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The Count Of Monte Cristo (1998 Miniseries)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (a.k.a. ''Le Comte de Monte Cristo'') is a French-Italian four-part miniseries based on the 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas père. Plot Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body to find the treasure Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him. Cast *Gérard Depardieu as Edmond Dantès *Sergio Rubini as Bertuccio *Ornella Muti as Mercedes Igualada *Jean Rochefort as F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series ''Les Misérables'' with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is '' Balzac: A Passionate Life'' (1999) and ''Cet amour-là'' (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau, and '' Raspoutine'' (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; , ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999. Life and career Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents. He was educated at the '' Lycée Pierre Corneille'' in Rouen. Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the ''Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche''. Later he joined the '' Conservatoire National''. After completing his national service in 1953, he worked with the ''Compagnie Grenier Hussenot'' as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noticed for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director. After some supporting roles in ''Cartouche'', '' Captain Fracasse'' and in ''Marvelous Angelique'', Rochefort played his first big role with Annie Girardot as his wife and Claude Jade as his daughter in '' Hearth Fires'' in 1972. In this drama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Early life Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. Career In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film ''Le coup du berger'' (''Fool's Mate'') by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French ''nouvelle vague'' and a star. He appeared in films of ''nouvelle vague'' directors such as Claude Chabrol (''Le Beau Serge'', 1958; '' Les Cousins'', 1959), Louis Malle (''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'', 1958; ''Les Amants'', 1958), François Truffaut (''Les 400 Coups'', 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (''Une femme est une femme'', 1961), Éric Rohmer (''Claire's Knee'', 1970), as well as in films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Blanche
Roland Blanche (31 December 1943 – 13 September 1999) was a French actor. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanche, Roland 1943 births 1999 deaths People from Choisy-le-Roi French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Engelbrecht
Constanze Engelbrecht (; 6 January 1950 – 21 July 2000) was a German actress who was one of the most popular actresses in the country between 1980 and 1990. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 1998. Her husband was an actor, and her daughter Julie Engelbrecht is an actress. Biography Constanze Engelbrecht was born on 6 January 1950 in Munich, Germany to actress and sculptor Gen Golch. Her very first role was the voice actress for the character "Jeff" in the German version of the TV series ''Lassie'', which she performed for six years. She debuted as a television actress at ten years old in the TV movie ''Und nicht mehr Jessica'' (1965) with Horst Naumann and Sascha Hehn. Engelbrecht's original goal was to become a classical soprano and she studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory of Munich, at the Salzburg Mozarteneum and finally at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before changing to acting and studying under the direction of Rosemarie Fend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Aumont
Michel Henri Aumont (15 October 1936 – 28 August 2019) was a French theatre, film, and television actor. Throughout his career, he gained four Molière Awards and nominations for three César Awards. In 2015, he was made Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit. Biography Born October 15, 1936 in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Art. From the 1970s, he became one of the leading comedic actors in French cinema, despite having played mostly supporting roles. He worked on the Comédie-Française stage for thirty years. Filmography Awards * Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor. Winners and nominees. * 1987 : Pierre Arditi in '' The Rehearsal'' (''La Répétition ou l'Amour puni'') **Jean-Michel Dupuis in '' Conversations After a Burial'' (''Conversations après un enterrement'' ... (1999) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aumont, Michel 1936 births 2019 deaths French male film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director. Career She received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' and a nomination in 1992 for ''J'embrasse pas ''I Don't Kiss'' (french: J'embrasse pas) is a 1991 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Manuel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart and Philippe Noiret. The plot follows a young man who leaves his provincial home in the Pyrenees, goin ...''. Theater Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Helene 1943 births Living people Best Supporting Actress César Award winners French film actresses French stage actresses French television actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislas Merhar
Stanislas Merhar (born 24 January 1971) is a French actor. He was born in Paris in a family of immigrants from Slovenia. He works in cinema, television and theatre. In 1998 Merhar won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his role in the film ''Dry Cleaning''. Filmography :1997 : ''Nettoyage à sec'' by Anne Fontaine :1998 : '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' (TV miniseries, played the role of Albert de Morcerf) by Josée Dayan :1998 : ''Dry Cleaning'' by Anne Fontaine :1999 : '' La Lettre'' by Manoel de Oliveira :1999 : '' Furia'' by Alexandre Aja :2000 : ''Franck Spadone'' by Richard Bean :2000 : ''La Captive'' by Chantal Akerman :2000 : ''Les Savates du bon Dieu'' by Jean-Claude Brisseau :2001 : ''Nobel'' by Fabio Carpi :2001 : '' The Knights of the Quest'' by Pupi Avati :2002 : ''Un monde presque paisible'' by Michel Deville :2002 : '' Merci Docteur Rey'' by Andrew Litvack :2003 : ''Courtes Histoires de train court métrage'' by François Aunay :2003 : ''Adolphe'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Thompson (actor)
Christopher Thompson (born 1966) is a French actor, screenwriter, and film director. Early life Thompson comes from a family deeply associated with theatrical arts. He is the son of film director and screenwriter Danièle Thompson, and his maternal grandfather is director Gérard Oury (1919–2006); his sister is the actress Caroline Thompson. He is married to actress Géraldine Pailhas. They have two children. Born in New York City in 1966, Thompson was raised in his parents' home country, France. Later he returned to the United States to attend Brown University. Career Actor As an actor, Thompson's first major screen role was his portrayal of the revolutionary leader Saint-Just in ''La Révolution française'' (1989), a French television epic produced for the bicentennial of the French Revolution. His principal screen credits are in French productions, including the films '' L'Atlantide'' (1992) and ''Giorgino'' (1994), and the television miniseries '' The Count of Monte C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Depardieu
Julie Marion Depardieu (born 18 June 1973) is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films. Early life Born 18 June 1973 in Paris, she is the daughter of Gérard and Élisabeth Depardieu and the sister of the late Guillaume Depardieu – all of whom have worked as film actors. She has two paternal half-siblings: half-sister Roxane and half-brother Jean. She has two sons, Billy (born 16 June 2011) and Alfred (born 8 August 2012), with her partner musician Philippe Katerine. Career In 2004, she won two César Awards ( Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actress) for '' La petite Lili'' and won another (Best Supporting Actress) for '' Un secret'' in 2008. Depardieu was also nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for her performance in ''Podium''. In 2008, she also directed her first operette ''les contes d'Hoffmann'' (''Tales of Hoffmann'') at the Vaux le Vicomte castle, the castle which inspired king Louis XIV to build Versaille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naike Rivelli
Naike Rivelli (born 10 October 1974) is an Italian actress and singer. Biography Rivelli is the eldest daughter of actress Ornella Muti. For many years, she believed Spanish film producer José Luis Bermúdez de Castro was her father; following a DNA test requested by him, the two found they were not related, and her mother later declared that she did not know the identity of Naike's father. In 1996, Rivelli gave birth to Akash, the result of a brief relationship. In 2002 Rivelli married the German actor Manou Lubowski; the marriage lasted nine months and, after the separation, they divorced in 2008. Regarding her sexual orientation, at the beginning of the year 2010, she revealed her bisexuality. Selected filmography * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1998, TV miniseries), as young Mercédès Igualada * '' The Unscarred'' (2000), as young Rafaella * ''South Kensington'' (2001), as Ilaria * ' (2002, TV film), as Sharon * ''Open Graves ''Open Graves'' is a 2009 horror film dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu (7 April 1971 – 13 October 2008) was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the oldest child of Gérard Depardieu. Early life Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, actress Élisabeth Depardieu (née Guignot). He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu, and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu. Career Guillaume shared the screen with his father several times throughout his career, beginning with his first film role, aged three, playing Gérard's son in Claude Goretta's ''That Wonderful Crook'' (''Pas Si Méchant Que Ça'') in 1974. His next appearance beside his father was in '' Tous les matins du monde'' in 1991, followed by ''Count of Monte Cristo'' in 1998, and ''Aime Ton Père'' (''A Loving Father'') in 2002. In 1996 he won a César Award (France's national film award) as the most promising newcomer in ''Les Apprentis''. In 2007, he began rebuilding his career with the films '' Don't Touch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
