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Les Grandes Familles
''The Possessors'' () is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of a forceful tycoon wholly devoted to the business he has nurtured, at the expense of his family and above all his only son. The screenplay is based on the novel ''Les grandes familles'' by Maurice Druon, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1948. The film recorded 4,042,041 admissions in France. Gabin received the 1959 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor. Plot Noël Schoudler is the autocratic head of diversified family enterprises which include a bank, a newspaper and a sugar refinery. His only son François considers the whole set-up archaic and, while his father is on a business trip to the US, starts jazzing up the staid newspaper. On his return, the father is furious and decides to teach his son a lesson. He tells François that he can have the run-down sugar busin ...
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Denys De La Patellière
Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France–21 July 2013) was a French people, French film director and scriptwriter. He also directed Television series. of 92. Filmography as director * 1955 in film, 1955 : ''Les Aristocrates'', with Pierre Fresnay * 1956 in film, 1956 : ''The Wages of Sin (1956 film), The Wages of Sin'', with Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jeanne Moreau * 1957 in film, 1957 : ''The Ostrich Has Two Eggs'', with Pierre Fresnay * 1957 in film, 1957 : ''Retour de manivelle'', with Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Peter van Eyck, Bernard Blier * 1958 in film, 1958 : ''The Possessors'', with Jean Gabin, Jean Desailly, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier * 1959 in film, 1959 : ''Rue des prairies'', with Jean Gabin, Marie-José Nat, Claude Brasseur * 1959 in film, 1959 : ''Eyes of Love (1959 film), Eyes of Love'', with Danielle Darrieux and Jean-Claude Brialy * 1960 in film, 1960 : ''Taxi for Tobruk'', with Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Hardy Krà ...
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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 ...
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French Drama Films
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Films Directed By Denys De La Patellière
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 ...
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Films Based On French Novels
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 ...
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1958 Films
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals '' South Pacific'' and '' Gigi'', the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. ''Le Beau Serge'' is credited as the first French New Wave feature. * February 16 – ''In the Money'' by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946. * February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies. * The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's '' Ivan the Terrible'' is officially released, having previously been shelved for political reasons. It ...
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1958 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ...
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Françoise Delbart
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to: * Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress * Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress * Françoise Adnet (1924-2014), French figurative painter * Françoise Ardré (1931-2010), French phycologist and marine scientist * Françoise Arnoul (1931–2021), French actress * Françoise Atlan (born 1964), Moroccan singer * Françoise Balibar (born 1941), French physicist and science historian * Françoise Ballet-Blu (born 1964), French politician * Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born 1947), virologist and Nobel Prize winner * Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), French painter * Françoise Bertaut de Motteville (c. 1621–1689), French memoir writer * Françoise Bertin (1925-2014), French actress * Françoise Boivin (born 1960), Canadian politician * Françoise Bonnet (born 1957), French long-distance runner * Françoise Briand (born 1951), French po ...
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Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor. Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff * '' Amourous Adventure'' (1932) * '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) * '' The Faceless Voice'' (1933) - Maître Clément * ''Mariage à responsabilité limitée'' (1934) * ''La belle de nuit'' (1934) - Claude Davène * ''Sans famille'' (1934) - James Milligan * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) - Le baron d'Arnheim * '' La Route impériale'' (1935) - Col. Stark * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) - Loujine * '' Lucrezia Borgia'' (1935) - Niccollo Machiavelli * ''L'île des veuves'' (1937) - Richard Trent * '' The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) - Baron Engern * ''La Marseillaise'' (1938) - Monsieur de Saint Laurent * '' Boys' School'' (1938) - M. Boisse - le directeur * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) - Monsieur Eyssette père * ''Katia'' (1938) - Le comte Schowaloff * ''L ...
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Daniel Lecourtois
Daniel Lecourtois (25 January 1902 – 16 January 1985) was a French film actor.Hayward p.250 He appeared in more than sixty films and television series during his career. In his later career he often played authority figures. Partial filmography * '' Misdeal'' (1928) - Un danseur (uncredited) * ''Échec et mat'' (1931) - Robert Manoy * ''Monsieur le maréchal'' (1931) - Le lieutenant Tradivot *'' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1931) * ''The Fortune'' (1931) - Badoureau / Studel * ' (1932) - Jacques * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) - André, their son * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le jeune aristocrate * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Leon * ''Iris perdue et retrouvée'' (1934) - Maxime de Persani * ''Coralie et Cie'' (1934) * ''Song of Farewell'' (1934) - Franz Liszt * ''Votre sourire'' (1934) - Monsieur Martin * ''The Green Domino'' (1935) - Naulin * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''Les Demi-vierges'' (1936) - Maxime de Chantel * ''The Call of Life'' (1937) - Le docteur Lenoir * ...
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Julien Bertheau
Julien Bertheau (19 June 1910 – 28 October 1995) was a French actor. Biography Born in Algiers, Algeria, before making his debut at the Comédie-Française on 18 December 1936, he worked as manager of the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, then he studied with Charles Dullin at the Atelier Theatre, appeared in plays at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées and finally worked with Louis Jouvet. He left the Comédie-French after twenty-two years. In 1961, he starred in '' Madame Sans-Gene'' opposite Sophia Loren. Bertheau was one of the favorite actors of Luis Buñuel, appearing in his ''Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1955), playing a maitre d'hotel in '' La Voie lactée'' (1969), a bishop in '' Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie'' (1972) and a policeman in '' Le Fantôme de la liberté'' (1974). Bertheau died in Nice in 1995. His son, Alain Bertheau, was also a notable stage actor. Comédie-Française * Fortunio, ''Le Chandelier'', Alfred de Musset, with Gaston Baty, 18 Decembe ...
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