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Jean Desailly
Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies. Life and career Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and the Conservatoire de Paris winning first prize, joining the Comédie-Française in 1942. In 1946 he became a leading member of the Jean-Louis Barrault- Madeleine Renaud company at the Théâtre Marigny, playing in a wide repertoire from ''Les Fausses Confidences'', ''Bérénice'' and '' Le Songe d'une nuit d'été''. With the Renaud-Barrault at the Odéon-Théâtre de France he played both leading roles in ''le Mariage de Figaro'': Figaro on tour in the provinces and Count Almaviva in Paris. Desailly's second wife was the French actress Simone Valère, with whom he formed a theatre company which they directed successively at the Théâtre Hébertot and the Théâtre de la Madeleine. A wide repertoire was played at the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedipus Rex (opera)
''Oedipus rex'' is an opera-oratorio by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus. The libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy, was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin; the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience. ''Oedipus rex'' was written towards the beginning of Stravinsky's neoclassical period, and is considered one of the finest works from this phase of the composer's career. He had considered setting the work in Ancient Greek, but decided ultimately on Latin: in his words "a medium not dead but turned to stone." Performance history ''Oedipus rex'' is sometimes performed in the concert hall as an oratorio, similarly to its original performance in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on 30 May 1927, and at its American premiere the following year, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Harvard Glee Club. It has also been presented on stage as an opera, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep An Eye On Amelia
''Keep an Eye on Amelia'' (French: ''Occupe-toi d'Amélie'') is a 1949 French-Italian comedy film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Danielle Darrieux and Jean Desailly and Grégoire Aslan. It is based on the 1908 play of the same name by Georges Feydeau, set in Belle Époque Paris. It is one of several of film adaptations to be made of the story. Background One reviewer described it as a "lively adaptation of the popular Feydeau farce", "played with verve and charm by Danielle Darrieux", whose character is "an extremely personable young lady of not too difficult virtue".Peter Simmons. Paris : The Current Season. '' Sight and Sound'', March 1950, p13. Another critic rated it highly; with a screenplay by Autant-Lara's regular collaborators, Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, he saw it as "a tour de force of virtuosity: the old play - about a rising cocotte in the Paris of 1900, who deceives her rich admirer, agrees to a mock marriage ceremony with an engaging rake to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mark Of The Day
''The Mark of the Day'' (French: ''Le Point du jour'', usually translated as 'Daybreak') is a 1949 French film directed by Louis Daquin. It stars Yvette Etiévant Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962. Filmography *1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - La bonne *19 ... and is set in a coal-mining community in the north of France. External links * 1949 films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Louis Daquin French black-and-white films French drama films 1949 drama films Films set in mining communities 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenge Of Roger
''The Revenge of Roger'' (French: ''La revanche de Roger la Honte'') is a 1946 French historical crime film directed by André Cayatte and starring Lucien Coëdel, María Casares and Paul Bernard. The film is based on a novel by Jules Mary.Goble p.311 It was a sequel to the film '' Roger la Honte'' also directed by Cayatte which had been shot in 1945 but was released in 1946. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Main cast * Lucien Coëdel as William Farnell / Roger Laroque * María Casares as Julia de Terrenoire * Paul Bernard as Luversan * Paulette Dubost as Victoire * Louis Salou as Le commissaire Lacroix * Rellys as Tristot * André Gabriello as Pivolot * Jean Tissier as Le baron de Cé * Jean Desailly as Raymond de Noirville * Simone Valère Simone Valère (2 August 1923 – 11 November 2010) was a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1941 to 1993. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Patrie'' (1946) * ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (1947) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''Bel Ami'' (1955) * '' Ciulinii Bărăganului'' (1958) (co-director, with Gheorghe Vitanidis) * ''The Opportunists ''The Opportunists'' is a 1999 British-American crime drama film, written and directed by Myles Connell, and starring Christopher Walken, Cyndi Lauper, Donal Logue, and Vera Farmiga. The film takes place in the urban setting of Greenpoint, Brook ...'' (1959) * ''La Foire aux cancres'' (1963) References External links * * 1908 births 1980 deaths People from Calais French film directors French male film actors 20th-century Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrie (1946 Film)
''Patrie'' (English: ''Country'') is a 1946 French historical film, historical drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Pierre Blanchar, Maria Mauban and Jean Desailly. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Like the 1917 Patrie (1917 film), silent film of the same title it is based on the 1869 play by Victorien Sardou.Goble p.904 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Plot In Brussels in the 1560s the rebelling Flemish nobles are battling the Spanish under the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Duke of Alba. The Count De Rysoor, a prominent leader, is planning an uprising aiming to hold the city until relief from William the Silent, William of Orange can arrive. When he discovers an affair his wife is having with a fellow officer, he at first turns a blind eye to it as he always puts his country before his private concerns. However it soon begins to put the whole conspiracy at r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoral Symphony (film)
''Pastoral Symphony'' (French: ''La Symphonie pastorale'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Michèle Morgan, Pierre Blanchar and Jean Desailly.Crisp p.122 The film is based on the novella ''La Symphonie Pastorale'' by André Gide and adapted to the screen by Jean Aurenche.It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris with sets designed by the art director René Renoux. Location shooting took place around Rossinière in Switzerland. The film's score was by Georges Auric. At the 1946 Cannes Film Festival, it won the ''Grand Prix'' (equivalent of the Palme d'Or) and the Best Actress award for Michèle Morgan. It was the film chosen to be shown at the opening gala of the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March 1949, and a rare surviving print with English subtitles was shown there again in 2009 to celebrate the film's 60th anniversary, courtesy of the BFI. Plot summary The pastor of a mountain village adopts a small blind girl, Gertrude. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie And The Ghost
''Sylvie and the Ghost'' (French: ''Sylvie et le fantôme'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Odette Joyeux, François Périer and Pierre Larquey. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Krauss and Lucien Carré. Plot Sylvie is fascinated by the portrait of long dead Alain de Francigny and she is upset when her father, Baron Eduard, is forced to sell the painting. The Baron hires an actor to appear as Alain's ghost on the eve of Sylvie's 16th birthday, as a joke. Two admirers of Sylvie decide to also appear as ghosts. All this annoys the actual ghost of Alain de Francigny, and he too makes an appearance. Cast * Odette Joyeux as Sylvie * François Périer as Ramure * Pierre Larquey as Baron Eduard * Claude Marcy as La comtesse des Vertus * Jean Desailly as Frederick * Paul Demange as The Counsellor * Marguerite Cassan as Marthe * Raymond Rognoni as Damas * Gabrielle Fon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Judgment (1945 Film)
''The Last Judgment'' (French: ''Le jugement dernier'') is a 1945 French drama film by René Chanas starring Raymond Bussières, Jean Davy and Jean Desailly. It is set during the Second World War in a German-occupied country in Central Europe. It recorded admissions in France of 1,468,085. at Box Office Story. Retrieved 11 March 2021. Main cast * as Kroum * as Stefan * |
Father Goriot (film)
''Father Goriot'' (French: ''Le père Goriot'') is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Pierre Renoir, Claude Génia and Lise Delamare. It is an adaptation of the 1835 novel of the same title by Honoré de Balzac. It was shot in 1944 but not released until the following year.Heathcote & Watts p.162 The film was shot at the Cité Elgé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast * Pierre Renoir as Vautrin * Claude Génia as Delphine de Nucingen * Lise Delamare as Madame de Beauséant * Pierre Larquey as Le père Goriot * Georges Rollin as Eugène de Rastignac * Sylvie as Mademoiselle Michonneau * Léonce Corne as Le baron de Nucingen * Maurice Escande as Monsieur de Restaud * Jean Desailly as Bianchon * Raymond Rognoni as Poiret * Cécilia Paroldi as Victorine * Made Siamé as Mademoiselle Couture * Denise Nast as Sylvie * Marcel Delaître as Le policier * Henri Coutet as Christophe * Pierre Verne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Inheritance (film)
''Strange Inheritance'' or ''The Traveller on All Saints' Day'' (French: ''Le voyageur de la Toussaint'', Italian: ''Il viaggiatore d'Ognissanti'') is a 1943 French-Italian mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat and Guillaume de Sax. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It was made as a co-production between Occupied France and Fascist Italy.Chiti & Poppi p.406 Synopsis On a misty November day a young man makes a returns to his hometown of La Rochelle following the death of his Uncle, who has left him his entire fortune. He finds his upper-class family resent him because his parents were both music hall entertainers. He begins to investigate the circumstances of his uncle's suspicious death. Cast * Assia Noris as Colette Mauvoisin * Jules Berry as Plantel * Gabrielle Dorziat as Gérardine Éloi * Guillaume de Sax as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
