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Portrait Of Innocence
''Portrait of Innocence'' (French: ''Nous les gosses'') is a 1941 French comedy drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Louise Carletti, Gilbert Gil and André Brunot. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris during the German occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It is also known by the alternative title ''Us Kids'', and drew uncredited inspiration from Erich Kästner's novel ''Emil and the Detectives''.Cardullo p.135 In 1948 Cecil Day-Lewis based his book ''The Otterbury Incident'' on the film's screenplay. Cast * Louise Carletti as Mariette * Gilbert Gil as Monsieur Morin, l'instituteur * André Brunot as Le commissaire * Marcel Pérès as Victor Lemoine * Louis Seigner as Le directeur de l'école * Anthony Gildès as Le père Castor * Léonce Corne as L'ami de la famille * Martial Rèbe as Le père de Fernand * Madeleine Geoffroy as La mère de Fernand * Jeanne Pérez as La mère de Jeannot * Henry Darbray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Daquin
Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Patrie'' (1946) * ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (1947) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''Bel Ami'' (1955) * '' Ciulinii Bărăganului'' (1958) (co-director, with Gheorghe Vitanidis) * ''The Opportunists ''The Opportunists'' is a 1999 British-American crime drama film, written and directed by Myles Connell, and starring Christopher Walken, Cyndi Lauper, Donal Logue, and Vera Farmiga. The film takes place in the urban setting of Greenpoint, Brook ...'' (1959) * ''La Foire aux cancres'' (1963) References External links * * 1908 births 1980 deaths People from Calais French film directors French male film actors 20th-century Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Occupation Of France
The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France. This so-called ' was established in June 1940, and renamed ' ("north zone") in November 1942, when the previously unoccupied zone in the south known as ' ("free zone") was also occupied and renamed ' ("south zone"). Its role in France was partly governed by the conditions set by the Second Armistice at after the success of the leading to the Fall of France; at the time both French and Germans thought the occupation would be temporary and last only until Britain came to terms, which was believed to be imminent. For instance, France agreed that its soldiers would remain prisoners of war until the cessation of all hostilities. The "French State" (') replaced the French Third Republic that had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Darbray
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Pérez
Jeanne Pérez (28 September 1894 – 11 May 1975) was a French film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1930 and 1975. Filmography References External links * 1894 births 1975 deaths French film actresses People from Castelsarrasin 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Geoffroy
Madeleine may refer to: Common meanings *Madeleine (name), also Madeline, a feminine given name *Madeleine (cake), a traditional sweet cake from France *Mary Magdalene, also called the Madeleine Arts and entertainment * ''Madelein'' (1919 film), a German silent film * ''Madeleine'' (1950 film), a film directed by David Lean * ''Madeleine'' (2003 film), a South Korean romance * ''Madeleine'' (opera), a 1914 1-act opera by Victor Herbert * "Madeleine" (Backstreet Boys song), the fourth track of ''In a World Like This'' *"Madeleine", a song by Jonathan Kelly, released as a single in 1972 *"Madeleine", a song by Jacques Brel *"Madeleine Episode", archetypal involuntary memory in Marcel Proust's book, ''In Search of Lost Time'' *''Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists,'' a 1919 novel by Hope Mirrlees *''Songs for Madeleine'', a 2018 novel by Fátima Carrero Places * Madeleine (Paris Métro), near the Église de la Madeleine *Madeleine (river), in eastern France *Magdalen Islands ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Rèbe
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Martial has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist, and is considered the creator of the modern epigram. Early life Knowledge of his origins and early life are derived almost entirely from his works, which can be more or less dated according to the well-known events to which they refer. In Book X of his ''Epigrams'', composed between 95 and 98, he mentions celebrating his fifty-seventh birthday; hence he was born during March 38, 39, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léonce Corne
Léonce Charles Corne (18 March 1894 – 31 December 1977) was a French film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1974. Selected filmography * ''The Girl and the Boy'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Premature Father'' (1933) * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Coral Reefs'' (1939) * ''Happy Days'' (1941) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' Forces occultes'' (1943) * '' The Midnight Sun'' (1943) * '' Summer Light'' (1943) * ''Domino'' (1943) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * ''Under the Cards'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * ''Monsieur Octave'' (1951) * ''Alone in Paris'' (1951) * ''Two Pennies Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Gildès
Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (1917) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * '' American Love'' (1931) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' Toto'' (1933) * '' The Abbot Constantine'' (1933) * ''Lake of Ladies'' (1934) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * '' Dora Nelson'' (1935) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * '' The King'' (1936) * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' Chaste Susanne'' (1937) * '' The House Opposite'' (1937) * '' Josette'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * ''Entente Cordiale'' (1939) * '' Miquette'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Seigner
Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor. He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He was the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, and the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathilde Seigner and Marie-Amélie Seigner Maria Amalia may refer to: * Maria Amalia of Courland (1653–1711), princess of Courland from the Ketteler family * Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (1582–1635), royal of the House of Nassau * Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782–1866), Qu .... Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seigner, Louis 1903 births 1991 deaths French male film actors French male stage actors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française People from Isère 20th-century French male actors French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni category:Burials at Ivry Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pérès (actor)
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career.Crisp p.232 He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''Night in December'' (1940) * ''Radio Surprises'' (1940) * ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (1941) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * ''It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * ''St. Val's Mystery'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Panic (Panique)'' (1946) * '' Lunegarde'' (1946) * '' Raboliot'' (1946) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) * ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''The Farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Otterbury Incident
''The Otterbury Incident'' is a novel for children by Cecil Day-Lewis first published in the UK in 1948 with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, and in the USA in 1949. Day-Lewis's second and final children's book, the novel is an adaptation of a French screenplay, ''Nous les gosses'' (Us Kids), that was filmed in 1941.Benjamin Watson, ''English Schoolboy Stories: An Annotated Bibliography'', Scarecrow Press 1992, Plot The novel is set in the immediate post-World War II period in the fictional English small provincial town of Otterbury. The town was largely untouched by the war apart from one accidental hit from a mis-targeted bomb which destroyed a few buildings near the centre of the town; schoolboy Nick Yates was pulled from the ruins and his parents were killed. The bombsite is known locally as the "Incident" of the book's title, and is used as a site for war-games by two rival gangs of boys from the local King's School: Ted's Company, led by 13-year-old Edward Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Day-Lewis
Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Irish-born British poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. During World War II, Day-Lewis worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information for the U.K. government, and also served in the Musbury branch of the British Home Guard. He is the father of actor Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis. Life and work Day-Lewis was born in 1904 in Ballintubbert, Athy/Stradbally border, Queen's County (now known as County Laois), Ireland. He was the son of Frank Day-Lewis, a Church of Ireland rector of that parish, and Kathleen Blake (née Squires; died 1906). Some of his family were from England (Hertfordshire and Canterbury). His father took the surname "Day-Lewis" as a combination of his own birth father's ("Day") and adoptive father's ("L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
