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Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He died on 24 December 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. Selected filmography * ''Le roi des camelots'' (1951) * ''Mr. Peek-a-Boo'' (1951) - Un collégue de Léon (uncredited) * ''Une fille à croquer'' (1951) * ''Jamais deux sans trois'' (1952) * ''La marche'' (1952) * '' The Red Head'' (1952) * ''Le Plus Heureux des hommes'' (1952) - Le jeune avocat * ''Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Le photographe * ''His Father's Portrait'' (1953) - Didier * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) - Laurent * ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (1954) - Un réserviste (uncredited) * ''Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon'' (1954) * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) - Le vendeur du bazar * '' Les deux font la paire'' (1954) - L'avocat * ''Pas de coup dur pour Johnny'' (1955) * ''L'Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Meyer
Olivier Meyer is a French photographer born in 1957. He lives and works in Paris, France. Biography His photo-journalism was first published in France-Soir Magazine and subsequently in the daily France Soir in 1981. Starting from 1989, a selection of his black and white photographs of Paris were produced as postcards by Éditions Marion Valentine. He often met the photographer Édouard Boubat on the île Saint-Louis in Paris and at the Publimod laboratory in the rue du Roi de Sicile. Having seen his photographs, Boubat told him: "at the end of the day, we are all doing the same thing...". When featured in the magazine Le Monde 2 in 2007 his work was noticed by gallery owner Charles Zalber who exhibited his photographs at the gallery Photo4 managed by Victor Mendès. Work His work is in the tradition of humanist photography and Street photography using the same material as many of the forerunners of this style: Kodak Tri-X black and white film, silver bromide prints on ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Juror
''The Seventh Juror'' () is a 1962 French crime drama directed by Georges Lautner, starring Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche and Danièle Delorme. It tells the story of a man who murders a young woman; when the woman's boyfriend is wrongly accused of the murder, the actual killer is chosen to serve in the jury, but does not want an innocent man to be convicted. The film is based on the novel ''The Seventh Juror'' by Francis Didelot. Principal photography took place from 14 November to 23 December 1961. The film had 1,171,911 admissions in France. Cast * Bernard Blier as Grégoire Duval * Maurice Biraud as Veterinarian * Francis Blanche as Attorney General * Danièle Delorme as Geneviève Duval * Jacques Riberolles as Sylvain Sautral * Yves Barsacq as Maître Adreux * Catherine Le Couey as Mme. Souchon * Robert Dalban as Fisherman * Anne Doat as Alice Moreux * Madeleine Geoffroy as Mme. Sylvestre * Françoise Giret as Catherine * Camille Guérini Camille Guérini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartleby (1976 Film)
''Bartleby'' is a 1976 French drama film directed by Maurice Ronet and starring Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort and Maurice Biraud. It is an adaptation of the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville. Plot Bartleby is a loner who gets hired as a clerk when a lawyer is desperate to find a reliable assistant. Unfortunately, Bartleby isn't happy with his work. He falls into passivity and depression. When the law office moves, Bartleby prefers to stay in the abandoned rooms. People get fascinated by his strange behaviour. Cast * Michael Lonsdale as the bailiff * Maxence Mailfort as Bartleby * Maurice Biraud as Dindon * Dominique Zardi as Cisaille * Jacques Fontanelle as Gingembre * Hubert Deschamps as the manager * Albert Michel as the prison cook * Philippe Brigaud as the vice director of the prison * Michel Fortin as the taxi driver * Henri Attal as the prison guard * Maurice Ronet Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackpot (unfinished Film)
''Jackpot'' is an unfinished film that began shooting in 1974 and shut down in 1975. Terence Young directed Millard Kaufman's screenplay. William D. Alexander produced for Paramount Pictures. Richard Burton, James Coburn, and Charlotte Rampling starred. Plot Burton played Reid Lawerence, an actor "paralysed by a falling lift." A media report claims that Burton would play an Academy Award-winning actor down on his luck who suddenly wins another Oscar. The film was to be shot in Rome and Nice. Another media report claims that the story was about "a famous actor" who "fakes a grave illness" to collect insurance money. Background Young, Kaufman, Alexander and Burton had just finished making the troubled 1974 film ''The Klansman''. Robert Mitchum Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for ''The Story of G.I. Joe'' (1945), followed by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gypsy (film)
''The Gypsy'' (french: Le Gitan, it, Lo zingaro) is a 1975 French-Italian crime-drama film written and directed by José Giovanni. It is based on Giovanni's novel ''Histoire de fou''. It recorded admissions of 1,788,111 in France. at Box Office Story Plot Cast * Alain Delon as Hugo Sennart, aka Le Gitan * Annie Girardot as Ninie * Paul Meurisse as Yan Kuq * Marcel Bozzuffi as Blot * Bernard Giraudeau as Mareuil * Renato Salvatori as Jo Amila * Maurice Barrier as Jacques Helman * Maurice Biraud as Pierrot le Naïf * Michel Fortin as Marcel * Jacques Rispal as The Veterinary ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flic Story
''Flic Story'' is a French crime thriller released on October 1, 1975, based on the autobiography of the same name written by French police detective Roger Borniche. Both film and book portray Borniche's nine-year pursuit of French gangster and murderer Emile Buisson, who was executed on February 28, 1956.Hayward p. 279 Directed by Jacques Deray, the film stars Alain Delon and Jean-Louis Trintignant as Borniche and Buisson respectively, supported by Claudine Auger and André Pousse. Plot ''Flic Story'' follows a nine-year pursuit of Emile Buisson through France during the 1940s and 1950s, and illustrates the pursuit as a battle of intellect, focusing on a growing rapport between Buisson and the protagonist Borniche. Deray's humanizing of the characters was a trait used in his other films, and was a popular counter-cliché concept in France during the 1970s. The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train (1973 Film)
The Train may refer to: Films * ''The Train'' (1964 film), an American war film starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield * ''The Train'' (1970 film), an Indian Hindi suspense film * ''The Train'' (1973 film), a Franco–Italian war film * ''The Train'' (2007 film), an Indian Hindi thriller * ''The Train'' (2011 film), an Indian Malayalam thriller Games * '' The Train: Escape to Normandy'', a 1988 action video game based on the 1964 film (see above) * ''The Train Game'', a 1983 train simulation video game Literature * "The Train" (short story), a 1947 story by Flannery O'Connor * ''The Train'' (Russian: ''Sputniki'', Fellow Travellers), novel by Vera Panova Music * "The Train" (song), a song by OutKast * "The Train", a song by Ray Charles, the B-side of "Let's Go Get Stoned" * "The Train", a song by Frankie Miller from '' Double Trouble'' * "The Train", a song by Irving Berlin * "The Train", a 1969 song by 1910 Fruitgum Company * "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)", a song by Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Slightly Pregnant Man
''A Slightly Pregnant Man'' (french: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune, lit=The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon; it, Niente di grave, suo marito è incinto, lit=No Big Deal, Your Husband Is Pregnant) is a 1973 comedy film written and directed by Jacques Demy. Plot Marco is a driving instructor who is engaged to single mother Irène, a hairdresser. After eating a chicken dinner, he complains to his housekeeper that she cooks chicken too frequently. He begins to feel bloated and tired and sees a doctor. The doctor determines that he is pregnant, and an expert concludes that the hormones in chicken have made him sufficiently feminine to carry a child. With his permission, the doctors publicize this event, and he becomes a model for a maternity clothing company creating a new line of paternity clothes. The majority of the film covers Marco revealing his pregnancy to his friends and family including his ex-wife and their reacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Leaf Clover (film)
''Five Leaf Clover'' (French: ''Le trèfle à cinq feuilles'') is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Edmond Freess and starring Philippe Noiret, Liselotte Pulver and Micha Bayard.Bock & Bergfelder p.379 Cast * Philippe Noiret as Alfred * Liselotte Pulver as Daisy * Micha Bayard as Germaine Constant * Maurice Biraud as Georges-André Constant * Jean Carmet as Lord Picratt * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Vampirus * Barbara Cederlung as Isabelle * Monique Chaumette as Marie-Berthe * Pierre Fabre as Ferdinand * Thalie Frugès as Chloë * Corinne Koeningswarter as Isalaide * Bernard La Jarrige * Ginette Leclerc as L'épicière * Paul Préboist Paul Préboist (21 February 1927 – 4 March 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than hundred films, mostly in supporting roles, and is best known as a comic actor. Filmography Theater References External links *Paul Préboista ... as Léon Constant References Bibliography * Hans-Michael B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Métamorphose Des Cloportes
''La Métamorphose des cloportes'' is a French films of 1965, 1965 France, French and Italy, Italian crime film comedy directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre. Cast *Lino Ventura : Alphonse Maréchal *Charles Aznavour : Edmond Clancul *Irina Demick : Catherine Verdier *Maurice Biraud : Arthur *Georges Géret : Rouquemoute *Pierre Brasseur : Tonton *Françoise Rosay : Gertrude *Annie Fratellini : Léone *Daniel Ceccaldi : Lescure *Norman Bart : Un visiteur de la galerie *Georges Blaness : Omar *Dorothée Blank : Une fille à l'hôtel particulier *Jean-Pierre Caussade (as J.P. Caussade) *Marcel Charvey : Un visiteur de la galerie *François Dalou: 2nd Inspector *Michel Dacquin : Un barman de boîte de nuit (as Michel Daquin) Reception According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1,900,000 in rentals to break even and made $700,000, meaning it made a loss. References External links * 1965 films 1960s French-language films French crime comedy films Italian crime comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Souris Chez Les Hommes
''Une souris chez les hommes'' en, A Mouse with the Men, is a French comedy film from 1963, directed by Jacques Poitrenaud, written by Michel Audiard and Francis Ryck, starring Dany Saval and Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil .... The film is known under the titles: "A Mouse with the Men" (International English title), "Un drôle de caïd" (alternative French title), "O Tesouro Oculto" (Portugal), "Bei Oscar ist 'ne Schraube locker" (West Germany), "Due uomini in fuga... per un colpo maldestro" (Italy). Cast References External links * Une souris chez les hommesat the ''Films de France'' * analyse du film 1964 films French comedy films 1960s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Jacques Poitrenaud Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Pissenlits Par La Racine
''Salad by the Roots'' (french: Des pissenlits par la racine, literally ''(Eating) dandelions by the roots'' which is the French idiom for ''Pushing up the daisies'') is a Franco-Italian comedy directed by Georges Lautner and released in 1964, a year after his success with Les Tontons flingueurs, which was also set in the Parisian underworld. It benefits from music by Georges Delerue and dialogue by Michel Audiard, among whose legendary lines is ''Plus t'as de pognon, moins t'as de principes. L'oseille c'est la gangrène de l'âme.'' (The more loot you've got, the fewer your principles. Lolly is the gangrene of the soul). Plot Celebrating their release from prison in a Paris bar, criminal Jo sends his heavy Pommes-Chips to place a big bet. Just as he has done so, putting the ticket in the pocket of his strawberry check coat, in walks another criminal Jack, who during his absence has been living with his girl Rockie. Jack flees into a nearby theatre, which is showing the last ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |