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René Génin
René Génin (25 January 1890 – 24 October 1967) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Nights of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Ernest the Rebel'' (1938) * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * ''Patricia'' (1942) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Pamela'' (1945) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''The Sea Rose'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) * ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * ''The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * '' The Passenger'' (1949) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The population of Aix-en-Provence is approximately 145,000. Its inhabitants are called ''Aixois'' or, less commonly, ''Aquisextains''. History Aix (''Aquae Sextiae'') was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus, who gave his name to its springs, following the destruction of the nearby Gallic oppidum at Entremont. In 102 BC its vicinity was the scene of the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, where the Romans under Gaius Marius defeated the Ambrones and Teutones, with mass suicides among the captured women, which passed into Roman legends of Germani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eleventh Hour Guest
''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (French: ''L'invité de la onzième heure'') is a 1945 French mystery film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Roger Pigaut.Rège p.229 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch. Synopsis An inventor claims to have invented an incredible new machine which acts as a thought detector amongst other things. On the evening he unveils it to his family and intended wife, tragedy strikes and he is found dead. Cast * Jean Tissier as Christophe Berri * Roger Pigaut as Le docteur Rémi Lambert * Blanchette Brunoy as Antoinette Langeais * Junie Astor as Isabelle Bourgoin * Lily Baron as Olga * Guillaume de Sax as Thomas Bourgoin * Marcel Delaître as Monsieur Sulnac * André Fouché as Serge * René Génin as Calixte * Jean Hébey as Frédéric * Lily Mounet as Madame Sulnac * Georgette Tissier Georgette Tissier (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Atomic Monsieur Placido
''The Atomic Monsieur Placido'' (French: ''L'atomique Monsieur Placido'') is a 1950 French comedy crime film directed by Robert Hennion and starring Rellys, Liliane Bert and René Génin.Bessy, Chirat & Bernard p.512 Cast * Rellys as Toni / Placido * Liliane Bert as Zaza * René Génin as Le violoniste * Jean Témerson as Un maître d'hôtel * Michel Ardan as Jim * René Alié as Un gangster * Arsenio Freignac as Sainclair * Georges Bever as Un maître d'hôtel * Henri Chauve * Pierre Destailles as Le gérant de l'hôtel * Jean Dunot as Le policier * Gayot * Philippe Janvier as L'impresario * Rudy Lenoir * Julien Maffre as Le directeur * Jacques Provins as L'Égyptien * Marcel Rouzé * Zoïga * Nina Myral as La vieille dame * Madeleine Suffel as Une comédienne * Blanche Ariel * Christiane Barry as Une comédienne * Jacqueline Lerinat * Lisette Lebon * Robert Arnoux as Joe * Nicolas Amato as Le régisseur * Jacques Beauvais Ancient and noble French family name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Needs Men
''God Needs Men'' (French: ''Dieu a besoin des hommes'') is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robinson and Daniel Gélin. The film is based on a 1944 novel ''Un recteur de l'Île de Sein'' by Henri Queffelec. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place on the Île de Sein off Finistère in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. It was originally due to be the French entry at the 1950 Venice Film Festival but it was withdrawn due to fears that its subject might offend the Catholic Church. However, due to its popularity, including amongst Catholics, it was accepted for screening at the Festival anyway.Johnson p.295 At the 1951 Berlin Film Festival it won the Special Prize for an Excellent Film Achievement. Plot On a rugged, poverty stricken island off the coast of Brittany many of the inhabitants spend their time as wreckers preying on shipwre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passenger (1949 Film)
''The Passenger'' (French: ''La passagère'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and René Génin.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.275 Cast * Georges Marchal as Pierre Kerjean * Dany Robin as Nicole Vernier * René Génin as Firmin * Dora Doll as Colette Mouche * Henri Bosc as Bermond * Michel Marsay as Prince Grégor * Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * '' Rooster Heart'' (1946) * '' Inspe ... as M.. Chardon * Germaine Gerlata as Mme. Chardon * Claire Olivier as Mlle Arguin * Marfa d'Hervilly as Mme Davracay * Michel Leray as Lecoulteux References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1949 comedy films French comedy f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lovers Of Verona
''The Lovers of Verona'' (french: Les amants de Vérone) is a 1949 French romantic drama film co-written and directed by André Cayatte, loosely based on the William Shakespeare play ''Romeo and Juliet''. The film was a joint project of screenwriter Jacques Prevert and director Cayatte and enjoyed great international success. It was released in Italy in 1949, then internationally in 1951. Plot Shortly after World War II, Angelo, a glassblower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the daughter of a fascist magistrate, are cast as stand-ins for the stars of a film version of ''Romeo and Juliet'' being shot on location in Venice. Inevitably they fall in love and their affair parallels the Shakespeare tragedy. The principal difficulty is the scheming of Rafaële, the Magia family's ruthless consigliere. In the end, Angelo is killed and Georgia dies at his side. Cast * Serge Reggiani as Angelo (Romeo) * Anouk Aimée as Georgia (Juliet) * Martine Carol as Bettina Verdi, the star of the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farm Of Seven Sins
''The Farm of Seven Sins'' (French: ''La Ferme des sept péchés'') is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Claude Génia and Aimé Clariond. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert. Synopsis During the 1820s, a notorious opponent of France's Bourbon Restoration is murdered in his country house. The authorities investigate whether it was his friends or enemies who killed him. Awards The film won the Golden Leopard award at the 1949 Locarno International Film Festival Cast * Jacques Dumesnil as Paul-Louis Courier * Claude Génia as Herminie * Aimé Clariond as Le marquis de Siblas * Pierre Renoir as Le procureur Edmond de Chancey * Alfred Adam as Symphorien Dubois * Georges Grey as Pierre Dubois * Palau as Le juge d'instruction / Examining judge * Arthur Devère as Frémont * Héléna Manson as Michèle Frémont dite La Michel * Jacques Dufilho as François Sovignant * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Trip
''The Beautiful Trip'' (French: ''Le beau voyage'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Louis Cuny and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Pierre Richard-Willm and André Valmy.The A to Z of French Cinema p. 374 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. Cast * Renée Saint-Cyr as Lena * Pierre Richard-Willm as Richard Lehmann * André Valmy as Yvon * Pierre Bertin as Le passager au monocle * Jean Wall as Wallace * Laure Diana as Une passagère * René Génin as Le patron du magasin de lingerie * Marcel Carpentier as Le banquier * Jane Marken as La femme d'Albert * Paul Ollivier as Albert * Marcel Pérès as Le patron du 'Café du port' * Luce Clament * Ginette Baudin as La femme du banquier * Marius David * René Pascal * Paul Delauzac as Le commandant Bernard * Odette Barencey as La vieille femme au restaurant * Edmond Beauchamp as Le marin solitaire sur la plage * Bernard Charlan as Le bibliothécaire * Robert Demorget as Le f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Amants Du Pont Saint-Jean
''Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' is a 1947 French film directed by Henri Decoin. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Pilou and Augusta are in love, but Augusta's father, the conservative mayor of the city, does not look upon their relationship kindly. His reprobation is directed less at the boy himself than at his parents, Maryse and Alcide Garonne, who are living together unmarried. Pilou and Augusta run away, and the mayor finally accept their union provided that the Pilou's parents regularize their situation through marriage. This they do, but after their marriage, the lovers separate. Finally, Pilou's mother falls and dies on the bank of the Rhone, and Alcide, overwhelmed with grief, throws himself into the river. Cast * Nadine Alari as Augusta * Odette Barencey as Amélie * Pauline Carton as Tante Marguerite * Marc Cassot as Pilou * René-Jean Chauffard * André Darnay as Doiren * Pierre Darteuil as Rival * Pierre Ferval * Paul Frankeur as Girard * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Village (film)
''The Lost Village'' (French: ''Le village perdu'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Christian Stengel and starring Gaby Morlay, Alfred Adam and Line Noro.Rège p.940 It is based on a novel by Gilbert Dupé. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand Lucien Aguettand (28 January 1901 – 14 February 1989) was a French art directorHayward p.205 who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * ''All That's Not Worth Love' .... Synopsis The villagers of Haute-Savoie live in terror following a series of suspicious deaths. Cast References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1947 films 1947 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Christian Stengel French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jericho (1946 Film)
''Jericho'' is a 1946 French war film directed by Henri Calef based on Operation Jericho.Rège p.186 During the Second World War the Royal Air Force and the French Resistance take part in a joint operation known as "Jericho" to free fifty civilians being held as hostages by the occupying German Army in Amiens. Cast * Nadine Alari as Alice Noblet * Roland Armontel as Muscat * Jean Brochard as Michaud * André Carnège as L'aumônier allemand * Jacques Charon as Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu * Paul Demange as André Morget * Yves Deniaud as Robert Detaille * Paul Faivre * Guy Favières as Le maire * Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Michaud * René Génin as Camille Duroc * Albert Glado * Jacques Henley * Maxime Joal * Pierre Larquey as Béquille * Albert Michel as Le correspondant qui vient de Hollande * Henri Nassiet as Le commandant Munchhausen * Reggie Nalder * Line Noro as Rosa Duroc * Palau as Dietrich * Fred Pasquali * Raphaël Patorni as Batignolles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Rose
''The Sea Rose'' (French: ''La rose de la mer'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Denise Bosc, Fernand Ledoux and Roger Pigaut.Goble p.478 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Synopsis Jérôme his uncle Romain own an old cargo ship. When he discovers that Romain and his dishonest crew plan to scuttle the ship for insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ... money he attempts to prevent them. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1946 films 1946 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli Films based on French novels Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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