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Jacques Morel (actor)
Jacques Morel (29 May 1922 in Paris – 9 April 2008 in Paris) was a French film and television actor. He was, perhaps, best known as the French language voice of the cartoon character, Obelix, in the animated adaptation of the comic book, Asterix. Jacques Morel died in Paris, France, on 9 April 2008, at the age of 85. Partial filmography * ''L'aventure est au coin de la rue'' (1944) - L'homme mystérieuse * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) - Melor * ''Toute la famille était là '' (1948) - Villediou * ''Between Eleven and Midnight'' (1949) - Bouture * ''Au p'tit zouave'' (1950) - Félix Lambert * ''Voyage à trois'' (1950) - Maurice * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) - Le docteur Petypon * ''L'homme de joie'' (1951) - Edouard Jolivet * '' Les joueurs'' (1951, TV Movie) * '' Topaze'' (1951) - Régis Castel-Vernac * ''Victor'' (1951) - Jacques Genoust * '' Le Dindon'' (1951) - Vatelin * ''La poison'' (1951) - (voice) * ''Au fil des ondes'' (1951) - Himself * ''We Are All Murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor (1951 Film)
''Victor'' is a 1951 French drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Jean Gabin, Françoise Christophe and Jacques Castelot.Goble p.38 Cast In alphabetical order * Brigitte Auber as Marianne * Jacques Castelot as Marc Pélicier * Françoise Christophe as Françoise Pélicier * Jacques Denoël as Le garçon de café * Jean Gabin as Victor * Camille Guérini as Gratien * René Hell * Gaston Modot as Le patron du café * Pierre Mondy as Un détenu * Jacques Morel as Jacques Genoust * Liane Morice * Jane Morlet as La concierge * Jean-Paul Moulinot Jean-Paul Moulinot (30 June 1912 – 3 December 1989) was a French actor, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. Elisabeth (Yvette) Hardy (1917-2000), a comedian at the TNP, was his wife. Close to Jean Vilar, he took part to the first Festiva ... as Le directeur de la banque References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Together (film)
''Life Together'' (French: ''La Vie à deux'') is a 1958 French comedy film directed by Clément Duhour. It features an ensemble star cast including Fernandel, Pierre Brasseur Lilli Palmer, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Edwige Feuillère, Gérard Philipe and Sophie Desmarets.Harding p.203 The screenplay was written by Sacha Guitry, his final work before his death the same year. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Nice including at the Hotel Negresco. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Gabutti. Synopsis A celebrated writer has made a fortune by writing a successful book about four loving couples. Many years later he considers leaving them money in his will and sends out researchers to find if they are still as happy at they once were. Cast * Pierre Brasseur as Pierre Carreau * Danielle Darrieux as Monique Lebeaut * Sophie Desmarets as Marguerite Caboufigue, wife of Marcel * Fernandel as Marcel Caboufigue, the husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Certain Monsieur Jo
''A Certain Monsieur Jo'' (French: ''Un certain Monsieur Jo'') is a 1958 French crime film directed by René Jolivet and starring Michel Simon, Geneviève Kervine and Jacques Morel.Rège p.541 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. Synopsis A former gangster now happily retired and running an inn on the banks of the river Marne, is pulled back into his former life when a pair of kidnappers bring a girl they have taken to his inn and demands he shelter them. Cast * Michel Simon as Joseph 'Jo' Guardini * Geneviève Kervine as Simone Couturier * Jacques Morel as Inspecteur Loriot * Raymond Bussières as Louis * Jean Degrave as Alfred Léonard * Joëlle Fournier as Yvette Lemarchand * Roger Legris as L'aveugle * Gabrielle Fontan as Mme. Michel * Gina Manès as Lolo * Véronique Simon as Mado * Henri San Juan as Villequin * Jean Daurand as Le cafetier * Christian Brocard as Le boulanger livreur * Jack Ary as Charlot * Michel Salina Michel may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Commandment (1957 Film)
''The Seventh Commandment'' (French: ''Le septième commandement'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jacques Dumesnil and Jacques Morel.Krawc p.84 The title is a reference to the seventh of the Ten Commandments in the Roman Catholic tradition, "Thou shalt not steal". It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Synopsis Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa is a veteran con artist, working with her two partners to targets likely suspects. However things go awry when she falls in love with her latest mark. With his help she turns the tables on her former associates. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa * Jacques Dumesnil as Gilbert Odet * Jacques Morel as Pilou * Maurice Teynac as Labaroche * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Tante Amélie * Micheline Dax as La brune remplaçante * Jean Nergal as Van Roosebeck * Jean Lefebvre as Edouard, le fils d'Amà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena And Her Men
''Elena and Her Men'' is a 1956 in film, 1956 film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marais. The film's original French title was ''Elena et les Hommes'', and in English-speaking countries, the title was ''Paris Does Strange Things''. It is the third addition to the trilogy, preceded by ''The Golden Coach'' (1953) and ''French Cancan'' (1955). A restored copy has been released in the 21st century. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place around the city including in Saint-Cloud and the Castle of Ermenonville. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean André (art director), Jean André. Plot Produced in 1956, and set in 1890 France, ''Elena and Her Men'' tells the story of a young, beautiful, and free-spirited Polish princess in fin de siècle Paris who specializes in granting people good luck. Elena's family has run out of money, and in order to save them, she agrees to marry a wealthy, older family fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette Queen Of France
''Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (french: Marie-Antoinette reine de France and also known as ''Shadow of the Guillotine'') is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierre Erlanger and Bernard Zimmer. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Richard Todd. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Jean Delannoy) at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast *Michèle Morgan as Marie-Antoinette *Richard Todd as le comte Axel de Fersen * Jacques Morel as Louis XVI *Aimé Clariond as Louis XV *Jeanne Boitel as Mme Campan * Guy Tréjan as La Fayette *Marina Berti as a comtesse de Polignac * Marcelle Arnold as Mme. Adélaïde * Jane Marken as Mme Victoire *Jacques Dufilho as Marat *Daniel Ceccaldi as Drouet *Madeleine Rousset as Mme de Tourzel * Suzy Carrier as Mme Elisabeth * Paul Bonifas as Herman *Jacques Bergerac a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Maneuver
''The Grand Maneuver'' (french: Les Grandes Manœuvres) is a 1955 French drama film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as ''Summer Manoeuvres'', and in the United States under the title ''The Grand Maneuver''. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour. Plot Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will "obtain the favours" of a woman selected secretly by lot, before his company departs for its summer manoeuvres in a month's time. His target turns out to be Marie-Louise Rivière, a Parisian divorcée who runs a milliner's shop, and who is also being courted by the serious and respectable Victor Duverger. Marie Louise's growing attraction towards Armand is tempered by her discoveries about his reputation, while Armand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service Entrance (1954 Film)
''Service Entrance'' (French: ''Escalier de service'') is a 1954 French comedy drama film directed and written by Carlo Rim and starring Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux and Robert Lamoureux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and at the Louvre Museum. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Synopsis Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou (Etchika Choureau) is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know what happened to her, so to satisfy their curiosity, Marie-Lou starts recounting her unfortunate experiences as a housemaid. On account of adverse circumstances, she tells them, she lost all of the jobs she had in five different families. To crown it all, the young man she has fallen in love with, a brilliant artist, is in prison. Cast * Etchika Choureau as Marie-Lou * Danielle Darrieux as Béatrice Berthier * Robert Lamoureux as François Berthier * Sophie Desmarets as Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Hommes Ne Pensent Qu'à ça
''Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' en, Men Think Only of That, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Yves Robert, written by Jean Bellanger, starring Jean-Marie Amato and Louis de Funès. Cast * Jean-Marie Amato : Don Juan * Jean Bellanger : Alfred, the timid lover * Louisa Colpeyn : the Russian Countess * Catherine Erard : Nicole, the cheese seller, who loves Alfred * Jacques Fabbri : Monsieur Jacques, the butcher's boy * Gabrielle Fontan : the old lady on the staircase * Jacques Hilling : King Dagobert / a walker * Geneviève Morel : the mother who marries her daughter off * Jacques Morel : the perfect seducer * Annie Noël : Poupette, a curator * Guy Pierrault : Baron Haissmann / a republican / a walker * Louis de Funès : Mr Célosso, the Spanish husband of the Russian Countess * Yves Robert Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After You Duchess
''After You Duchess'' (French: ''Après vous, duchesse'') is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Robert de Nesle and starring Jean Parédès, Jacqueline Pierreux and Jacques Morel.Rège p.768 The film's art direction was by Raymond Nègre. Synopsis When she married her snobbish lawyer husband a woman hid her family's modest background from him. Her father, who is in fact a plumber dresses up as a duchess in order to fool him. Cast * Jean Parédès as Jeff * Jacqueline Pierreux as Suzy * Jacques Morel as Armand * Luce Aubertin * Madeleine Barbulée * Charles Bayard * Jean-Marie Bon * Alain Bouvette * Serge Bérat * Marcel Charvey * Marius Clémenceau * Grégoire Gromoff * Olivier Hussenot * Agnès Laury * Anne-Marie Mersen * Annie Noël * Catherine Romane * Annie Roudier * Linda Sereno * Daniel Sorano Daniel Sorano (1920–1962) was a French stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Affairs In Versailles
''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (French title: ''Si Versailles m'était conté'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it tells some episodes through portrayal of the personalities who lived in the Palace of Versailles. Its sister films are ''Napoléon'' (1955) and ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956). The film is notable for the presence of a great number of well-known French actors, often appearing in short parts. One unknown actor playing a major character is Gilbert Bokanowski (credited as Gilbert Boka) portraying Louis XVI. Bokanowski was actually the film's production manager and was cast because of his strong resemblance to the monarch. Its English translation title is ''If Versailles Were Told to Me''. Despite French production, the film is best known by its English title ''Royal Affairs in Versailles''. Plot Historical human stories in connection wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |