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Le Bataillon Du Ciel
''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (''Sky Battalion'') is a 1947 French film in two parts by Alexander Esway about the Second World War. The film, written by Joseph Kessel, became the biggest box office success in France that year with more than 8 million tickets sold. The first part, ''Ce ne sont pas des anges'' (''They are no Angels'') was released on 8 March 1947, the second part ''Terre de France'' (''The land of France'') one month later. The total length is 3 hours and 20 minutes. It tells the story of French parachute troops who train in Free France and then land in Brittany the day before the Normandy landings to fight against the Germans. Despite being one of the few films to deal with the resistance against the German occupation from within Free France (the most important other one being '' Taxi for Tobruk''), it was cited a lot less in studies of French films dealing with the Second World War than films about either the resistance within occupied France, or the efforts by the All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Esway
Alexander Esway (20 January 1895 – 23 August 1947) was a Hungarian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Esway was born Sándor Ezry in Budapest. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he worked as a director and screenwriter, first in Germany and then in the UK. He began working primarily in France from 1933, although he also continued to work in the UK where he set up a short-lived production company, Atlantic Film Productions, in 1935. The company's only production was ''Thunder in the City'', starring Edward G. Robinson. During World War II, he worked in Hollywood on Allied propaganda films, most notably, ''The Cross of Lorraine''. After the war, he returned to France where he made his last two films: the two-part war film ''Le Bataillon du ciel'', based on the book of the same name by Joseph Kessel, and '' L'Idole'', starring Yves Montand. Esway died in St. Tropez at the age of 52.Cinémathèque Française"Alexandre Esway: Carrière/Filmographie" Retri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free France
Free France (french: France Libre) was a political entity that claimed to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third Republic. Led by French general , Free France was established as a government-in-exile in London in June 1940 after the Fall of France during World War II and fought the Axis as an Allied nation with its Free French Forces (). Free France also supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the Interior, and gained strategic footholds in several French colonies in Africa. Following the defeat of the Third Republic by Nazi Germany, Marshal Philippe Pétain led efforts to negotiate an armistice and established a German puppet state known as Vichy France. Opposed to the idea of an armistice, de Gaulle fled to Britain, and from there broadcast the Appeal of 18 June () exhorting the French people to resist the Nazis and join the Free French Forces. On 27 October 1940, the Empire Defense Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Alexander Esway
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s French-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Mouloudji
Marcel André Mouloudji (16 September 1922 – 14 June 1994) was a French singer and actor who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert. Personal life Mouloudji was born to Algerian Saïd Mouloudji and Breton Eugénie Roux. Mouloudji had two children: Grégory Mouloudji with Lilia Lejpune and Annabelle Mouloudji with Nicolle Tessier. Partial filmography *1936: ''Jenny'' – Le Chanteur des rues *1936: ''La guerre des gosses'' – La Crique *1936: ''Ménilmontant'' – Toto *1937: ''À Venise, une nuit'' – Le jeune Toto *1937: ''Claudine at School'' – Mouloud *1938: '' Mirages'' – Groom *1938: ''Les Disparus de Saint-Agil'' – Philippe Macroix *1938: ''Les gaietés de l'exposition'' *1939: ''L'Entraîneuse'' – Le cancre (uncredited) *1939: ''Le grand élan'' – Pierrot *1941: ''L'Enfer des anges'' – Le jeune Léon *1941: ''Premier bal'' – Le télégraphiste *1942: '' The Strangers in the House'' †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Crispin
Janine Crispin (25 June 1911 – 18 June 2001) was a French film and television actress.Goble p.65 Selected filmography * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' High and Low'' (1933) * '' Song of Farewell'' (1934) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * ''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (1947) * '' At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''Les Rois maudits ''The Accursed Kings'' (french: Les Rois maudits ) is a series of historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice ...'' (1972) as Eliabel Cressay (miniseries) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1911 births 2001 deaths French film actresses French television actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French women {{France-scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Lefèvre (actor)
René Lefèvre, born René Paul Louis Lefèvre, (6 March 1898 – 23 May 1991) was a French actor and writer. Throughout his career, he worked with several notable directors, like Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, and René Clair. Career Lefèvre made his debut in the 1920s when he acted in numerous films in small roles. His first film of note was ''Le Million'', directed by René Clair in 1931. He later had the fortune of starring in the title role in ''The Crime of Monsieur Lange'', directed by Jean Renoir. He kept appearing in films until the late 70s, landing a small role in Jean-Pierre Melville's ''Le Doulos'' in 1962. He died in 1991 in Poissy. Partial filmography *1925: '' Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine'' (de René Hervil) - Jean - le voiturier *1927: '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (de Julien Duvivier) - SeraphÃm Meulemeester *1927: ''Fleur d'amour'' (de Marcel Vandal) *1927: ''Le sous-marin de cristal'' (de Marcel Vandal) - Comte de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxi For Tobruk
''Taxi for Tobruk'' (French: ''Un taxi pour Tobrouk'') is a 1961 war film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura and Hardy Krüger. It was made as a co-production between France, Spain and West Germany.Hammer p.149 The story takes place during World War II in the North African desert at the Battle of El Alamein. Location shooting took place in AlmerÃa in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Cast * Hardy Krüger as Le capitaine Ludwig von Stegel * Lino Ventura as le brigadier Theo Dumas * Maurice Biraud as François Gensac * Charles Aznavour as Samuel Goldmann * Germán Cobos as Jean Ramirez * Ellen Bahl as Frau von Stegel * Roland Malet as Convict with Ramirez * Carlos Mendy as German Soldier in Desert with von Stegel * Jacques Préboist as Convict with Ramirez * Lorenzo Robledo as German Soldier in Desert with von Stegel * Dominique Rozan as Parisian on the Champs-Elysées * Fernando S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy Landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on D-Day was far from ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the invasion planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day that meant only a few days each month were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Borderie
Raymond Borderie (30 March 1897 – 12 July 1982) was a French film producer. He produced more than 30 films between 1934 and 1968. Selected filmography *''Les Misérables'' (1934) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) * ''The Lovers of Verona'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * '' Miquette'' (1950) * ''Deburau'' (1951) * ''Edward and Caroline'' (1951) * ''Wolves Hunt at Night'' (1952) * ''The Wages of Fear'' (1953) * ''The Proud and the Beautiful'' (1953) * ''Orient Express'' (1954) * ''The Crucible'' (1957) * ''La fièvre monte à El Pao'' (1959) * ''Women Are Like That'' (1960) * ''Ravishing'' (1960) * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) * ''Angelique and the King'' (1966) * ''Diabolically Yours ''Diabolically Yours'' (french: Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
