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The Lower Depths (1936 Film)
''The Lower Depths'' (french: Les Bas-fonds) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir, based on the 1902 play of the same title by Maxim Gorky. Its scenes contrast the life of the upper and lower classes to comedic effect. The film is an example of the poetic realism. It received the first Louis Delluc Prize in 1937. The National Board of Review in the United States considered it a Top Ten Foreign Film for 1937. Plot A wealthy baron (Jouvet) becomes bankrupt through gambling. Contemplating suicide, he finds his gun missing and confronts the thief Pépel (Gabin) who plans to rob him. Instead they share "a drink between colleagues" in a scene played as light comedy and become friends. The baron allows Pépel to leave with a bronze sculpture. Creditors seize the baron's household furnishings. The Baron tells his servant Félix that he hopes all that Félix has stolen from him will cover his unpaid wages, to which Félix agrees. Pépel is arrested for stealing the bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films ''La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and ''The Rules of the Game'' (1939) are often cited by critics as among the List of films considered the best, greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the British Film Institute, BFI's ''Sight & Sound'' poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Awards, Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the uncle of the cinematographer Claude Renoir. He was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an ''auteur''. Early life and early career Renoir was born in the Montmartre district of Paris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given (since 1934) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Winners 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple winners *Ingmar Bergman – 5 *Pedro Almodóvar – 4 *Asghar Farhadi – 4 *Federico Fellini – 3 *Akira Kurosawa – 2 *Ang Lee – 2 *Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ... – 2 References {{NBR Awards Chron Film awards for Best Foreign Language Film Awards established in 1934 1934 establishments in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivien Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself a "Catholic agnostic". He died in 1991, at age 86, of leukemia, and was buried in Corseaux cemetery. Early years (1904–1922) Henry Graham Greene was born in 1904 in St John's House, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night And Day (magazine)
Night and Day may refer to: Film, theatre, and television * ''Night and Day'' (1946 film), an American film based on the life of Cole Porter * ''Night and Day'' (1991 film), a French film directed by Chantal Akerman * ''Night and Day'' (2008 film), a South Korean film directed by Hong Sang-soo * ''Night and Day'' (ballet), an 1883 ballet with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkusllet * ''Night and Day'' (play), a 1978 play by Tom Stoppard * ''Night and Day'' (TV series), a British soap opera Literature * ''Night and Day'' (Parker novel), a 2010 novel by Robert B. Parker * ''Night and Day'' (Woolf novel), a 1919 novel by Virginia Woolf * ''Night and Day'', a defunct magazine edited by Graham Greene Music Albums * ''Night and Day'' (Joe Jackson album), 1982 * ''Night and Day'' (Red Rodney album), 1981 * ''Night and Day'' (Willie Nelson album), 1999 * ''Night and Day'', by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra, 1976 * ''Night & Day'' (Gemma Hayes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Baquet
Maurice Louis Baquet (26 May 1911 – 8 July 2005) was a French actor and cellist. He was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died in Noisy-le-Grand. . He studied music at the in the same class as Henri Betti, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junie Astor
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''Culprit'' (1937) * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Secret Cargo'' (1947) * ''Du Guesclin'' (1949) * ''A Certain Mister'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * '' Guilty?'' (1951) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''Mademoiselle Strip-tease'' (1957) * ''Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' (1957) * ''Interpol Against X'' (1960) * ''Business'' (1960) * ''The Man from Interpol ''Man from Interpol'' is a 1960 TV series produced by The Danzigers. The NBC series was filmed in England and the music was scored by jazz musician Tony Crombie. Premise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Saint-Isle
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este * Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours * Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (other) * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne * Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg * Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ozanne
Robert Ozanne (February 13, 1898 – September 14, 1941) was a French film actor.Youngkin p.466 Selected filmography * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * '' The Men Without Names'' (1937) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * '' The Woman Thief'' (1938) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''Extenuating Circumstances'' (1939) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''The Mondesir Heir'' (1940) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''The Last of the Six ''The Last of the Six'' (French: ''Le dernier des six'') is a 1941 French mystery thriller film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa and Suzy Delair. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's ...'' (1941) References Bibliography * Youngkin, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Temps
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III of Russia, Peter III and Catherine the Great, althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Camille Bert
Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor. Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970. Selected filmography * ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * ''The Lady of Lebanon (1926 film), The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * ''The Temple of Shadows'' (1927) * ''Yasmina (film), Yasmina'' (1927) * ''The Crew (1928 film), The Crew'' (1928) * ''Tarakanova (film), Tarakanova'' (1930) * ''Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''David Golder (film), David Golder'' (1931) * ''Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * ''The Little King (film), The Little King'' (1933) * ''The Two Orphans (1933 film), The Two Orphans'' (1933) * ''Sapho (1934 film), Sapho'' (1934) * ''Tovaritch (film), Tovaritch'' (1935) * ''Michel Strogoff (1936 film), Michel Strogoff'' (1936) * ''The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * ''The Lower Depths (1936 film), The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Yoshiwara (1937 film), Yoshiwara'' (1937) * ''Thérèse Martin (film), Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * ''Miss Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan (born Robert Coquillaud, January 7, 1900 – October 12, 1972), was a French actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1943 almost exclusively in small or supporting roles. He was, according to film academic Ginette Vincendeau, a "brilliant, extravagant actor" who "specialised in louche, menacing or diabolical characters".Ginette Vincendeau (ed) ''Encyclopedia of European Cinema'', London: Casell/BFI, 1995, p.262 A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed fascist attitudes,Rémi Fournier Lanzoni ''French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present'', New York and London: Continuum, 2002, p.139. According to Fournier Lanzoni, Le Vigan found exile in Argentina. he vanished while playing Jéricho in '' Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis''), a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe; Le Vigan was replaced by Pierre Renoir. He was sentenced to forced labour for 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
