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Pierre Montazel
Pierre Montazel (5 March 1911 – 8 September 1975) was a French cinematographer and screenwriter.Kay Weniger: ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films.'' Berlin 2001, Band 5, S. 520 Selected filmography * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * ''The Wolf of the Malveneurs'' (1943) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''Devil and the Angel'' (1946) * '' Six Hours to Lose'' (1947) * '' Counter Investigation'' (1947) * ''Antoine and Antoinette'' (1947) * '' Cruise for the Unknown One'' (1948) * ''I Like Only You'' (1949) * ''Not Any Weekend for Our Love'' (1950) * ''Paris Still Sings'' (1951) * ''Judgement of God'' (1952) * ''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (1954) * ''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (1954) * ''Gas-Oil'' (1955) * ''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (1956) * ''Charming Boys'' (1957) * '' Anyone Can Kill Me'' (1957) * '' Burning Fuse'' (1957) * '' The Cat'' (1958) * ''Du rififi chez les femmes'' (1959) * ''The Cat Shows Her Claws ''The Cat Shows H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidocq (1939 Film)
''Vidocq'' is a 1939 French historical crime film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring André Brulé, Nadine Vogel and René Ferté.Crisp p.38 The film is based on the memoirs of Eugène François Vidocq. Vidocq was a criminal in nineteenth century Paris who changed sides and became a leading detective. Illustrations created by Gaston Hoffman. Cast See also *''A Scandal in Paris'' (1946) *'' Vidocq'' (2001) *''The Emperor of Paris ''The Emperor of Paris'' is a 2018 French historical drama film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Éric Besnard and Richet. Plot The film is about an ex-con turned police officer. Under the reign of Napoleon, Francois Vidocq cu ...'' (2018) References Bibliography * Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993. External links * 1939 films French crime films French historical films 1939 crime films 1930s historical films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jacq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gas-Oil
''Gas-Oil'' is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of a number of films portraying tough truck drivers made in the wake of the success of the 1953 film ''The Wages of Fear''. It was the first of many films in which Gabin appeared in written by his fellow Parisian Michel Audiard.Harriss p.174 Synopsis While driving home one night after meeting his girlfriend, trucker Jean Chape encounters a dead body lying in the road. He reports it the police but they suspect that he is responsible. Cast * Jean Gabin as Jean Chape * Jeanne Moreau as Alice * Gaby Basset as Camille Serin * Ginette Leclerc as Mme Scoppo * Simone Berthier as Annie, une serveuse * Charles Bouillaud as Le gendarme dactylographe * Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Screenwriters
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Film Directors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cinematographers
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in San Francisco harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Gendarme En Balade
''The gendarme to stroll'' (french: Le gendarme en balade) is the fourth instalment of the gendarme series starring Louis de Funès and also known as "The Gendarme Takes Off" and "The Troops on Vacation". It is followed by two more films: ''Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres'' and ''Le gendarme et les gendarmettes''. Plot Changes are coming for the Gendarmerie Brigade of Saint Tropez. The gendarmes are forced into retirement to make way for a younger breed. Even so, when they learn that one of them has had an accident and has become amnesiac, they reunite to help him get his memory back. Along the way, they have to stop juvenile delinquents to put a nuclear warhead on a rocket said youths built, while being pursued by their younger colleagues. Cast * Louis de Funès : Ludovic Cruchot * Michel Galabru: Jérôme Gerber * Claude Gensac: Josépha * Jean Lefebvre: Fougasse * Christian Marin: Merlot * Guy Grosso: Tricard * Michel Modo: Berlicot * France Rumilly: Sister Clothilde * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat Shows Her Claws
''The Cat Shows Her Claws'' (French: ''La chatte sort ses griffes'') is a 1960 French war drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Françoise Arnoul, Horst Frank and François Guérin.Bessy & Chirat p.287 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Paris including Montmartre. It is the sequel to the 1958 film '' The Cat'' about the French Resistance. Synopsis Cora Menessier is sentenced to death by the Resistance in 1944 for an alleged betrayal. After her execution she is left for dead, but is recovered by the Germans who brainwash her and plan to use her as a counter-agent. They release her to target a Resistance operation designed to blow up a train carrying V1s to be used to bombard London and the English coast. Cast * Françoise Arnoul as Cora Menessier dite La Chatte * Horst Frank as Major von Hollwitz * François Guérin as Louis * Harold Kay as Charles * Françoise Spira as Marie-José * Jacques Fabbri as Gustave - le chef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Rififi Chez Les Femmes
''Du rififi chez les femmes'' ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959. Plot In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge; the other by Bug, who wants to reign over the lucrative nightlife business. Vicky and her gang, who are planning a bank raid, are going to see their plans confounded by Bug. In effect, he is being manipulated by a police officer who forces him to help break up a drug trafficking deal in return for keeping his residence in Belgium. Bug and Yoko will strongly compromise the bank raid, believing that it is linked to the drugs. Book The film is based on the Auguste Le Breton novel, ''Du rififi chez les femmes'', published in 1957 and reprinted in 2010.Éditions Plon web siteDu rififi chez les femmes(accessed 11 February 2012) Production * Director: Alex Joffé * Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat (1958 Film)
''The Cat'' (French: ''La chatte'') is a 1958 French war drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Françoise Arnoul, Bernhard Wicki and André Versini.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.120 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The story is loosely based on that of the Resistance operative Mathilde Carré during the Second World War. A commercial success, it was followed by a sequel ''The Cat Shows Her Claws ''The Cat Shows Her Claws'' (French: ''La chatte sort ses griffes'') is a 1960 French war drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Françoise Arnoul, Horst Frank and François Guérin.Bessy & Chirat p.287 It was shot at the Billancourt S ...'' in 1960. Cast References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1958 war films French war drama films 1958 films 1950s French-language films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Fuse
''Burning Fuse'' (French: ''Le feu aux poudres'') is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The films sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Synopsis Lola, the wife of a notorious arms dealer Pédro Wassevitch is attracted to a young painter Ludovic. Unknown to her he has been sent to infiltrate Wassevitch's operation which both a rival and the police are interested in. Cast * Raymond Pellegrin as Ludovic 'Ludo' Ferrier * Charles Vanel as Albatrasse * Peter van Eyck as Pédro Wassevitch * Françoise Fabian as Lola Wassevitch * Lino Ventura as Legentil * Darío Moreno as Jeff * Lyla Rocco as Brigitte * Jacqueline Maillan as Mme Catherine, l'aubergiste * Mathilde Casadesus as Mimi * Pierre-Louis as L' inspecteur Fougeron * Roland Armontel as Antoine * Henri Cogan as Matt * Michel Flamme as Un inspecteur * Michel Jourdan as Dédé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
