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Taras Bulba (1936 Film)
''Taras Bulba'' (French: ''Tarass Boulba'') is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Harry Baur, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Danielle Darrieux. It is one of many films based on the story of Taras Bulba. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Andrej Andrejew. The costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. Many of the film's production team were Russian exiles, who had left following the Russian Revolution. The rights to the film were bought by Alexander Korda who remade it in Britain as ''The Rebel Son ''The Rebel Son'' is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working by Alexander Korda of Gran ...''. Cast References External links * French historical drama films 1930s historical drama films Films based on Taras Bulba Films directed by Alexis Granows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Granowsky
Alexis Granowsky (russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Грано́вский; 1890–1937) was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Azarkh to a Jewish family in Moscow. After studying in St. Petersburg, he went to Munich where he gained valuable theatre experience working under Max Reinhardt. He served in the Russian army during the First World War before in 1919 he set up his own Jewish-orientated theatre in St. Petersburg, which under a new director became GOSET. Granowsky's reputation rose quickly over the following years, as he became one of the most celebrated theatre directors in Europe. In 1925 Granowsky directed his first film, a silent, but concentrated his efforts on his stage work. After the Russian Revolution, and the Communist victory in the Russian Civil War, Granowsky continued to live in the country even though he felt himself culturally Western European. Granowsky was initially feted by the Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' (1931) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1935) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * ''Bolero'' (1942) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948) * '' Brilliant Waltz'' (1949) * ''Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) * ''Quay of Grenelle'' (1950) * ''The Secret of Helene Marimon'' (1954) * ''House on the Waterfront ''House on the Waterfront'' (French: ''Port du désir'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.Block p.49 It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nane Germon
Nane Germon (1909–2001) was a French television and film actress.Goble p.330 Selected filmography * ''Coup de feu à l'aube'' (1932) * '' A Weak Woman'' (1933) * ''Le rayon des amours'' (1933) - Nicole * ''Les aventures du roi Pausole'' (1933) - Nicole * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * ''Les aventures du roi Pausole'' (1933) - Nicole * ''Le grillon du foyer'' (1933) * ''Le bien-aimé Lanouille'' (1933) * ''J'ai une idée'' (1934) - Norah * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1934) - Fanchette * ''Le malade imaginaire'' (1934) - Toinette * ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - La soubrette (uncredited) * ''Marchand d'amour'' (1935) * '' Juanita'' (1935) - Elaine Georgesco * '' Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) - Hersilie * ''Divine'' (1935) - Zaza * '' Merchant of Love'' (1935) - Denise * ''Mayerling'' (1936) - Anna Vetsera * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) - Zelma * ''Le train d'amour'' (1936) * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) - Simone * ''Notre-Dame d'amour'' (1936) - Zanette * '' Hercule'' (1938) - Miette * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''Château historique'' (1923) - Tante Chloë * ''Mon curé chez les riches'' (1925) * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1926) - Tante Scholastique * ''Le p'tit Parigot'' (1926) - Tante Prudence * ''La tournée Farigoule'' (1926) - La poétesse * ''La petite fonctionnaire'' (1927) - Madame Lebardin * ''Education of a Prince'' (1927) - La concierge * ''La ronde infernale'' (1928) * ''Yvette'' (1928) * ''Miss Édith, duchesse'' (1929) - Marie * ''L'arpète'' (1929) - La concierge * '' My Childish Father'' (1930) - The Concierge * ''Cendrillon de Paris'' (1930) * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Marie - la bonne * ''Montmartre'' (1931) * '' The Voice of Happiness'' (1931) * ''American Love'' (1931) - Pauline * ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1932) * ''Seul'' (1932) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973. In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was noted for his consistent roles as a figures of authority. He regularly played police inspectors or detectives, lawyers and physicians. He starred in some 100 films between 1908 and 1930. On his death in 1979 he donated his body to scientific research. Selected filmography * ''Volonté'' (1917) - Thauziat * ''Travail'' (1920) - Feuillat * ''Être aimé pour soi-même'' (1920) - Le duc de Castry - un noble milliardaire * ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) - Lambert * ''Une fleur dans les ronces'' (1921) - Le secrétaire * ''Les parias de l'amour'' (1921) - Petit-Costaud * ''La résurrection du Bouif'' (1922) - Le comte de Saint Gaudens * ''Rapax'' (1922) - Georges Castillon * ''L'île sans nom'' (1922) - Le commandant Edouard de Herc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Paulais
Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France. Selected filmography * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''El Dorado'' (1921) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * '' Change of Heart'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * ''Saint Joan the Maid'' (1929) * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * '' Departure'' (1931) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1934) * ''Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * '' Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' Vido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's ''La Bête humaine'' (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career. Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried. Selected filmography * ''L'homme à la barbiche'' (1933) * ' (1934) as Flick * ''L'homme des Folies Bergère'' (1935) as François * ''Mayerling'' (1936) as Philippe de Cobourg * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) as Tovkatch * '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1936) as Major W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Duchesne
Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956). He was the first husband of French film actress Yvette Lebon. Controversy surrounds Duchesne for activities during the German occupation of France during World War II. A 1985 history of French cinema during the war, citing a French film historian, states that Duchesne had been among three film workers who suffered "serious sanctions" for wartime activities on behalf of the German occupiers; he "was suspected of working for the Gestapo." According to a 2019 review of the Kino-released DVD of ''Bob le flambeur,'' a featurette on the disc informs that the actor's "gambling debts caught the attentions of the Nazis during the Occupation, and Duchesne became a collaborator, actively participating in the torture of at least one member of the French Resistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Crispin
Janine Crispin (25 June 1911 – 18 June 2001) was a French film and television actress.Goble p.65 Selected filmography * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' High and Low'' (1933) * '' Song of Farewell'' (1934) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * ''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (1947) * '' At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''Les Rois maudits ''The Accursed Kings'' (french: Les Rois maudits ) is a series of historical novels by French author Maurice Druon about the French monarchy in the 14th century. Published between 1955 and 1977, the series has been adapted as a miniseries twice ...'' (1972) as Eliabel Cressay (miniseries) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1911 births 2001 deaths French film actresses French television actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French women {{France-scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''Patrie'' (1914) * ''Monsieur le directeur'' (1925) * '' Alone'' (1931) - Le comandant * ''Tout s'arrange'' (1931) - Un ami de M. Ribadet * ''American Love'' (1931) - Le maître d'hôtel à la barbiche (uncredited) * ''Le disparu de l'ascenseur'' (1932) - Michaud - le secrétaire * ''Prisonnier de mon coeur'' (1932) * ''Vive la classe'' (1932) - L'adjudant * ''The Miracle Child'' (1932) - Durieux père * ''Le chien jaune'' (1932) - (uncredited) * '' Topaze'' (1933) - Tamise * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) - Redno * ''Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine'' (1933) - Le tambour de ville * ' (1933) - Bouzin * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Hippolyte * ''Mariage à responsabilité limitée'' (1934) - Georges Lambert - le mari * ''We Are Not Children'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rebel Son
''The Rebel Son'' is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working by Alexander Korda of Granowski's 1936 French film adaptation of the Russian novel ''Taras Bulba'' by Russian classic writer Nikolai Gogol, set in the 17th century Ukraine. It was also known by the alternative titles ''The Barbarian and the Lady'' or ''The Rebel Son of Taras Bulba''. Cast * Harry Baur as Taras Bulba * Anthony Bushell as Andrei Bulba * Roger Livesey as Peter Bulba * Patricia Roc as Marina * Joan Gardner as Galka * Frederick Culley as Prince Zammitsky * Bernard Miles as Polish Prisoner * Joe Cunningham as Sachka * Charles Farrell Charles David Farrell (August 9, 1900 – May 6, 1990) was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) BFI Screenonline. was a Hungarian-British film director, producer and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in , where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of s, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
