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Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Patrie'' (1946) * ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (1947) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''Bel Ami'' (1955) * '' Ciulinii Bărăganului'' (1958) (co-director, with Gheorghe Vitanidis) * ''The Opportunists ''The Opportunists'' is a 1999 British-American crime drama film, written and directed by Myles Connell, and starring Christopher Walken, Cyndi Lauper, Donal Logue, and Vera Farmiga. The film takes place in the urban setting of Greenpoint, Brook ...'' (1959) * ''La Foire aux cancres'' (1963) References External links * * 1908 births 1980 deaths People from Calais French film directors French male film actors 20th-century Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calais
Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. The population of the city proper is 72,929; that of the urban area is 149,673 (2018).Comparateur de territoire: Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Calais (073), Commune de Calais (62193) INSEE Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the |
Bel Ami (1955 Film)
''Bel Ami'' is a 1955 historical drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Anne Vernon, Renée Faure and Jean Danet.Williams p.150 It was a co-production between Austria, France and East Germany. The film was shot in the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel ''Bel Ami'' by Guy de Maupassant. Cast ;French Version * Jean Danet as Georges Duroy, called "Bel Ami" * Anne Vernon as Clothilde de Marelle * Renée Faure as Madeleine Forestier * René Lefèvre as Le banquier Walter * Christl Mardayn as Virginie Walter * Maria Emo as Suzanne Walter * Jacqueline Duc as Rachel * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Charles Forestier * Lukas Ammann as Le ministre Laroche-Mathieu * Egon von Jordan as Le reporter Saint-Potin ;German Version * Johannes Heesters as Georges Duroy, called "Bel Ami" * Gretl Schörg as Clothilde de Marelle * Marianne Schönauer as Madeleine Forestier * René Lefèvre as Le banquier Walter * Christl Mardayn as Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Film Directors
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People From Calais
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 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 *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Births
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The Opportunists (1960 Film)
''The Opportunists'' (French: ''Les arrivistes'', German: ''Trübe Wasser'') is a 1960 French-East German drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Madeleine Robinson, Jean-Claude Pascal and Clara Gansard.Goble p.992 It was a co-production between Pathé and DEFA. The source material is Honoré de Balzac's novel ''La Rabouilleuse ''La Rabouilleuse'' (''The Black Sheep'', or ''The Two Brothers'') is an 1842 novel by Honoré de Balzac, and is one of '' The Celibates'' in the series '' La Comédie humaine''. ''The Black Sheep'' is the title of the English translation by Dona ...''. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1960 films 1960 drama films French drama films German drama films East German films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Louis Daquin Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac Films based on French novels Films set in the 1820s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Vitanidis
Gheorghe Vitanidis (1 October 1929 – 25 November 1994) was a Romanian film director. He directed 19 films between 1958 and 1987. His 1969 film ''A Woman for a Season'' was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1979 film '' The Moment'' was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Ciulinii Bărăganului'' (''The Baragan Thistles'', 1958) * ''A Woman for a Season'' (1969) * '' The Moment'' (1979) * ''Burebista'' (1980) * ''The Silver Mask ''The Silver Mask'' ( ro, Masca de argint) is a 1985 Romanian action historical film directed by Gheorghe Vitanidis. This is the fourth film in the ''Margelatu'' series, after '' Drumul oaselor'' (1980), '' Trandafirul galben'' (1982), '' Miste ...'' (1985) References External links * 1929 births 1994 deaths People from Mangalia Romanian film directors {{Romania-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciulinii Bărăganului (film)
''Ciulinii Bărăganului'' (''The Thistles of the Bărăgan''; french: Les Chardons du Baragan) is a 1958 Franco-Romanian film directed by Louis Daquin and Gheorghe Vitanidis, based on a novel of the same title by Panait Istrati. The film was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Nuța Chirlea, as Matache * Ana Vlădescu, as Tudorița * Ruxandra Ionescu, as Stana * Florin Piersic, as Tănase * , as Mărin * , as Dudaca * Matei Alexandru, as Ursu * Marcel Anghelescu * Maria Tănase * * Ernest Maftei Ernest Maftei (; 6 March 1920 – 19 October 2006) was a Romanian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1953 to 2006. Biography Born in Prăjești, Bacău County, he attended high school in Bacău, and, at age 17, he joined the ... * Benedict Dabija * References External links * 1958 films Films based on Romanian novels French historical drama films Romanian historical drama films 1950s Romanian-languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (1949 Film)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le Parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1949 French mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Hélène Perdrière, Serge Reggiani and Marcel Herrand.Parish p.468 It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Gaston Leroux featuring the detective Joseph Rouletabille. It is a sequel to ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'', released the same year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. The score was composed by Jean Wiener. Main cast * Hélène Perdrière as Mathilde Stangerson * Serge Reggiani as Joseph Rouletabille * Lucien Nat as Robert Darzac * Michel Piccoli as Lebel * Gaston Modot as Mathieu * Marcel Herrand as Larsan * Arthur Devère as Père Jacques * Yvette Etiévant Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962. Filmography *1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bouquinquant Brothers
''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (French: ''Les frères Bouquinquant'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Albert Préjean, Madeleine Robinson and Roger Pigaut. It is based on the 1930 novel ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' by Jean Prévost.Goble p. 375 It premiered at the 1947 Venice Film Festival and went on general release in France the following year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. It marked the film debut of the actress Juliette Gréco. Synopsis Julie Moret arrives in Paris from the provinces looking for work. She meets and marries Léon Bouquinquant who initially seems charming, but turns out to be a drunken brute. She soon begins to develop feelings for his Pierre. Cast * Albert Préjean as Léon Bouquinquant * Madeleine Robinson as Julie Bouquinquant née Moret * Roger Pigaut as Pierre Bouquinquant * Mona Dol as Madame Leclerc * Paul Frankeur as Le commissaire * Juliette Gréco as Une religieuse * Abel Jacquin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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