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Luc Andrieux
Luc Andrieux (1917–1977) was a French actor and assistant director. Partial filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) - Un geôlier (uncredited) * ''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (1947) * ''Les aventures des pieds nickeles'' (1948) - Hector * ''The Cupboard Was Bare'' (1948) - Le troisième habitué * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) - Charles Brugeat * ''Le trésor des Pieds-Nickelés'' (1950) - Hector * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) - Etienne * ''Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres'' (1950) - Le Parachutiste * '' Street Without a King'' (1950) - Le cambrioleur (uncredited) * ''La grande vie'' (1951) - Le voleur * ''Le crime du Bouif'' (1952) - Le premier policier * '' Three Women'' (1952) - Un employé * ''Bille de clown'' (1952) * ''La Putain respectueuse'' (1952) - Le barman * ''Mon curé chez les riches'' (1952) - Brochut * ''A Hundred Francs a Second'' (1952) - Le mauvais garçon (uncredited) * ''Quitte ou double'' (1952) * ''The Last Robin Hood'' (1953) - Un complice * '' Follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agon-Coutainville
Agon-Coutainville () is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population Heraldry Personalities * Berthe Dagmar (1881–1934) * This is the village of radio personality Madame Leprieur. See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Manche Populated coastal places in France {{Manche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Man Is Dangerous (1953 Film)
''This Man Is Dangerous'' (French: ''Cet homme est dangereux'') is a 1953 French thriller film directed by Jean Sacha and starring Eddie Constantine, Colette Deréal and Grégoire Aslan. It is an adaptation of Peter Cheyney's 1936 novel ''This Man Is Dangerous''.Goble p.82 It followed the film ''La môme vert-de-gris'' which had been Eddie Constantine's debut as Lemmy Caution and it was also successful at the box office. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Synopsis Lemmy Caution is assigned to neutralise the international crimininal network of villain Siégella (Grégoire Aslan ) as an undercover agent. In order to infiltrate the gang he pretends to be an escapee. During his covert investigations at the French Riviera he gets to know a beauty named Constance (Colette Deréal) who is associated with Mister Siégella. Lemmy can convince him that he would help to kidnap the rich American heiress Miranda Van Zelden (Claude Borelli). Once Lemmy has ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Film Actors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Linceul N'a Pas De Poches
''Un linceul n'a pas de poches'' (English: ''No Pockets in a Shroud'') is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky in 1974. Plot A journalist, Michel Dolannes, decides to use his newspaper to denounce the corruption of the established system. One day, he discovers a number of scandals before being shot for attacking the mayor of the town. Technical details * Director : Jean-Pierre Mocky * Screenplay : After the novel by Horace McCoy ''No pockets in a shroud'' * Adapted : Jean-Pierre Mocky, Alain Moury * Script : Alain Moury * Assistant director : Luc Andrieux, Eric Ferro * Photographer : Marcel Weiss * Camera : Paul Rodier, assisted by Christian Dupré * Sound : Séverin Frankiel, assisted by Bernard Le Du * Orchestration : Hervé Roy * Editing : Marie-Louise Barberot, assisted by Michel Saintourens * Scenery : René Loubet * Costumes : Sylvie Jouffa - Claude Gilbert, for clothes - and Jocelyn, for shoes * M. Mézières is dressed by Gudule and Dixieland Boutique, M. Mocky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven Sent (film)
''Heaven Sent '' (french: Un drôle de paroissien) is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film has been released under the name ''Heaven Sent'' in the English speaking world. Plot Georges Lachaunaye is a young member of an impoverished family of ancient nobility. His lack of financial means and his disdain for labour make him a thief who helps himself by robbing the collection boxes of churches. Cast * Bourvil as Georges Lachaunaye * Francis Blanche as Chief Insp. Cucherat * Jean Poiret as Raoul * Jean Yonnel as Mattieu Lachesnaye, Georges' father * Jean Tissier as Brigadier Bridoux * Véronique Nordey as Françoise Lachaunaye * Bernard Lavalette as the Police Prefect * Marcel Pérès (actor), Marcel Pérès as Raillargaud (as Marcel Perez) * Jean Galland as the college principal / the bishop * Solange Certain as Juliette Lachaunaye, Georges's wife * Denise Péronne as Aunt Clair * Roger Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 400 Blows
''The 400 Blows'' (french: Les Quatre Cents Coups) is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, and the directorial debut of François Truffaut. The film, shot in DyaliScope, stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, and Claire Maurier. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement. Written by Truffaut and Marcel Moussy, the film is about Antoine Doinel, a misunderstood adolescent in Paris who struggles with his parents and teachers due to his rebellious behavior. Filmed on location in Paris and Honfleur, it is the first in a series of five films in which Léaud plays the semi-autobiographical character. ''The 400 Blows'' received numerous awards and nominations, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director, the OCIC Award, and a Palme d'Or nomination in 1959, and was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1960. The film had 4.1 million admissions in France, making i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Against The Wall
''Head Against the Wall'' (french: La Tête contre les murs) is a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju which stars Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, and Charles Aznavour. Called ''The Keepers'' on its English release, the story follows an aimless young man who is institutionalized for defying his wealthy father, and in the process airs several questions about how society defines and treats mental illness. Plot François, motherless son of an influential lawyer, has no qualifications, and no job. To mix with rich and superficial friends, he has borrowed money that he cannot repay. In desperation, he breaks into his father's desk, steals his cash, and wantonly burns his legal documents. Rather than call in the police, with the connivance of a doctor, his father has him committed to an isolated psychiatric hospital in the country. There, he discovers that many of the inmates are not seriously deranged, but that Dr Varmont, the head of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables (1958 Film)
''Les Misérables'' is a 1958 film adaptation of the 1862 Victor Hugo novel. Written by Michel Audiard and René Barjavel, the film was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and stars Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean. Adaptation The bishop's background is briefly sketched rather than detailed as in the novel. Javert is a young boy, the son of a guard in the Toulon prison, when he sees Valjean as a convict. Fantine's body, instead of being thrown into a public grave unceremoniously after Javert arrested Jean Valjean, was still in her deathbed after Jean Valjean escaped jail, and he pays Sister Simplice to bury her properly. Javert comes to arrest Jean Valjean when he is in the house of Thénardier intending to take Cosette with him. Sister Simplice admits Valjean and Cosette to the convent instead of Father Fauchevent. Thénardier, in disguise, meets Marius and proves to him with the help of newspaper clippings that he is completely mistaken about Valjean's criminal past. Cast Production C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comme Un Cheveu Sur La Soupe
''Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' (french: Like a hair on the soup), is a French comedy film from 1957, directed by Maurice Regamey, written by Yvan Audouard, starring Louis de Funès. Shooting took place at the " Franstudio" film studios from December 26, 1956 until February 12, 1957. The film is known under the title: "Crazy in the Noodle" or "Kindly Kill Me" (USA). Cast * Louis de Funès : Pierre Cousin, unsuccessful composer * Noëlle Adam : Caroline Clément, the young woman who wants to commit suicide * Jacques Jouanneau : Amédée, the bank clerk racegoer * Robert Manuel : Tony, the music lover * Nadine Tallier : Juliette, the hostess of "La belle vie" * Christian Duvaleix : the journalist * Christian Méry : Angelo, the bandit complicates * Louis Massy : the photographer from the newspaper * Léo Campion : Mr Ferdinand Boutiller, impresario and editor of discs * Pierre Stephen : the commissioner of police Bargeot * Eddy Rasimi : porter at "La belle vie" * Simone B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Days In Paris
''Four Days in Paris'' (French: ''Quatre jours à Paris'') is a 1955 French musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Luis Mariano, Geneviève Kervine and Jane Sourza.Shiri p.147 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre. It is based on the 1948 operetta of the same title composed by Francis Lopez. Synopsis It follows a series of characters including Mario, a fashionable Paris hairdresser in need of money, his girlfriend Gisèle, friend Nicolas and a wealthy American heiress who is sold a fake rejuvenation serum. Mario then falls in love with Gabrielle, a Southerner, and all the characters head for the hotel she owns on the Riviera. Cast * Luis Mariano as Mario * Roger Nicolas as Nicolas * Jane Sourza as Rita Alvarez * Geneviève Kervine as Gabrielle * Andrex as Le brigadier * Fernand Sardou as Montaron * Gisèle Robert as Gisèle * Arthur Allan as Alvarez * Jackie S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
