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Strangers In The House
''The Strangers in the House'' (''Les Inconnus dans la maison'') is a 1942 French drama film by Henri Decoin after the novel by the same name by Georges Simenon in 1940. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Plot Hector Loursat, attorney at law, lives with his daughter, Nicole, in a vast and shabby mansion in a provincial town. Their conversation with each other is limited, each somehow holding the other one responsible for the situation: Hector Loursat used to be one of the great attorneys until his wife left him for another man eighteen years ago. He has been drinking ever since, and given up living altogether, intoxicated every night. Hector did not care much about his daughter, who was brought up by Fine, the old woman servant in the house. One night, gunshots are heard upstairs in the house and Hector spots a shadow running away. Hector goes upstairs with Nicole and finds a dead man lying on an old bed in the attic. The police arrive and investigate. Hector soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Biography During World War I, Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for '' L'Auto'', ''L'Intransigeant'' and '' Paris-Soir''. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning ''Quinze Combats'' (''Fifteen Rounds''), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, ''Les requins du pétrole'' (''The Oil Sharks''). He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptations of Georges Simenon as The Strangers in the House (1942) - featuring Raimu in one of his famous roles, and The Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Grétillat
Jacques Marie Gaëtan Grétillat (26 August 1885 – 19 December 1950) was a French actor and film director. Grétillat was born in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), and died in Paris. Partial filmography * ''Hamlet'' (1908, Short) - Hamlet * '' Le traquenard'' (1915) * ''Les soeurs ennemies'' (1915) * ''The Corsican Brothers'' (1917) * ''La proie'' (1917) - Marc de Ricardo * ''Culprit'' (1917) - Prosper Aubry * ''48, avenue de l'Opéra'' (1917) - Jean Daumas * ''Géo, le mystérieux'' (1917) - Géo * ''Quarante H.P.'' (1919) - Comte de Clain * ''L'effroyable doute'' (1919) * ''La double existence du docteur Morart'' (1920) - Docteur Morart * ''Déchéance'' (1920) * ''Le père Goriot'' (1921) - Vautrin * ''Nero'' (1922) - Nero * ''La fille des chiffonniers'' (1922) - Dartès * '' David Golder'' (1931) - Marcus, Golders früherer Sozius * ''Pas sur la bouche'' (1931) - Le mari de Gilberte * ''Danton'' (1932) - Danton * ''The Red Robe'' (1934) - Mouzon * '' The Bread Peddler'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Drama Films
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1940s French-language Films
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1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on November 5, 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. It was the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of ...: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films With Screenplays By Henri-Georges Clouzot
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Black-and-white Films
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] |
Films Based On Works By Georges Simenon
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Belgian Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company at what later was the Théatre de Paris, only to shortly after at the Conservatoire, becoming a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française in early 1915, returning to it after three years military service in 1919.Obituary: Pierre Fresnay. The Times, 11 January 1975. Before his departure from the Comédie-Française in 1926 Fresnay had played 80 parts in Paris, excelling especially in the works of Alfred de Musset. After playing small roles, in 1915 he was engaged as a pensionnaire without taking an audition at the Comédie-Française, moving up to Mario in ''Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' and the title role in ''Britannicus''. After the armistice he appeared as Clitandre in ''Les Femmes savantes'', as well as other juvenile leads. These inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Sylvestre
Simone Marie Jeanne Berger (16 September 1923 – 29 March 2020), better known as Simone Sylvestre, was a French film actress. Sylvestre died on 29 March 2020, at the age of 96. Filmography * 1941: '' Ne bougez plus'' by Pierre Caron * 1941: ''Premier rendez-vous'' by Henri Decoin: a resident of the orphanage * 1942: '' The Strangers in the House'' by Henri Decoin: a journalist * 1944: ''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs'' by Marc Allégret: Édith * 1945: '' Félicie Nanteuil'' by Marc Allégret: Mme de Ligny * 1946: ''Twilight'' by Jean Dréville: Simone * 1946: '' Pétrus'' by Marc Allégret: Francine * 1947: '' La Femme en rouge'' by Louis Cuny: Irmène * 1949: ''Between Eleven and Midnight'' by Henri Decoin : Léone * 1955: ''Frou-Frou'' by Augusto Genina: Ketty * 1955: '' M'sieur la Caille'' by André Pergament: a girl * 1955: ''Razzia sur la chnouf'' by Henri Decoin: the man's partner with the gun * 1956: ''Elena and Her Men'' by Jean Renoir: a friend of Henri * 1957: '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmography * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1936) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) * '' Hercule'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Alert in the Mediterranean'' (1938) * '' I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''Night in December'' (1940) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' The Acrobat'' (1941) * '' The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' (1942) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * ''Adrien'' (1943) * '' The Black Cavalier'' (1945) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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