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''The Law Is the Law'' (french: La loi, c'est la loi, it, La legge è legge) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the village of Assola, divided in half by the French-Italian border, the Neapolitan smuggler Giuseppe La Paglia (Totò) and the French customs officer Ferdinand Pastorelli (Fernandel), play a daily cat-and-mouse game, with Ferdinand trying to arrest Giuseppe, and Giuseppe trying to smuggle goods under Ferdinand's nose. On a celebration day on the town's French side, Ferdinand catches Giuseppe smuggling goods over the border and, after a chase, finally arrests him, consequently arriving late to the traditional parade, where he was supposed to carry the French flag. During the following reception at the Two Borders Hotel, which, as the name suggests, is divided in half by the border, Giuseppe, still under custody, discovers that Ferdinand was born, to an Italian mother ...
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Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), '' Madame du Barry'' (1954), and ''Nana'' (1955). Christian-Jaque's 1946 film '' A Lover's Return'' was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler ''Fanfan la Tulipe''. At the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Silver Bear award for the same film. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Christian-Jaque began his motion picture career in the 1920s as an art director and production designer. By the early 1930s, he had moved into screenwriting and directing. He continued working into the mid-1980s, though from 1970 on, most of his work was done for television. In 1979, he was a member of ...
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Leda Gloria
Leda may refer to: Mythology * Leda (mythology), queen of Sparta and mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology Places * Leda, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia * Leda makeshift settlement, Bangladesh, a refugee camp for Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar * Leda, Burkina Faso, a town * Leda, Adamawa State, Nigeria, a village - see List of villages in Adamawa State * Leda (river), a tributary of the Ems in Germany * Leda Ridge, Antarctica Astronomy * Leda (moon), a moon of Jupiter * 38 Leda, an asteroid * Leda, the original proposed name for exoplanet Thestias * Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database, an astronomical catalog of galaxies * Large Aperture Experiment to Detect the Dark Ages, a radio interferometer Entertainment * '' Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko'', a 1985 Japanese OVA * ''Web of Passion'', a French film released in the US as ''Leda'' * Project Leda, a set of female clones in the TV series ''Orphan Black'' Ships ...
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Henri Arius
Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * ''Rooster Heart'' (1946) * ''Inspector Sergil'' (1947) * ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) *'' Rumours'' (1947) * ''Sergil and the Dictator'' (1948) * '' The Passenger'' (1949) * '' Two Loves'' (1949) * ''Oriental Port'' (1950) * ''Here Is the Beauty'' (1950) * '' The Convict'' (1951) * ''Sergil Amongst the Girls'' (1952) * ''Je l'ai été trois fois'' (1952) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) * '' Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster'' (1953) * ''Naked in the Wind'' (1953) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * ''Napoleon Road'' (1953) * ''Dangerous Turning'' (1954) * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * '' L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard'' (1954) * ''Your Turn, Callaghan'' (1955) * ''Mademoiselle from Paris'' (1955) * ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (1957) * ''Girl and the River'' (1958) * ''Toi, le ...
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Aldo Vasco
Aldo may refer to: * Aldo (given name), male given name ** Aldo (footballer, born 1977) ** Aldo (footballer, born 1988) * Aldo Group, a worldwide chain of shoe stores * Aldosterone in shorthand * Aldo Bonzi Aldo Bonzi is a town in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. The town owes its name to Turin-born businessman Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), who arrived in Argentina in ...
, a town in Argentina {{disambiguation ...
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Jean Brochard
Jean Brochard (12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) * ''La femme invisible'' (1933) * ''Son autre amour'' (1934) * ''Une femme chipée'' (1934) * ''Minuit... place Pigalle'' (1934) * ''Le diable en bouteille'' (1935) * ''Les époux scandaleux'' (1935) - Un ouvrier * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) * ''Le secret de l'émeraude'' (1935) - Le sergent Irving * ''Jonny, haute-couture'' (1935) * ''Inspecteur Grey'' (1936) - L'inspecteur Poussin * ''Bach the Detective'' (1936) - Le voyageur indisposé * ''Tout va très bien madame la marquise'' (1936) * ''The Mysterious Lady'' (1936) * ''À minuit, le 7'' (1937) - L'inspecteur Belenfant * ''Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ?'' (1937) - Le balayeur * ''À nous deux, madame la vie'' (1937) * ''Champs-Elysees'' (1937) - Un agent * '' The Cheat'' (1937) - Félicien ...
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Aldo Pini
Aldo may refer to: * Aldo (given name), male given name ** Aldo (footballer, born 1977) ** Aldo (footballer, born 1988) * Aldo Group, a worldwide chain of shoe stores * Aldosterone in shorthand * Aldo Bonzi Aldo Bonzi is a town in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. The town owes its name to Turin-born businessman Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), who arrived in Argentina in ...
, a town in Argentina {{disambiguation ...
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Franco Di Trocchio
Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" Prefix * Franco, a prefix used when referring to France, a country * Franco, a prefix used when referring to French people and their diaspora, e.g. Franco-Americans, Franco-Mauritians * Franco, a prefix used when referring to Franks, a West Germanic tribe Places * El Franco El Franco is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, and to the west by Tapia de Casariego, to the south by Castropol and Boal, and to the east by Coaña. El F ..., a municipality of Asturias in Spain * Presidente Franco District, in Paraguay * Franco, Virginia, an unincorporated community, in the United States Other uses * Franco (band), Filipino band * Franco (''General Hospital''), a fictional character o ...
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Gustavo De Nardo
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, of Old Swedish origin, meaning “staff of the Gods/Goths” or “great royal staff” or "staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geat") and stafr ("staff"). Other Swedish variants/derivatives: Gösta, Göstav, Gustafsson, Gustavsson. Such a name is also etymologically indicative of a Slavonic origin (through Swedish) from "Gostislav", a compound word from Old Slavic "Gost'" ("guest") and "slava" ("glory"). Other Slavonic variants/derivatives: Goslav, Gustaw, Gusti, Gustik, Gusty. Such a name in the United States also bears diminutive forms in English, which serve as nick names: Gus, Gussie, Gussy, Goose. To avoid confusion, note that these nick names are also commonly used for a different ...
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René Génin
René Génin (25 January 1890 – 24 October 1967) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Nights of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Ernest the Rebel'' (1938) * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * ''Patricia'' (1942) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Pamela'' (1945) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''The Sea Rose'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) * ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * ''The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * '' The Passenger'' (1949) ...
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Renato Terra
Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over 80 movies. In 1977 he retired to become a poet. Young, he attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome and also used the alias Ryan Earthpick during his career. During the shooting of a film, he fell from a horse and permanently broke his nose. During his post-actor career as a poet, he published the book ''Che Strano Paese''. Selected filmography * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) * ''Torna a Napoli'' (1949) - Nino * ''Path of Hope'' (1950) - Mommino * ''Hearts at Sea'' (1950) * ''Vivo di te'', shortfilm (1951) * ''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952) * ''I falsari'' (1953) * ''A Husband for Anna'' (1953) - Il palpeggiatore * '' Senso'' (1954) - Un soldato (uncredited) * '' Proibito'' (1955) * '' The Bachelor'' (1956) - Tiberio * ''Nero's Weekend'' (1956) * ''Kean'' (1957) * ''White Nights'' (1957) - Un coinvolto nella rissa * ''Un an ...
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Henri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1930 and 1980. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremieux, Henri 1896 births 1980 deaths Male actors from Marseille French male film actors 20th-century French male actors ...
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Anna Maria Luciani
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in ...
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