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Nane Germon
Nane Germon (1909–2001) was a French television and film actress.Goble p.330 Selected filmography * ''Coup de feu à l'aube'' (1932) * '' A Weak Woman'' (1933) * ''Le rayon des amours'' (1933) - Nicole * ''Les aventures du roi Pausole'' (1933) - Nicole * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * ''Les aventures du roi Pausole'' (1933) - Nicole * ''Le grillon du foyer'' (1933) * ''Le bien-aimé Lanouille'' (1933) * ''J'ai une idée'' (1934) - Norah * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1934) - Fanchette * ''Le malade imaginaire'' (1934) - Toinette * ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - La soubrette (uncredited) * ''Marchand d'amour'' (1935) * '' Juanita'' (1935) - Elaine Georgesco * '' Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) - Hersilie * ''Divine'' (1935) - Zaza * '' Merchant of Love'' (1935) - Denise * ''Mayerling'' (1936) - Anna Vetsera * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) - Zelma * ''Le train d'amour'' (1936) * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) - Simone * ''Notre-Dame d'amour'' (1936) - Zanette * '' Hercule'' (1938) - Miette * ' ... [...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] |
Hercule (film)
''Hercule'' is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Fernandel, Gaby Morlay and Pierre Brasseur.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.189 The film's sets were designed by Pierre Schild. Jean Grémillon was the film's original director, but he left shortly after production had begun. A simple fisherman from Provence inherits a Parisian newspaper, but finds some of his new staff are dishonest. Main cast * Fernandel as Hercule Maffre * Gaby Morlay as Juliette Leclerc * Pierre Brasseur as Bastien * Henri Crémieux as Bajoux * Édouard Delmont as Maffre * Nane Germon as Miette * Vincent Hyspa as Cahuzac * Robert Pizani as Le premier frère Riquel * Henri Poupon as Boeuf * Jean Tissier as Le troisième frère Riquel * Charles Dechamps as Le second frère Riquel * Jules Berry Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor. Biography Early life Berry and his two brothers were born to parents w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Absence
''The Long Absence'' (french: Une aussi longue absence, "Such a long absence") is a 1961 French film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a Puteaux café owner mourning the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A tramp arrives in the town and she believes him to be her husband. But he is suffering from amnesia and she tries to bring back his memory of earlier times. ''The Long Absence'' shared the ''Palme d'Or'' prize with the Luis Buñuel film ''Viridiana'' at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Sixteen years after the end of World War II, Thérèse Langlois owns a pub in Puteaux, Paris. Wrapping up the season, she plans her annual vacation in Chaulieu with her lover, but is growing emotionally distant towards him. At the pub, a tramp walks by daily singing ''The Barber of Seville'' aria and other opera songs. Intrigued, Thérèse has her bartender Martine call the tramp in for a drink. The tramp, who says he lives by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irresistible Catherine
''Irresistible Catherine'' (French: ''L'irrésistible Catherine'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by André Pergament and starring Michel Auclair, Marie Daëms and Fernand Sardou.Goble p.814 Cast * Michel Auclair as Georges Bartone * Marie Daëms as Catherine Revering * Fernand Sardou as Bouche * Robert Vattier as Me Revering * René Bergeron as Le colonel * Lil Carina as La choriste * Catherine Cellier as Une entraîneuse * Jean Clarieux as Le boucher * Robert Dalban as La voix de Pearl * Julia Dancourt as Une entraîneuse * Nane Germon as Mme Martin * Albert Hugues as Le pianiste * Abel Jores as Le barman * Maïa Jusanova as La danseuse * Robert Le Fort as Victor * Jean Ozenne as Lorre * Floriane Prévot as Rosette * Gisèle Robert Gisele or Gisèle may refer to: Persons * Gisele (given name) * Gisele, mononym of Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen Gisele Caroline Bündchen (, , born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian fashion model. Since 2001, she has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meeting In Paris
''Meeting in Paris'' (French: ''Rencontre à Paris'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Robert Lamoureux, Betsy Blair and Jacques Castelot.Parish p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Jacques Colombier. Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1956 films 1956 comedy films 1950s French-language films French comedy films Films directed by Georges Lampin Films set in Paris 1950s French films French black-and-white films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Of No Importance
''People of No Importance'' (french: Des gens sans importance) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. Set entirely among ordinary working people, it tells the story of an unhappily married long-distance lorry driver who starts an affair with a young waitress at a restaurant where he stops frequently, but tragedy intervenes. Plot Jean is a long-distance lorry driver whose usual run is from Paris, where he lives with his unsympathetic wife and children, to Bordeaux. A favourite stop is La Caravane, a roadside restaurant where he is attracted to Clo, a pretty and affectionate young woman who is estranged from her family and survives by waitressing. Anxious to be with him, she gives up her job and goes to Paris, where she finds work as a chambermaid in a sordid hotel used by prostitutes. She also finds that she is pregnant, which the hotel manager resolves by sending her for an illegal abortion. Jean meanwhile has been sacked, partly because his tachograph showed too mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Du Barry (1954 Film)
''Madame du Barry'' is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Martine Carol, Daniel Ivernel, Gianna Maria Canale and Jean Parédès.Hayward p.109-10 The film depicts the life of Madame du Barry, mistress to Louis XV in the eighteenth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. Cast * Martine Carol as Jeanne Bécu * Daniel Ivernel as Jean du Barry * Gianna Maria Canale as Duchesse de Grammont * Jean Parédès as Lebel * Denis d'Inès as Duc d'Richelieu * Marguerite Pierry as Comtesse de Médarne * Isabelle Pia as Marie-Antoinette * Pascale Roberts as Jeanne's friend * Nadine Alari as La Maréchale de Guichelais * Giovanna Ralli as Cadette * Georgette Anys as La citoyenne * Nadine Tallier as Loque * Nane Germon as Bitchi du Barry * Suzanne Grey as Chon du Barr * Claude Sylvain as Une fille * Paul Demange as Un citoyen * André Bervil as Un musicie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lottery Of Happiness
''The Lottery of Happiness'' (French: ''La loterie du bonheur'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Gehret and starring Yves Deniaud (actor), Yves Deniaud, Suzanne Dehelly and Annette Poivre.Krautz p.77 Cast References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1953 films French comedy films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films 1953 comedy films Films directed by Jean Gehret 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Inn
''The Red Inn'' () is a 1951 French comedy crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Françoise Rosay and Julien Carette. It premiered on 19 October 1951. A remake of the film, directed by Gérard Krawczyk, premiered in 2007. Plot Set in 1833, it tells the story of how a monk visits the inn l'Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, where the innkeeper confesses to a number of serious sins. The film is based on the actual crime case of the Peyrebeille Inn. Production The film was originally supposed to be an adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's 1831 short story '' The Red Inn'' ("L'auberge rouge"), as part of the commemoration to mark a hundred years since Balzac's death. When the financing encountered problems and took longer than expected, the filmmakers decided to keep the title, but change the project into a treatment of the events of the Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, which are unrelated to Balzac's story. The story had been filmed twice before, as a 1910 French si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Is Done
''Justice Is Done'' (french: Justice est faite) is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill employer at his request. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Plot Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts. Cast * Michel Auclair as Serge Cremer * Antoine Balpêtré as Le président du tribunal (as Balpétré) * Raymond Bussières as Félix Noblet, le 5ème juré * Jacques Castelot as Gilbert de Montesson, le 1er juré * Jean Debucourt as Michel Caudron, le 7ème juré (as Jean Debucourt Sociétaire de la Comédie Française) * Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jean-Luc Flavier, le 3ème juré (as J.P. Grenier) * Claude Nollier as Elsa Lundenstein ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Life
''Return to Life'' (french: Retour à la vie) is a 1949 French drama portmanteau film in five parts directed by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean Dréville (who directed the last two parts). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paul Azaïs as the captain * Bernard Blier as Gaston * Jean Brochard as the Hotel tender * Léonce Corne as Virolet * Janine Darcey as Mary * Max Elloy as the old barman * Louis Florencie as the chief of police * Paul Frankeur as the maire * Jacques Hilling as a soldier * Louis Jouvet as Jean Girard * Léon Larive as Jules, the guard * Héléna Manson as Simone * Marie-France Plumer as Aunt Berth * Noël-Noël as René * Jeanne Pérez as the mother * François Périer as Antoine * Serge Reggiani as Louis, the husband of the young German * Patricia Roc as Lieutenant Evelyne * Noël Roquevert as the commander * Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Beast (1946 Film)
''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête – also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story ''Beauty and the Beast'', written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology. The plot of Cocteau's film revolves around Belle's father who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family and telling her that if she doesn't return to him within a week, he will die of grief. ''Beauty and the Beast'' is now recognized as a classic of French cinema. Plot While scrubbing the floor at home, Belle (Josette Day) is inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
