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Le Héros De La Marne
''Heroes of the Marne'' (French: ''Le héros de la Marne'') is a 1938 French war drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Raimu, Albert Bassermann and Germaine Dermoz. Goble p.233 The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. Synopsis Bernard Lefrançois is a farmer whose land is close to the River Marne. His son Jean enlists as an aviator with the French Army. On leave he meets up with Hélène, a daughter of another local farmer, but Bernard refuses to let them marry even when Hélène becomes pregnant. She goes to Amiens to have her baby, but when World War I breaks out the city is occupied by the Germans. She courageously works undercover as a spy for the Allies while Jean becomes a fighter ace in the skies above. Bernard himself voluntarily enlists to drive out the invaders. Cast * Raimu as Bernard Lefrançois * Albert Bassermann as Col. von Gelow * Germaine Dermoz as Suzanne Lefrançois * Jacqueline Porel as Hélène Bardin * Bernard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Hugon
André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 which at the time was part of France. He directed some 90 films between 1913 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Flower of Paris'' (1916) * '' The Gold Chignon'' (1916) * ''The Jackals'' (1917) * ''Anguish'' (1917) * ''Vertigo'' (1917) * ''Sharks'' (1917) * '' A Crime Has Been Committed'' (1919) * '' Mademoiselle Chiffon'' (1919) * '' Jacques Landauze'' (1920) * '' Worthless Woman'' (1921) * '' The Fugitive'' (1920) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1922) * ''The Two Pigeons'' (1922) * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * ''La gitanilla'' (1924) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * ''The Princess and the Clown'' (1924) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * '' The Temple of Shadows'' (1927) * ''The Great Passion'' (1928) * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' The Wedding March'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of Amiens was 135,429. A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France. Amiens also has one of the largest university hospitals in France, with a capacity of 1,200 beds. The author Jules Verne lived in Amiens from 1871 until his death in 1905, and served on the city council for 15 years. Incumbent French president Emmanuel Macron was born in Amiens. The town was fought over during both World Wars, suffering significant damage, and was repeatedly occupied by both sides. The 1918 Battle of Amiens was the opening phase of the Hundred Days Offensive which directly led to the Armistice with Germany. The Royal Air Force heavily bombed the town during the Second World War. In the aftermath, the city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Bert
Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor. Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970. Selected filmography * ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * ''The Lady of Lebanon (1926 film), The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * ''The Temple of Shadows'' (1927) * ''Yasmina (film), Yasmina'' (1927) * ''The Crew (1928 film), The Crew'' (1928) * ''Tarakanova (film), Tarakanova'' (1930) * ''Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''David Golder (film), David Golder'' (1931) * ''Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * ''The Little King (film), The Little King'' (1933) * ''The Two Orphans (1933 film), The Two Orphans'' (1933) * ''Sapho (1934 film), Sapho'' (1934) * ''Tovaritch (film), Tovaritch'' (1935) * ''Michel Strogoff (1936 film), Michel Strogoff'' (1936) * ''The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * ''The Lower Depths (1936 film), The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Yoshiwara (1937 film), Yoshiwara'' (1937) * ''Thérèse Martin (film), Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * ''Miss Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Paulais
Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France. Selected filmography * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''El Dorado'' (1921) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * '' Change of Heart'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * ''Saint Joan the Maid'' (1929) * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * '' Departure'' (1931) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1934) * ''Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * '' Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' Vido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Toulout
Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''La Digue'' (1911) * ''The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * ''The Tenth Symphony'' (1918) * '' La Fête espagnole'' (1920) * '' Jacques Landauze'' (1920) * ''Mathias Sandorf'' (1921) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1922) * ''Au Secours!'' (1924) * ''Princess Masha'' (1927) * ''Antoinette Sabrier'' (1927) * ''Beyond the Street'' (1929) * '' Monte Cristo'' (1929) * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' Tenderness'' (1930) * ''Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1930) * '' Moritz Makes his Fortune'' (1931) * ''Southern Cross'' (1932) * ''L'Épervier'' (1933) * ''The Queen of Biarritz'' (1934) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''Mercadet'' (1936) * ''Nuits de feu'' (1937) * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''Arlette and Love'' (1943) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Secret of Mayerling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49 Selected filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Weaker Sex'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * '' A Man Has Been Stolen'' (1934) * '' Light Cavalry'' (1935) * '' The Mysterious Lady'' (1936) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' My Little Marquise'' (1938) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1938) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1943) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * ''The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * '' After Love'' (1948) * ''Bluebeard "Bluebeard" (french: Barbe bleue, ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in '' Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. The tale tells the s ...'' (1951) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Péclet
Prosper Désiré "Georges" Péclet (27 July 1897 – 11 January 1974) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. Career Between 1919 and 1957, Péclet played in ninety-five films (including several short films). He was an assistant director in 1927 and then eventually began directing in 1928. He was a director of ten films in total, the last one being from 1963. He was also the writer of five of these movies and producer of one. Péclet is sometimes credited simply by his name, occasionally spelled without the accent: "Peclet". Selected filmography * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * ''The Martyrdom of Saint Maxence'' (1928) * ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Train of Suicides'' (1931) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * '' The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * ''The Five Accursed Gentlemen'' (1932) * '' Imperial Violets'' (1932) * '' The Last Night'' (1934) * ''Princess Tam Tam'' (1935) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis D'Inès
Denis d'Inès, real name Joseph-Victor-Octave Denis, (1 September 1885 - 25 October 1968) was a French actor and theatre director for some plays. He entered the Comédie-Française in 1914, was a sociétaire from 1920 to 1953, and General administrator by intérim in 1945. Filmography * 1910: ''Hop-Frog'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1910: '' Le Scarabée d'or'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: ''Falstaff'' (Short, by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: '' Olivier Cromwell'' (Short, by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: '' La Mégère apprivoisée'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: '' Le Roman de la momie'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1913: ''Shylock'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1938: '' La Tragédie impériale'' (by Marcel l'Herbier) - Évèque Gregorian *1938: '' Le Héros de la Marne'' (by André Hugon) - l'abbé Riton *1939: ''Savage Brigade'' (by Jean Dréville) *1944: ''La Malibran'' (by Sacha Guitry) - Berryer *1945: '' Boule de suif'' (by Christian-Jaque) - Le curé d'Uville * 1948: '' D'homme à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cambo
Paul Cambo (1908–1978) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.508 Selected filmography * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * ''Heroes of the Marne'' (1938) * '' The Gutter'' (1938) * ''The Chess Player'' (1938) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * '' The Village of Wrath'' (1947) *''Your Turn, Callaghan'' (1955) * ''Napoleon II, the Eagle ''Napoleon II, the Eagle'' (French: ''Napoléon II, l'Aiglon'', in English ''Napoleon II, the eaglet (or young eagle)'') is a 1961 French historical drama film directed by Claude Boissol and starring Bernard Verley, Jean Marais and Danièle ...'' (1961) * '' La Course à l'échalote'' (1975) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1908 births 1978 deaths French male film actors French male stage actors {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Lancret
Bernard Lancret (4 September 1912 – 5 September 1983) was a French film actor. He appeared in over thirty films between 1935 and 1956 in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the composer Franz Schubert in the 1940 film '' Sérénade''. He played the painter Julien Breughel in the 1935 film '' Carnival in Flanders''.Grossvogel p.90 Selected filmography * '' The Queen and the Cardinal'' (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) * ''Valse royale'' (1936) * '' The Two Girls'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) * ''Ménilmontant'' (1936) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * '' The Drunkard'' (1937) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * '' Maman Colibri'' (1938) * ''The Chess Player'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * '' Le héros de la Marne'' (1938) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * '' Serenade'' (1940) * ''Twisted Mistress'' (1942) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Porel
Jacqueline Porel (1918–2012) was a French stage and film actress.Edwards p.107 She was also a voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in French-speaking markets. She was married to the actor Gérard Landry. Selected filmography * '' Le héros de la Marne'' (1938) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * '' La Grande Meute'' (1945) * '' Third at Heart'' (1947) * ''My Friend Sainfoin'' (1950) * '' Le 84 prend des vacances'' (1950) * '' The Call of Destiny'' (1953) * '' The Drunkard'' (1953) * '' Tourments'' (1954) * ''Razzia sur la chnouf'' (1955) * '' Captain Blood'' (1960) * ''Love and the Frenchwoman'' (1960) * '' Love on a Pillow'' (1962) * '' Germinal'' (1963) * '' Anatomy of a Marriage'' (1964) * ''Promise at Dawn ''Promise at Dawn'' (french: La Promesse de l'aube) is a 1970 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri, Dassin's wife. It is based on the 1960 novel ''Promise at Dawn'' (french: La Promesse de l'aube) by Romain ...'' (1970) Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
