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Gérard Buhr
Gérard Buhr (8 May 19288 January 1988) was a French film and television actor. Selected filmography * ' (1950) * ''Quai de Grenelle'' (1950) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * '' Beware of Blondes'' (1950) - Un journaliste (uncredited) * ''Monte Carlo Baby'' (1951) * ''The Straw Lover'' (1951) - Gaston's employées * ''Maître après Dieu'' (1951) - L'officier allemand * ''The passer-through-walls'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Paris Vice Squad'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande'' (1951) * '' Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Les Petites Cardinal'' (1951) * ''Shadow and Light'' (1951) - Le garçon de café (uncredited) * ' (1951) - Presder * ''Atoll K'' (1951) - Une sentinelle (uncredited) * ''The Cape of Hope'' (1951) * ''Nous irons à Monte Carlo'' (1951) * ''Jocelyn'' (1952) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1952) - Un soldat * ''Le Chemin de Damas'' (1952) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - Le jeune au f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2019, the city proper had 287,228 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 505,272 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 846,450 in 2018, making it the eighth-largest metro area in France and home to 14% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 958,421 inhabitants. Strasbourg is one of the ''de facto'' four main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Luxembourg and Frankfurt), as it is the seat of several European insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Husband Is Marvelous
''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (French: ''Mon mari est merveilleux'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Fernand Gravey, Sophie Desmarets and Elina Labourdette.Rège p.512 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. While a follow-up to the 1951 film ''My Wife Is Formidable'' which had the same director and cast, it is not a sequel. Synopsis Sylvia, a journalist, tries to uses subterfuge in order to gain an interview with Claude a writer who tries to maintain a reclusive, misanthropic image. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Claude Chatel * Sophie Desmarets as Sylvia Corbier * Elina Labourdette as Micheline * Jacques Dynam as L'efféminé * Mady Berry as Germaine * Anne Carrère as La snob * Made Siamé as La vieille dame * Pierre Larquey as Le père Henri * Jacques Castelot as Christian * Georgette Anys as L'aubergiste * Henri Arius as Le patron du bistrot * Madeleine Barbulée * Charles Bouillaud * Louis Bugette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Catch A Thief
'' To Catch a Thief'' is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 To Catch a Thief (novel), novel of the same name by David Dodge (novelist), David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an impostor preying on the wealthy tourists (including the daughter of a wealthy widow, played by Grace Kelly) of the French Riviera. Plot Retired jewel thief John "The Cat" Robie is suspected by the police in a string of burglaries on the French Riviera. When they come to his hilltop villa to question him, he slips their grasp and heads to a restaurant owned by his friend Bertani. The restaurant's staff are members of Robie's old gang, who have been paroled for their work in the French Resistance during World War II. They are angry at Robie because they are all under suspicion as long as the new Cat is active. When the police arrive at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Step To Eternity
''One Step to Eternity'' ( French:''Bonnes à tuer'', Italian:''Quattro donne nella notte'') is a 1954 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair and Corinne Calvet.Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1'', p.293. Scarecrow Press, 2009. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Plot A French newspaper editor invites his wife, ex-wife, mistress and intended fiancée to his apartment, planning to murder one of them. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Constance Andrieux dite Poussy * Michel Auclair as François Roques dit Larry * Corinne Calvet as Véra Volpone * Miriam Di San Servolo as Maggy Lang * Lyla Rocco as Cécile Germain-Thomas * Gérard Buhr as William Jordan * Roberto Risso as Mario Mirador * Gil Delamare as Forestier * Ky Duyen as Bao, le serviteur * Émile Genevois as Le postier * Jean Berton as Un insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yours Truly, Blake
''Yours Truly, Blake'' (French: ''Votre dévoué Blake'') is a 1954 French comedy crime film directed by Jean Laviron and Jerome Epstein and starring Eddie Constantine, Danielle Godet and Simone Paris.Marie p.20 The film's sets were designed by Robert Clavel. Plot While spending a night out in Paris an American airline pilot gets entangled with a beautiful nightclub performer and soon finds himself under suspicion of murder. Cast * Eddie Constantine as Larry Blake - un pilote de ligne américain * Danielle Godet as Michèle Marley aka Marion Miller * Simone Paris as Elyane de Broussac * Gil Delamare as Georges * Colette Deréal as Stella * Dora Doll as Isabelle * Jacques Dynam as Gaston * Robert Dalban as L'inspecteur Tessier * Henri Cogan as Sam * Jack Ary as L'inspecteur Brevan * Marcel Charvey as Laurent * Henry Belly as L'assistant * Maurice Chevit as Un complice * Robert Hirsch as Saganoff * Bob Ingarao as Le premier complice * Palmyre Levasseur a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheerful Squadron
''The Cheerful Squadron'' ( it, Allegro squadrone, french: Les gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. It is the third adaptation of a story by Georges Courteline about life in the French military in the late nineteenth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. Cast *Vittorio De Sica as the General *Daniel Gélin as Frédéric d'Héricourt *Paolo Stoppa as Maresciallo Flik *Alberto Sordi as Vergisson *Silvana Pampanini as Albertina *Charles Vanel as Hurluret *Luigi Pavese as Capitano medico *Riccardo Fellini as Bonaparte *Memmo Carotenuto as Sergente maggiore * Peter Trent as Lt. Moussent * Giacomo Furia as Caporale * Jean Richard as Laperrine *Oreste Lionello See also *''The Gaieties of the Squadron'' (1913) *''Fun in the Barracks ''Fun in the Barracks'' (French: ''Les Gaîtés de l'escadron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flesh And The Woman
''Flesh and the Woman'' (french: Le Grand Jeu) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the USA under the title ''Flesh and the Woman'', and in the UK as ''The Card of Fate''. It is a remake of the 1934 film '' Le Grand Jeu''. Plot After an affair with a young woman named Sylvia the Frenchman Pierre Martel leaves Paris and goes to Algeria because he wants to start over. His wife refuses to follow him. Dismayed about all this he decides to join the French Foreign Legion. As a soldier he runs into a look-alike of Sylvia. Cast * Gina Lollobrigida as Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci * Jean-Claude Pascal as Pierre Martel * Arletty as Blanche * Raymond Pellegrin as Mario * Peter van Eyck as Fred * Jean Témerson as Xavier Noblet * Jean Hébey as Brigadier * Paul Amiot as the capitain * Odette Barencey as Gertrude * Charles Bayard * Gérard Buhr as a legionnaire * Jo Dest as the bistro keeper * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempest In The Flesh
''La Rage au corps'' (US title: ''Tempest in the Flesh'', UK title: ''Fire in the Blood'') is a 1954 French drama film directed by Ralph Habib, based on story by Jean-Claude Aurel and Jacques Companéez. The film tells the story of a nymphomaniac, who would be saved only by really falling in love. It was filmed on location at the Pyrenees Mountains, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Main characters * Françoise Arnoul as Clara *Raymond Pellegrin as Antonio "Tonio" Borelli *Philippe Lemaire as Andre *Jean-Claude Pascal Jean-Claude Villeminot (24 October 1927 – 5 May 1992), better known as Jean-Claude Pascal (), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer. Early life He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, ... as Gino External links * * *''La Rage au corps''at Cinema-francais.fr 1954 films 1954 drama films French drama films Films directed by Ralph Habib French black-and-white films 1950s French-language films 1950s F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Of Destiny (film)
''Daughters of Destiny'' (UK title: ''Love, Soldiers and Women'', French title: ''Destinées'' and Italian title: ''Destini di donne'') is a 1954 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy drama directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delannoy and Christian-Jaque. The film stars Claudette Colbert (segment "Elisabeth"), Michèle Morgan (segment "Jeanne") and Martine Carol (segment "Lysistrata"). It tells three stories, which are unrelated, but each deal with a woman and war. Plot In this trilogy of stories, the episode "Elizabeth" is about an American war-widow who goes to Italy where her husband was in World War II. The episode "Jeanne" tells the life of Jeanne d'Arc. The episode "Lysistrata" is about Athenian wives, an adaptation of the Greek play. Principal cast ;segment "Elisabeth" *Claudette Colbert as Elizabeth Whitefield *Eleonora Rossi Drago as Angela Ascari/Farmgirl *Mirko Ellis as Anthony ;segment "Jeanne" *Michèle Morgan as Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc *Michel Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Love (1953 Film)
''Act of Love'' (French title: ''Un acte d'amour'') is a 1953 American romantic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin. It is based on the 1949 novel ''The Girl on the Via Flaminia'' by Alfred Hayes. A Parisian falls in love with an American soldier near the end of World War II. Plot Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas) visits a seaport in the south of France in the early 1950s. He reflects back to his time in the army shortly after Paris has been liberated. Years earlier, to get away from the barracks and the other soldiers, Robert rents a room in a hotel-restaurant. Lise Guidayec (Dany Robin), an orphan without money or identity papers, seeks a way to escape from the authorities. She asks Robert to pass her off as his wife. Even though he does not inspire trust, she starts to fall in love. Lise tells of the time she was the most happy and secure—living in a little seaside village. When a black market dragnet lands Lise in jail, she is humiliate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Chevalier De La Nuit
''The Knight of the Night'' french: Le Chevalier de la nuit, is a French comedy film from 1953, directed by Robert Darène, written by Jean Anouilh, starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Jean-Claude Pascal and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Femmes de Paris", "Peek-a-boo" (USA). Cast * Renée Saint-Cyr : Bella Fontanges, the dancer * Jean-Claude Pascal : le chevalier Georges de Ségar and the unknown * Louis de Funès : Adrien Péréduray, the suit * Jean Servais : the owner of a manor * Grégoire Aslan : the prefect of police * Annette Poivre : Blanche * François Martin : the viscount of Saint-André, a manager * Marie-José Darène : girl * Hubert Noël : Raoul, the young man * Pierre Destailles Pierre Destailles (1909–1990) was a French film, stage and television actor. He was also a noted lyricist.Cenciarelli p.249 Selected filmography * '' Dropped from Heaven'' (1946) * '' Mission in Tangier'' (1949) * '' Suzanne and the Robbers' ... : the inspector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alarm In Morocco
''Alarm in Morocco'' (French: ''Alerte au sud'', Italian: '' Allarme a sud'') is a 1953 French-Italian adventure film directed by Jean-Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale and Erich von Stroheim.Lennig p.458-59 Partly shot on location in Morocco, it was made using the Gevacolor process. Plot In the south of French Morocco, two members of the Foreign Legion uncover what they believe to be the testing of a secret weapon. Cast * Jean-Claude Pascal as Jean Pasqier * Gianna Maria Canale as Nathalie Provence * Erich von Stroheim as Conrad Nagel * Jean Tissier as Guillaume Provence * Albert Dinan as Roland * Peter van Eyck as Howard * Daniel Sorano as Serge Depoigny * Lia Amanda as Michèle * Jean Murat as Le Colonel * Daniel Lecourtois as Le commandant * Simone Bach as Solange * as Le commissaire * Thomy Bourdelle as Berthier * Antoine Balpêtré as Le juge * Marcel Pérès as Le général * as La petite rousse * Dario Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
