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La Sorcière (film)
''La Sorcière'' (french: The Sorceress) is a 1956 fantasy romance drama film directed by André Michel based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the 1898 Alexander Kuprin novel '' Olesya''. Plot summary A French civil engineer (Maurice Ronet) is working in Sweden where he meets a local girl named Ina. Cast * Marina Vlady as Ina * Nicole Courcel as Kristina Lundgren * Maurice Ronet as Laurent Brulard * Michel Etcheverry as Camoin * Rune Lindström as Reverend Hermansson * Erik Hell as Pullinen * Eric Hellström as Erik Lundgren * Ulla Lagnell as Mrs. Hermansson * Naima Wifstrand as Maila * Ulf Palme as Matti Awards At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fes ... aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Michel (director)
André Michel (7 November 1907 – 5 June 1989) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1947 and 1983. He is the father of novelist Natacha Michel who is also a political activist and militant. In 1962 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June – 3 July 1962. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' A Kind of Loving'' directed by John Schlesinger. Jury The following people were announced as being on .... Selected filmography *'' Fight Without Hate'' (1948) *'' Three Women'' (1952) * '' Confession Under Four Eyes'' (1954) *'' La Sorcière'' (1956) References External links * 1907 births 1989 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Lindström (screenwriter)
Gustaf Rune Lindström (28 April 1916 – 25 April 1973) was a Swedish screenwriter and actor. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1942 and 1971. Biography Rune Lindström was a scriptwriter, poet, illustrator, director and actor. He had intended to become a priest and began studying theology at Uppsala University, but interrupted his studies when he had an unexpectedly great success with ''The Heavenly Play''. At the play's premiere in 1941 in the university hall in Uppsala, he played the lead role himself. Lindström went on to write three well-known plays in Dalarna; in addition to ''The Heavenly Play'', which has been performed in Leksand every summer since 1949, he also wrote ''Ingmarsspelen'' in Nås in 1959 and ''Skinnarspelet'', which has been the opening act of the midsummer celebrations in Malung since its premiere in June 1967. In 1946, Lindström was commissioned to read Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem " Ring Out, Wild Bells" at Skansen at the stroke of midni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s French-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Sweden
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By André Michel
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – Elvis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olesya (1971 Film)
''Olesya'' (russian: Олеся) is a 1971 drama film directed by Boris Ivchenko based on a screenplay by Vasily Dulgerov. Adapted from the Aleksandr Kuprin's 1898 homonymous novel. Plot Wandering through the forest, Ivan Timofeyevich finds a dilapidated hut on the edge of the swamp. There lives an old woman with her beautiful granddaughter Olesya. Many years prior, the local peasants, considering the woman a witch, burned down her house, killing her daughter. Olesya is fascinated by Ivan, who is in turn conquered by the power of the girl's feelings, by her openness and the purity of her soul. Eventually, he falls in love with Olesya. However, she foresees a quick separation. Cast * Lyudmila Chursina as Olesya * Gennady Voropayev as Ivan Timofeyevich * Boryslav Brondukov as Yarmola * Anatoly Barchuk as Dmitro * Maria Kapnist as Manuylikha, Olesya's grandmother * Vladimir Volkov as Yevtikhiy Petrovich * Boris Aleksandrov as Selyanin (as B. Aleksandrov) * Yuri Gavrilyuk * Fyodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Berlin International Film Festival
The 6th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1956. The FIAPF granted the festival the "A status" during this year, which was previously only reserved for Cannes and Venice. The awards for the first time, were given by an international jury. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Invitation to the Dance'' directed by Gene Kelly. However, this decision by the jury was widely criticized as the fil was considered "too shallow" for a Golden Bear. The favourite among many critics was the Finnish entry '' Tuntematon sotilas'' by Edvin Laine, which was an anti-war film without any illusions based on a novel by Väinö Linna. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International feature film jury * Marcel Carné, director and screenwriter (France) - Jury President * Bill Luckwell, producer (United Kingdom) * Giuseppe Vittorio Sampieri, director and producer (Italy) * Kashiko Kawakita, special effects director (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulf Palme
Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö. Partial filmography * '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne * ''Möte i natten'' (1946) - Sune * ''Sunshine Follows Rain'' (1946) - Mats, deras son * '' Soldier's Reminder'' (1947) - Jerker * '' Crime in the Sun'' (1947) - Rickard * ''On These Shoulders'' (1948) - Kjell Loväng * ''Prison'' (1949) - Man in Birgitta's Dream (uncredited) * '' Realm of Man'' (1949) - Kjell Arvid Loväng * ''Only a Mother'' (1949) - Hammar * '' Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) - Anders Wikner - Author * ''While the City Sleeps'' (1950) - Kalle Lund * '' This Can't Happen Here'' (1950) - Atkä Natas * ''Miss Julie'' (1951) - Jean * ''In the Arms of the Sea'' (1951) - Bo Winner * ''Barabbas'' (1953) - Barabbas * ''Our Father and the Gypsy'' (1954) - David Vallander * ''Karin Månsdotter'' (1954) - Göran Persson * ''Ung man söke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima Wifstrand
Naima Wifstrand (; 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films. Biography Born Siri Naima Matilda Wifstrand in Stockholm in 1890, she was raised by her mother in Fleminggatan. Wifstrand never trained acting but learned the art thoroughly when she in 1905 joined the Anna Lundberg Theatre Company, a well reputed and respected theatre company in Sweden at the time. She travelled with them for a number of years, appearing in small parts and in extra parts. This eventually led her to small parts at theatres in Helsinki and around Stockholm. But at this time Wifstrand did not have her mind set on acting, instead she sought to be a singer. And it was as a grand operetta singer she became famous and enjoyed a much successful star career for 30 years in Sweden (her speaking parts as an actress came long after; when she after singin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
