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Night Flight From Moscow
''Night Flight from Moscow'' (also known as ''The Serpent'') (French: ''Le Serpent'') is a 1973 French-Italian-West German Cold War spy-thriller film that was produced, cowritten and directed by Henri Verneuil and starred Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde and Philippe Noiret. The score was composed by Ennio Morricone. Plot Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov (Yul Brynner), a high-ranking KGB official who defects while he is in France, has highly classified information as part of a deal with Western intelligence for his arrival in the United States. The debriefing is held at Langley by DCI Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) and MI6 representative Philip Boyle ( Dirk Bogarde). Vlassov hands a list that he has of enemy agents in Western Europe, including a deep penetration into NATO. Davies wants to begin operations to arrest the agents, but those on the list suddenly begin to die off. The CIA also has suspicions over the authenticity of Vlassov's claims. The CIA discovers that a defection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards. According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. Life and career Early life Verneuil was born Ashot Malakian ( hy, Աշոտ Մալաքեան) to Armenian parents in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In 1924, when Ashot was a litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's countries and territories vary depending on context. The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to "the East" and originally applied to the ancient Mediterranean world, the Roman Empire (Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire), and medieval " Christendom" (Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity). Beginning with the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery, roughly from the 15th century, the concept of ''Europe'' as "the West" slowly became distinguished from and eventually replaced the dominant use of "Christendom" as the preferred endonym within the region. By the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, the concepts of " Eastern Europe" and "Western Europe" were more regularly used. Historical divisions Classical antiquity and medieval origins Prior to the Roman conquest, a large part of Western Europe had adopted the newly developed La Tène culture. As the Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Diberti
Luigi Diberti (born 29 September 1939) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in ''Magnificat'', which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Metello'' (1970) * ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (1971) * '' The Seduction of Mimi'' (1972) * ''Beau Masque'' (1972) * '' Libera, My Love'' (1973) * ''Wifemistress'' (1977) * '' Last Feelings'' (1978) * '' The Secret'' (1990) * ''Magnificat'' (1993) * '' The Stendhal Syndrome'' (1996) * '' Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth'' (2000) * ''I Am Emma'' (2002) * ''Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for d ...'' (2008) References External links * 1939 births Living people Italian male film actors Actors from Turin A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farley Granger
Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor, best known for his two collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock: ''Rope'' in 1948 and '' Strangers on a Train'' in 1951. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in '' The North Star'' (1943), a controversial film praising the Soviet Union at the height of World War II, but later condemned for its political bias. Another war film, ''The Purple Heart'' (1944), followed, before Granger's naval service in Honolulu, in a unit that arranged troop entertainment in the Pacific. Here he made useful contacts, including Bob Hope, Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. It was also where he began exploring his bisexuality, which he said he never felt any need to conceal. His role in Hitchcock's ''Rope'', a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder case of 1924, earned him much critical praise though the film got mixe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Dubois
Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress. Career She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next year as Léna in '' Shoot the Piano Player''. She then played mainly supporting roles. In the 1960s she appeared in New Wave films such as ''Jules and Jim'' and '' The Thief of Paris'', thrillers like '' Hot Line'', and comedies like '' La Ronde'', '' La Grande Vadrouille'', and ''Monte Carlo or Bust''. Other film appearances by Dubois during the 1970s include ''L'Innocente'', '' The Surveyors'', '' Vincent, François, Paul et les autres'', '' Night Flight from Moscow'' and ''La Menace''. In 1978 she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Dominique Montlaur in ''La Menace''. In the 1980s she appeared in ''Mon oncle d'Amérique'', '' La Petite Sirène'', '' Une femme en fuite'', ''Garçon!'' and ''Descente aux enf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elga Andersen
Elga Andersen (née Helga Hymen or Hymmen) (2 February 1935 – 7 December 1994) was a German actress and singer. She starred in more than one dozen French films in the 1950s and 1960s and also debuted as a recording artist in the 1950s. She performed the songs "" and "" in the 1961 film '' The Guns of Navarone'', and co-starred in the 1971 Steve McQueen film ''Le Mans''. Together with her second husband, Peter Gimbel, she embarked on a 1981 diving expedition of the sunken . Early life She was born Helga Hymen (or Hymmen) in Dortmund, Germany. She was the only child of her parents; her father was a civil engineer. Her father enlisted with the Wehrmacht two weeks before World War II ended and was dispatched to the Russian front; he was never heard from again. Hymen dropped out of high school at age 16 and worked as an English and French interpreter to help support her and her mother. When she was 18 she moved to Paris and worked as a model. Film career She made her acting debut i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Pitagora
Paola Pitagora (born 24 August 1941) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 50 films since 1959. Biography Born in Parma, Pitagora attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and the acting school by Alessandro Fersen. In 1960 she debuted as a RAI TV-hostess of variety and infortaintment programs. In 1962 she made her theatrical debut with ''Gog e Magog'', then appeared in a great number of stage works. In 1965 she achieved a wide popularity with the leading role of Lucia in the TV series ''I Promessi sposi'' directed by Sandro Bolchi. She later starred on several other TV series, having one another remarkable success in 1972 with the sci-fi series ''A come Andromeda''. Pitagora's film career started in 1959 with an uncredited role in ''Costa azzurra''; she had fewer opportunities to show her talent at cinema, where is probably best known for the role of the unstable Giulia of Marco Bellocchio's ''Fists in the Pocket'' (1965). In 1969 she won the Nastro d'Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virna Lisi
Verna or Virna may refer to: People * Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books * Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress * Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter * Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian retired volleyball player * Verna Felton (1890–1966), American actress * Virna Haffer (1899–1974), American photographer, printmaker, painter, musician and author * Virna Jandiroba (born 1988), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Virna Lindt, Swedish singer * Virna Lisi, stage name of Italian actress Virna Pieralisi (1936–2014) * Virginia Virna Sheard (1862–1943), Canadian poet and novelist * Verna Allette Wilkins, author, founder of Tamarind BooksOC right * Anna C. Verna Anna Cibotti Verna (April 15, 1931 – June 15, 2021) was the President of the Philadelphia City Council on which she served from 1975 to 2012, as the representative of the Second District, which encompasses most of South Philadelphia as well as m ... (1931-2021), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Held
Martin Held (1908–1992) was a German television and film actor. Partial filmography * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) - Alexander Grabner * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) - Direktor Petermann * '' Canaris Master Spy'' (1954) - Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich * ''Alibi'' (1955) - Dr. Kurt Overbeck * ''Before Sundown'' (1956) - Erich Klamroth * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) - Dr. Obermüller * ' (1956) - Falkenstein * ''Spy for Germany'' (1956) - Erich Gimpel * ' (1957) - Herbert Burkhardt * ''The Fox of Paris'' (1957) - Gen. Quade * ''Nasser Asphalt'' (''Wet Asphalt'') (1958) - Cesar Boyd * '' My Daughter Patricia'' (1959) - Heinz Roland, Apotheker * ''Roses for the Prosecutor'' (1959) - Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Wilhelm Schramm * ' (''Bumerang'') (1960) - Hauptkommissar Stern * '' The Last Witness'' (1960) - Direktor Werner Rameil * ''The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'' (1961) - Frédéric René Saint-Claude * '' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1961) - Charles * ''The Dream of Lieschen Mueller'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for ''Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars for ''How I Killed My Father'' (2001) and '' The Last Mitterrand'' (2005). He also received the Molière Award for Best Actor for ''Les côtelettes'' in 1998, then again for ''Exit the King'' in 2005. In 2014, he was awarded the Honorary Molière for the sum of his career. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 2018. Biography Michel François Pierre Bouquet was born on 6 November 1925 in Paris. When he was seven years old, he was sent to a boarding school where he stayed until the age of 14. He aspired to become a doctor but had to quit school at the age of 15 after his father had been taken prisoner during World War II. Bouquet worked as a baker's apprentice, then a bank clerk, to provide for the family. After a short stay i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygraph
A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked and answers a series of questions. The belief underpinning the use of the polygraph is that deceptive answers will produce physiological responses that can be differentiated from those associated with non-deceptive answers; however, there are no specific physiological reactions associated with lying, making it difficult to identify factors that separate those who are lying from those who are telling the truth. In some countries, polygraphs are used as an interrogation tool with criminal suspects or candidates for sensitive public or private sector employment. US law enforcement and federal government agencies such as the FBI, DEA, CIA, NSA, and many police departments such as the LAPD and the Virginia State Police use polygraph exam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of ; Little Ararat's elevation is . The Ararat massif is about wide at ground base. The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829. In Europe, the mountain has been called by the name Ararat since the Middle Ages, as it began to be identified with " mountains of Ararat" described in the Bible as the resting place of Noah's Ark, despite contention that does not refer specifically to a Mount Ararat. Despite lying outside the borders of modern Armenia, the mountain is the principal national symbol of Armenia and has been considered a sacred mountain by Armenians. It is fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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