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Nicole Courcel
Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in the western suburbs of Paris, she appeared in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1979. After working as an extra in a few films, she won a major role in ''Rendez-vous de juillet'' (1949), with Brigitte Auber. In 1970 she turned to television, appearing in different television films and miniseries, in which she continued to work until 2004. Courcel is best known for her role in Serge Bourguignon's ''Sundays and Cybele'' (1962). She had notable parts in: ''La Marie du port'' (1950, opposite Jean Gabin), Sacha Guitry's ''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (1954), and ''La Sorcière (film), La Sorcière'' (1956, opposite Marina Vlady). Partial filmography *''Antoine and Antoinette'' (1947) - (uncredited) *''Les amoureux sont seuls au monde'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns, with the second-highest average household income of communities with 10,000 to 50,000 households. In 2019, it had a population of 30,012. History The town is named after Clodoald, grandson of Clovis, who is supposed to have sought refuge in a hamlet on the Seine near Paris, then named Novigentum, like many other newly founded mercantile settlements outside the traditional towns. After he was canonized, the village where his tomb was located took the name of Sanctus Clodoaldus. A park contains the ruins of the Château de Saint-Cloud, built in 1572 and destroyed by fire in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. The château was the residence of several French rulers and served as the main country residence of the cadet Orléans line u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papa, Maman, La Bonne Et Moi
''Papa, Mama, the Maid and I'' (french: Papa, maman, la bonne et moi) is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, written by Marcel Aymé, starring Robert Lamoureux and Louis de Funès. Cast * Robert Lamoureux : Robert Langlois, the son, future lawyer * Gaby Morlay : Gabrielle Langlois, mother * Fernand Ledoux : Fernand Langlois, father * Nicole Courcel : Catherine Liseray, future spouse of Robert * Madeleine Barbulée : Marie-Louise * Louis de Funès : Mr Calomel, the neighbouring handy man * Yolande Laffon : Madeleine Sautopin, friend of Mum * Robert Rollis : Léon « alibi », campaign of Robert * Sophie Sel : Mss Leconte, a pupil * Dominique Davray : the butcher * Françoise Hornez : Nicole, a neighbour * Judith Magre : German, an employee of the office of mister Turpin * Hubert Deschamps : the spectator who did not have dinner * Léon Arvel : parent * Claude Castaing See also * Papa, maman, ma femme et moi ''Papa, maman, ma femme et moi'' fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of The Generals
''The Night of the Generals'' is a 1967 World War II mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet and Philippe Noiret. The screenplay by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn was loosely based on the beginning of the novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. The writing credits also include the line "based on an incident written by James Hadley Chase"; a subplot from Chase's 1952 novel ''The Wary Transgressor''. Gore Vidal is said to have contributed to the screenplay, but was not credited. The musical score was composed by Maurice Jarre. The film was a French-British-American international co-production. Parts of this Western-made film were shot on location in Warsaw, which at the time was behind the Iron Curtain. The last scenes of the film were shot in Munich. Plot The murder of a prostitute, who was also a German agent, in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Créatures
''Les Créatures'' ( sv, Varelserna) is a 1966 fantasy drama film written and directed by Agnès Varda that recounts a story of a couple who have just moved to a new town and been in a car accident. The wife, Mylène Piccoli, loses her voice in the accident and communicates through writing. The husband, Edgar Piccoli, is a science fiction writer working to produce his next book. ''Les Créatures'' was an official selection of the 27th Venice International Film Festival, though it received mixed reviews."Les Créatures." Ciné-Tamaris. Ciné-Tamaris. Web. 4 Nov. 2015. http://www.cine-tamaris.fr/films/les-creatures The film failed commercially.Agnès Varda L'Île Et Elle." Agnès Varda L'Île Et Elle. June 18-October 8, 2006 Exhibition Press Kitground floor (2006): n. pag. Foundation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. http://presse.fondation.cartier.com/wp-content/files_mf/presse_fichier_543.pdf. Varda later recycled the leftover film stock from the film as the bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Carter And Red Club
''Nick Carter and Red Club'' (french: Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge) is a 1965 French action film directed by . The film features the successful literary character Nick Carter and is based on a novel by . The film is a sequel to ''Nick Carter va tout casser'' (1964). Cast *Eddie Constantine ... Nick Carter *Nicole Courcel ... Dora *Joe Dassin ... Janos *Jeanne Valérie ... Lia *Graziella Galvani... Nanny *Marcello Pagliero Marcello Pagliero (15 January 1907 – 18 October 1980) was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter. Pagliero was born in London and died in Paris. He is perhaps best known for his performance in the Roberto Rossellini film '' Rome, ... ... Witt * Jacques Harden ... Herbert * Roger Rudel ... Beckman References External links * * ''Nick Carter and Red Club'' at www.filmsdefrance.com 1965 films 1960s spy thriller films Italian spy action films 1960s French-language films French spy thriller films 1960s spy action films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delay In Marienborn
''Stop Train 349'' (german: Verspätung in Marienborn, french: Le train de Berlin est arrêté, it, Un treno è fermo a Berlino), is a 1963 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Rolf Hädrich. It was released in the US in 1964 by Allied Artists. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. Screenwriter Will Tremper won the Film Award in Gold of the 1964 German Film Awards. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. Plot An East Berlin refugee trying to escape to West Berlin sneaks aboard a train run by the US military and causes an international incident. Cast * José Ferrer as Cowan the Reporter * Sean Flynn as Lt. Novak * Nicole Courcel as Nurse Kathy * Jess Hahn as Sgt. Torre * Yossi Yadin as Maj. Menschikov (as Yoseph Yadin) * Hans-Joachim Schmiedel as Banner * Christiane Schmidtmer as Karin (as Christiane Schmidmer) * Joy Aston as Mrs. Abramson * Lothar Mann as East German Conductor * Arthur Brauss as I.M.P. (as Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konga Yo
''Konga Yo'' is a 1962 French adventure film directed by Yves Allégret. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Nicole Courcel as Marie * Jean Lefebvre as Jean * Sophie M'Bali as Angèle * Roger Pigaut Roger Pigaut (birth name Roger Paul Louis Pigot) (8 April 1919 – 24 December 1989) was a French actor and film director. He appeared in 40 films between 1943 and 1980. Partial filmography * ''Retour de flamme'' (1943) - Maurice * '' Lov ... as Georges References External links * 1962 films 1960s French-language films 1962 adventure films Films directed by Yves Allégret Films set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo French adventure films 1960s French films {{adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazons Of Rome
''Amazons of Rome'' ( it, Le vergini di Roma) is a 1961 peplum film, ''peplum'' film. During production, tensions brewed between Louis Jourdan and director Vittorio Cottafavi which led to Cottafavi being replaced with Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Plot The newly founded republic of Rome is at war with king Porcenna, king of Etrusca, and his allies led by the barbarian general, Drusco. After fierce fighting Drusco offers a truce but demands that the Romans offer hostages as a sign of good faith, including Clelia, the leader of a group of woman warriors. Soon the peace treaty is broken and the Roman army, under the command of Horatio Cocles (or "Cyclops", because he had lost an eye fighting when he was younger) prepare to make their last stand at the Sublicus Bridge over the River Tiber. Cast * Louis Jourdan as Drusco * Sylvia Syms as Clelia * Jean Chevrier as Porcenna, Etruscan leader * Nicole Courcel as Lucilla, Porcenna's wife * Ettore Manni as Horatio / Cocles, Roman Consul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow Is My Turn (film)
''Le Passage du Rhin'' is a 1960 French film directed by André Cayatte. It was released in the US as ''Tomorrow is My Turn''. Plot The film tells the story of two French soldiers in the aftermath of the German invasion of France who become forced labourers on a German farm under the Service du travail obligatoire programme (STO), but become involved in the lives of their captors. Cast * Charles Aznavour : Roger Perrin * Nicole Courcel : Florence * Georges Rivière : Jean Durrieu * Cordula Trantow : Helga * Georges Chamarat : le boulanger / Baker * Jean Marchat : Michel Delmas * Albert Dinan : le milicien Cadix * Michel Etcheverry : Ludovic * Ruth Hausmeister : Frau Keßler * Benno Hoffmann : Otto * Henri Lambert : Louis * Lotte Ledl : Lotte * Bernard Musson : le prisonnier libéré * Alfred Schieske : Fritz Keßler * Serge Frédéric * Albert Rémy * Colette Régis * Jean Verner * Betty Schneider : Alice * Nerio Bernardi : Rodier Awards The film won the Golden Lion at the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Testament Of Orpheus
''Testament of Orpheus'' (french: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced in. Directed by and starring Jean Cocteau, who plays himself as an 18th-century poet, the film includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Pierre Leaud, and Yul Brynner. It is considered the final part of ''The Orphic Trilogy'', following ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1930) and '' Orphée'' (1950). One critic described it as a "wry, self-conscious re-examination of a lifetime's obsessions" with Cocteau placing himself at the center of the mythological and fictional world he spun throughout his books, films, plays and paintings. The film includes numerous instances of "double takes", including one scene where Cocteau, walking past himself, looks back to see himself in what was described by one scholar as "a retrospective on the Cocteau ''œuvre''". ''The New York Times'' called it "self-serving", noting that the pretension ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Walked Through The Wall
''The Man Who Walked Through the Wall'' () is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda, starring Heinz Rühmann and Nicole Courcel. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film is based on the novella '' The Man Who Walked Through Walls'' by Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of a man who out of frustration discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls. Cast * Heinz Rühmann as Herr Buchsbaum * Nicole Courcel as Yvonne Steiner * Rudolf Rhomberg as Painter * Rudolf Vogel as Fuchs * Peter Vogel as Hirschfeld * Hubert von Meyerinck as Pickler * Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murd ... as Holtzheimer Release The film premiered in Germany on 14 October 1959. It was released in the United States on 16 October 1964. See also *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of Doctor Laurent
''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (French: ''Le cas du Docteur Laurent'') is a 1957 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel and Silvia Monfort.Harriss p.196 It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris with location shooting taking place around Saint-Martin-Vésubie and Venanson in the French Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Cast * Jean Gabin as Le docteur J. Laurent * Nicole Courcel as Francine * Silvia Monfort as Catherine Loubet * Henri Arius as Le docteur A. Bastid * Daxely as M. Simonet, le boulanger * Lucien Callamand as M. Bertrand - le directeur de l'école * Josselin as M. Roux * Mag-Avril as Céline * Marthe Marty as La mère de Franchine * Germaine de France as Mme Vanolli * Raymone as La mère Loubet * Orane Demazis as La veuve Escalin * Yvonne Gamy as La sage-femme traditionnaliste * Henri-Jacques Huet as Antonin Escallin * Viviane Méry a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
