Pigaut as Le docteur Rémi Lambert * Blanchette Brunoy as Antoinette Langeais * Junie Astor as Isabelle Bourgoin * Lily Baron as Olga * Guillaume de Sax as Thomas Bourgoin * Marcel Delaître as Monsieur Sulnac * André Fouché as Serge * René Génin as Calixte * Jean Hébey as Frédéric * Lily Mounet as Madame Sulnac * Georgette Tissier Georgette Tissier (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Of Dreams (film)
''Box of Dreams'' (French: ''La boîte aux rêves'') is a 1945 French comedy drama film directed by Yves Allégret and Jean Choux and starring Viviane Romance, Henri Guisol and Frank Villard. Simone Signoret had a small role in the film but would go on to marry Allégret and make several films with him which would contribute to her rise to stardom.Hayward p.7 Filming originally began in 1943 during the Italian occupation of France but was not released until after the end of the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Auguste Capelier and Georges Wakhévitch. It was shot at the Cimex-controlled Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios on the outskirts of Nice. The film had admissions of 2,792 in France. Cast * Viviane Romance as Nicole Payen-Laurel * Henri Guisol as Pierre Forestier * Frank Villard as Jean * René Lefèvre as Marc * Pierre Palau as Payen-Laurel * Roland Armontel as Amédée * Gisèle Alcée as Gisèle - la nouvelle bonne des quatre bohèmes * He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle X
''Mademoiselle X'' is a 1945 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Madeleine Sologne, André Luguet and Ketti Gallian. It was partly shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Auguste Capelier and Georges Wakhévitch. The producer André Paulvé had recently been removed by the authorities from '' The Children of Paradise'' on account of his partial Jewish heritage and shifted to this less prestigious production, likely due to the intervention of his rival Alfred Greven of Continental Films. The film went into production In May 1944 shortly before the Liberation.Turk p.225 Cast * Madeleine Sologne as Madeleine Ardouin * André Luguet as Dominique Ségard * Ketti Gallian as Catherine Nanteuil * Aimé Clariond as Michel Courbet * Pierre Palau as Victor * André Bervil as Nicolas - l'acteur * Raymond Rognoni as Le maire * Charles Lemontier Charles Lemontier (1894–1965) was a French film actor.Aping p.76 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behold Beatrice
''Behold Beatrice'' or ''Beatrice's Temptation'' (French: ''Béatrice devant le désir'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Fernand Ledoux, Jules Berry and Renée Faure. It features an early performance by the future star Simone Signoret.Hayward p.4 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in the southern French city of Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Cast * Fernand Ledoux as Le docteur Mauléon * Jules Berry as Richelière * Renée Faure as Béatrice * Gérard Landry as José * Thérèse Dorny as Tante Hermance * Jacques Berthier as Jacques Richelière * Marie Carlot as Paula * Jean Barrère * Henry Bonvallet as Le docteur Lemonsquier * Mario Cazes as Le violoniste * Georges Gosset * Lucy Lancy as Gaby * Liliane Lonville * Emma Lyonel as Madame Dourthe * Jean-Jacques Lécot * Marfisa as La chanteuse * Marguerite Mayanne as Madame de Saint-Savin * Marcelle Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murderer Is Afraid At Night
''The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (French: ''L'assassin a peur la nuit'') is a 1942 French crime drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Mireille Balin, Jean Chevrier and Louise Carletti. A film noir it was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice in Vichy-controlled France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It may have also acted as an allegory for Occupied France to look forward to a future when it is free after its Liberation.Walker-Morrison p.34-35 Synopsis In the South of France Olivier a professional burglar is on the run after a job goes wrong. He takes shelter in the countryside after befriending a quarry worker and has a romantic encounter with his sister Monique. However his former lover the vampish Monique, who he has robbed to support her materialistic demands, tracks him down and threatens to shoot him. He ultimately surrenders to the police in the knowledge that once he has served a spell in prison he can look fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Of The Cherries (film)
''The Time of the Cherries'' (French: ''Le temps des cerises'') is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Gaston Modot, Svetlana Pitoëff and Fabien Loris.Andrew p.143 It takes its title from the song of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Partial cast * Gaston Modot as Gaston Ravaux * Svetlana Pitoëff as Gilberte * Fabien Loris as Pierrot * Jandeline as La paysanne * François Viguier as Le paysan * Georges Spanelly as Le directeur * Jean Dasté as Le fils du directeur * Jacques B. Brunius as Le petit-fils du directeur * Camille Corney as Le décorateur * André Delferrière * Claire Gérard as La dame maniérée * Gabrielle Fontan Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' Misdeal'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * '' The La . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
