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Jean Hougron
Jean Hougron (1 July 1923 - 22 May 2001) was a French novelist, famous for a series of novels set in French Indochina in the mid-20th century, which is where he resided and travelled for several years. Several of these novels are collected in the series ''La Nuit Indochinoise'' (''The Indochina Night''), which include several best sellers, such as ''Tu récolteras la tempête'' (''Reap the Wirlwind''). Life Jean Hougron was born on 1 July 1923 to a French Breton family in Calvados, a department of north-western France between Normandy and Brittany. He began his professional life as a teacher of English and sciences in north-western towns, then moved south to Marseille to work for one year with an import-export trading firm. In his youth, Jean Hougron absolutely wanted to leave France. This firm sent him to Indochina in June 1947. From there, he exercised several trades, travelling across Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and southern China, while learning to speak some of the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvados (département)
Calvados (, , ) is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905.Populations légales 2019: 14 Calvados INSEE History Calvados is one of the original 83 departments created during the on 4 March 1790, in application of the law of 22 December 1789. It had been part of the former province of |
Victor Vicas
Victor Vicas (25 March 1918 – 9 December 1985) was a Russian-born French film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Wayward Bus'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1983 he directed all thirty six episodes of the French TV series ''The Tiger Brigades''. Selected filmography * '' Dreams That Money Can Buy'' (1947, director: Hans Richter) - cinematographer * '' No Way Back'' (1953) - director * '' A Double Life'' (1954) - director * '' Master of Life and Death'' (1955) - director * '' I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (1956) - director * ''The Wayward Bus'' (1957) - director * '' Count Five and Die'' (1957) - director * ''Amour de poche'' (1957, director: Pierre Kast) - actor * ' (1959) - director * '' Jons und Erdme'' (1959) - director * '' Two Among Millions'' (1961) - director; co-director: Wieland Liebske * '' Stop Train 349'' (1963, director: Rolf Hädrich Rolf Hädrich (24 April 1931 – 29 October 2000) was a German f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Calvados (department)
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French Male Novelists
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2001 Deaths
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1923 Births
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Marcel Camus
Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel (born 1942), British film director * Claude Marcel (1793-1876), French diplomat and applied linguist Other uses * Marcel (''Friends''), a fictional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fugitive In Saigon
''Fugitive in Saigon'' (French: ''Mort en fraude'') is a 1957 French war film, war drama film directed by Marcel Camus and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Méchard and Lucien Callamand. It was shot location shooting, on location in Cambodia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. It was one of the first films to deal with France's defeat in the First Indochina War, along with ''Shock Patrol'' by Claude Bernard-Aubert.Williams p.336 Synopsis In 1950 Saigon Paul Horcier, a young Frenchman is on the run for currency trafficking. A Eurasian woman he meets takes him to shelter in a village in No man's land between the French forces and the Viet Minh. He grows to have enormous empathy with the locals and their poor living conditions. He ultimately lays down his life on their behalf. Cast * Daniel Gélin as Paul Horcier * Anne Méchard as Anh * Lucien Callamand as Le chef de la police * Jacques Chancel as The Vice President * Dang Van Than as Grandfather * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Get Back To Kandara
''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (French: ''Je reviendrai à Kandara'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring François Périer, Daniel Gélin and Bella Darvi.Rège p.240 The film's art direction was by Raymond Gabutti. Cast * François Périer as André Barret * Daniel Gélin as Bernard Cormière * Bella Darvi as Pascale Barret * Jean Brochard as Le juge d'instruction * Julien Carette as Grindel * André Valmy as Rudeau * Julien Verdier as Lachaume * Guy Tréjan as Pélissier * François Darbon as Le commissaire * Madeleine Barbulée as Madame Lachaume * Gisèle Grimm as Henriette * Colette Régis as Madame Bergamier - la belle-mère * Edmond Ardisson as Le buraliste * Claude Carrère as L'interne * Max Dalban as Le porteur de journaux * Robert Dalban as Cardelec * Émile Genevois as Le garçon de café * Marcel Pérès as L'agent * Léon Larive as L'employé de la consigne * Susi J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, officially known as the Indochinese Union; vi, Liên bang Đông Dương, , lit. 'East Ocean Federation'; km, សហភាពឥណ្ឌូចិន; lo, ສະຫະພາບອິນໂດຈີນ and after 1947 as the Indochinese Federation,; vi, Liên đoàn Đông Dương; km, សហព័ន្ធឥណ្ឌូចិន; lo, ສະຫະພັນອິນດູຈີນ was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia until its demise in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south. The capital for most of its history (1902–45) was Hanoi; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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