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Raymond Borderie
Raymond Borderie (30 March 1897 – 12 July 1982) was a French film producer. He produced more than 30 films between 1934 and 1968. Selected filmography *''Les Misérables'' (1934) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) * ''The Lovers of Verona'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * '' Miquette'' (1950) * ''Deburau'' (1951) * ''Edward and Caroline'' (1951) * ''Wolves Hunt at Night'' (1952) * ''The Wages of Fear'' (1953) * ''The Proud and the Beautiful'' (1953) * ''Orient Express'' (1954) * ''The Crucible'' (1957) * ''La fièvre monte à El Pao'' (1959) * ''Women Are Like That'' (1960) * ''Ravishing'' (1960) * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) * ''Angelique and the King'' (1966) * ''Diabolically Yours ''Diabolically Yours'' (french: Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables (1934 Film)
''Les Misérables'' is a 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Raymond Bernard and stars Harry Baur as Jean Valjean and Charles Vanel as Javert. The film lasts four and a half hours and is considered by critics to be the greatest adaptation of the novel, due to its more in-depth development of the themes and characters, in comparison with most shorter adaptations. Although produced by Pathé it was not shot at the company's Joinville Studios in Paris but on a specially constructed set in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes as well as the nearby Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Carré and Jean Perrier. The music, which is substantial, was written by the eminent Swiss composer Arthur Honegger. It was released as three films that premiered over a period of three weeks. * Part One: ''Une tempête sous un crâne'' (Tempest in a Skull) * Part Two: ''Les Thénardier'' (The Thenardiers) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proud And The Beautiful
''The Proud and the Beautiful'' (french: Les Orgueilleux, sub-title: ''Alvarado'', aka ''The Proud Ones'') is a 1953 drama film directed by Yves Allégret. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story (the nomination officially went to Jean-Paul Sartre), but lost to Dalton Trumbo (under the pseudonym Robert Rich) for '' The Brave One''. Cast *Michèle Morgan as Nellie, a beautiful French tourist, whose husband suddenly dies, leaving her without resource in a foreign squalid village. *Gérard Philipe as Georges, a castaway drunkard, bubble of the local mob, formerly French M.D. *Carlos López Moctezuma as "el doctor", the local worn-out M.D. *Víctor Manuel Mendoza as Don Rodrigo, the local god-father, a typical bullying ''macho''. *Michèle Cordoue as Anna, Don Rodrigo's harsh and vulgar French wife. *André Toffel as Tom, a French tourist stopping to die of meningitis in Alvarado *Arturo Soto Rangel as the local priest. *Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diabolically Yours
''Diabolically Yours'' (french: Diaboliquement vôtre) is a 1967 psychological thriller film starring Alain Delon and Senta Berger. It was the last film by director Julien Duvivier. Plot Waking from a three-week coma in a private clinic with amnesia, a man is told that he survived a car crash and that he is Georges Campo, a name he does not recognise. A beautiful woman he does not know, who says she is his wife Christiane, takes him to recuperate in a mansion in walled grounds. With her is a doctor, Frédéric Launay, who says he is an old friend from their days in business together in Hong Kong. At the mansion they are greeted by the half-Chinese butler, Kim, who is offhand with him but has a suspiciously close relationship with Christiane. He is told that he must rest and take copious medication, while Christiane adds that there is no hope of any marital relations until he is fully well. Voices start troubling him at night and he suffers nightmares, in one of which he is a coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelique And The King
''Angelique and the King'' (French: ''Angélique et le Roy''), Italian: ''Angelica alla corte del re'') is a 1966 historical adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie. It stars Michèle Mercier. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place at Versailles, the Abbey of Fontenay, the Château de Chantilly and Senlis. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Plot In the third film of the Angelique series, the title character is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV of France. Later she learns that rumors are spreading that she is the King's mistress. In addition, she learns a secret that a satanic cult are practicing human sacrifices. Cast *Michèle Mercier as Angélique de Plessis-Bellière *Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac *Jean Rochefort as Desgrez *Claude Giraud as Philippe de Plessis-Bellières *Jacques Toja as Louis XIV *Sami Frey as Bachtiary Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvelous Angelique
''Marvelous Angelique'' (French: ''Merveilleuse Angélique'') is a 1965 historical romantic adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie. It is the second film in the Angélique series, based upon the novels by Anne and Serge Golon, and a sequel to ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges''. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany.Klossner p.256 It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. Location shooting took place at Versailles. The sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Synopsis After the execution of Jeoffrey de Peyrac, Angélique finds refuge at the Cour des Miracles and the boss Calembredaine; he turns out to be her childhood friend and first love Nicolas. With his help she finds her children. After a fight between two rival gangs, Nicolas is shot and Angélique is arrested and sent to the Châtelet. She asks the captain to let her go rescue her children, he agrees but she has to come back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angélique, Marquise Des Anges
''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' is a 1964 historical romance film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein and Jean Rochefort. It is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Anne and Serge Golon. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location at the Château de Tanlay and Fontenay Abbey. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. The film was a major hit across Continental Europe, and in 1967 was distributed in Britain. It was followed by four sequels starting with ''Marvelous Angelique. Synopsis In mid-17th century France, young Louis XIV is struggling for his throne, beggars and thieves haunt Paris and brigands roam the countryside. Fifth child of an impoverished country nobleman, Angélique de Sancé de Monteloup grows up in the Poitou marshlands. Her logical destiny would be to marry a poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravishing
''Ravishing'' (French: ''Ravissante'') is a 1960 French-Italian comedy film directed by Robert Lamoureux and starring Lamoureux, Sylva Koscina and Philippe Noiret.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.143 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Cast * Robert Lamoureux as Thierry * Sylva Koscina as Evelyne Cotteret * Philippe Noiret as Maurice * Lucile Saint-Simon as Françoise * Jacques Dacqmine as Marc Cotteret * Raoul Marco as L'aubergiste * Dominique Page as Hélène * Donatella Mauro as L'hôtesse italienne * Roger Crouzet as Le steward * Nando Bruno as Official at Rome Airport * Lucien Frégis as Le garagiste * Brigitte Juslin as Louise * Eddie Constantine as Eddie * Robert Rollis Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Are Like That (1960 Film)
''Women Are Like That'' (French: ''Comment qu'elle est?'') is a 1960 French spy thriller film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion and Alfred Adam. It is based on the 1945 novel '' I'll Say She Does'' by the British writer Peter Cheyney featuring hardboiled FBI agent Lemmy Caution.Goble p.82 It was part of a series of films featuring Constantine as Caution, inspired by the books by Cheyney who had a large French following. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Synopsis Federal agent Lemmy Caution arrives in France to hunt down a spy known as Varley, but finds himself in a rivalry with the French police who are also chasing the same lead. Cast * Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution * Françoise Brion as Martine * Alfred Adam as Pascal Girotti * Renaud Mary as Demur * Robert Berri as Dombie * Nicolas Vogel as Mayne * Françoise Prévost as Isabelle * André Luguet as Le général Rupert * Fabienne Dali as Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fièvre Monte à El Pao
''La fièvre monte à El Pao'' ("''Fever Mounts at El Pao''", also known in English as ''Republic of Sin'') is a 1959 film by director Luis Buñuel. Gérard Philipe died four months after the filming. This was his last film. Plot On the remote Caribbean island Ojeda an agitated population kills their despotic ruler Mariano Vargas. His secretary Ramón Vázquez takes over and tries to reinstate public order. Meanwhile, Alejandro Gual, leader of a special military unit, tries to take the place of Ramón Vázquez. Knowing that Ramón Vázquez had an affair with the dictator's wife Inés, he tries to turn the widow against her lover. Cast * Gérard Philipe as Ramón Vázquez * María Félix as Inés Rojas * Jean Servais as Alejandro Gual * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Gouvernor Mariano Vargas * Raúl Dantés as Lieutenant García * Domingo Soler as Professeur Juan Cárdenas * Víctor Junco Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
