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Le Champignon
''The Mushroom'' (french: Le champignon, it, L'assassino colpisce all'alba, also known as ''The Murderer Strikes at Dawn'', ''The Killer Strikes at Dawn'' and ''L’assassin frappe à l’aube'') is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon. Plot A physician, growing distant from his workaholic wife, befriends an artist. After a night spent drinking and taking hallucinogenic mushroom with the artist, the physician discovers that his wife had died, and begins to question what took place. Cast * Mylène Demongeot as Anne Calder * Alida Valli as Linda Benson * Jean-Claude Bouillon as Éric Calder * Catherine Allégret as Jeannette * Philippe Monnet Philippe Monnet (born 31 January 1959) is a single-handed sailor from France, born in La Clusaz. He is the brother in law of French singer Julien Clerc. Biography Originally from La Clusaz, he is a pioneer of maritime routes and a single-handed an ... as Gaëtan * Jean Claudio as Kogan * Georges Gér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Simenon
Marc Jean Chrétien Simenon, (19 April 1939 – 24 October 1999) was a French director and screenwriter. Born in Brussels, Belgium, he was the son of writer Georges Simenon (1903–1989) and the husband of Mylène Demongeot from 16 September 1968. He died falling down the stairs at his home in Paris. Filmography Film * 1959: '' Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'' by Jean Renoir * 1964: ''Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez'' by Jean Girault * 1964: '' Les Gorilles'' de Jean Girault * 1965: '' Le Gendarme à New York'' by Jean Girault Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ... * 1970: '' Le Champignon'' * 1971: ' * 1972: '' Douce est la revanche'' * 1974: ' * 1977: '' La Moto qui tue (L’Échappatoire)'' by Claude Patin * 1981: '' Signé Furax'' Television * 1968: '' Les Dossiers de l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Claudio
Jean Claudio (28 March 1927 – 11 January 1992) was a French actor. Biography He began his acting career in the cinema at the age of ten, playing the role of the Tsarevich, son of Tsar Nicolas II in The Imperial Tragedy. In 1938, at the age of eleven, he played Mathieu Sorgue in Les Disparus de Saint-Agil by Christian-Jaque. He entered the Paris Conservatory, where, at fourteen, he was given the role of Chérubin in Le Mariage de Figaro. He has since had an international career, particularly in the United States. He wrote a collection of poems, Les faux joies (published in 1950), as well as several novels: The Hot Season, Les Torts Reciprocals, Monsieur Damoclès and L'inconnu de Genève Selected filmography * '' Rasputin'' (1938) - Le tsarevitch * ' (1938) - Boy * ''Boys' School'' (1938) - Mathieu Sorgue * '' Crossroads'' (1938) - Paul de Vétheuil * '' The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) - Un enfant * ''L'Enfer des anges'' (1941) - Le jeune Lucien * ''Andorra ou les Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Marc Simenon
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Italian Crime Films
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French Crime Films
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1970 Crime Films
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1970 Films
The year 1970 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career. * February 11 - '' The Magic Christian'', starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records. * March 12 - Film debut of Ornella Muti in ''La moglie più bella'' (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.IMDB * March 17 - The controversial film '' The Boys in the Band'', directed by William Friedkin and based on Mart Crowley's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters. * October 24 - Joan Crawford's final film, the low-budget horror picture ''Trog'', opens in theaters. * December 1 - ''Yousuf Khan Sher Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Simon (actor)
François Simon (; 16 August 1917 – 5 October 1982) was a Swiss stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1936 and 1982. He was the son of actor Michel Simon. Filmography External links * 1917 births 1982 deaths Swiss male film actors Actors from Geneva 20th-century Swiss male actors {{Switzerland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Géret
Georges Géret (18 October 1924 – 7 April 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1954 and 1992. He was born in Lyon, France. Selected filmography * ''The Unfrocked One'' (1954) - Un militaire à l'Oflag et à l'église * ''Les Nuits de Montmartre'' (1955) * ''L'Homme aux clés d'or'' (1956) - L'avocat de la défense * '' Ces dames préfèrent le mambo'' (1957) - Le policier de Miami * ''Le Désert de Pigalle'' (1958) - René * ''Ramuntcho'' (1959) - Arrochkoa * ''Le Caïd'' (1960) - Jo * ''Le Sahara brûle'' (1961) * ''Climats'' (1962) * ''Le monte-charge'' (1962) - Un homme se disputant au bar * '' Diary of a Chambermaid'' (1964) - Joseph * ''L'Insoumis'' (1964) - Le lieutenant Fraser * ''Weekend at Dunkirk'' (1964) - Pinot * ''Mata Hari, Agent H21'' (1964) - Soldier #2 * ''Crime on a Summer Morning'' (1965) - Max Zegetti * ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (1965) - Un agent de police (uncredited) * ''God's Thunder'' (1965) - Roger * ''La Métamorp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Monnet
Philippe Monnet (born 31 January 1959) is a single-handed sailor from France, born in La Clusaz. He is the brother in law of French singer Julien Clerc. Biography Originally from La Clusaz, he is a pioneer of maritime routes and a single-handed and crewed sailing record holder. He has accumulated more 250 000 nautical miles in single-handed or crewed races. He set a new record during his first solo round the world trip. He sailed the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race on board ''Vivanapoli''. Records *1988: World record - solo sail on "Kriter" (Olivier de Kersauson's trimaran) (129d 19h 17'). *1989: Record New York City - San Francisco, multihull and solo (81d 5h). *1990: Record Hong-Kong - London (Tea Route), multihull and solo (67d 10h 26'). *1998: 6th place in the Route du Rhum, aboard a monohull *2000: Record for non-stop reverse circumnavigation on "Uunet" (previously Philippe Poupon's " Fleury Michon"), monohull (151d 19h 54'). Bibliography * ''J'ai entraperçu les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Boudard
Alphonse Boudard (17 December 1925 – 14 January 2000) was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur''. Boudard's 1995 novel ''Dying childhood '' was awarded and recognised by the French Academy with a Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. Biography Boudard was born in Paris, an illegitimate child. He was brought up first by an adoptive family in the Loiret region of the center of France, then by his grand mother in the south of Paris. Boudard had a late career. As a teenager he was living in a country occupied by the German Army. He was wounded fighting for the French and he was awarded a military medal. His early adult life was spent in casual work, periods in jail and in a sanatorium recovering from tuberculosis. He experimented with writing, but it was not until he was 33 that he decided to be a full-time writer. He credits the writer Albert Paraz with inspiring this move. His novels are charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Allégret
Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.Becker, Frawley (2004) ''And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris'', Scarecrow Press, , p. 105 In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic ''La Vie En Rose'' (''La Môme'' in French). Personal life Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom she has a son, Benjamin Castaldi. Her second husband is Maurice Vaudaux, with whom she has a daughter, Clémentine. In 2004, Allégret published a memoir titled ''World Upside Down'' (''Un monde à l'envers'') in which she wrote that she was sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand for many years from the age of 5. Selected filmography * ''Lady L'' (1965) * ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (1965) * '' An Ace and Four Queens'' (1966) * ''Time to Live'' (1969) * ''Elise, or R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
