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The Professional (1981 Film)
''The Professional'' (original title: ''Le Professionnel''; ) is a 1981 French action thriller film directed by Georges Lautner. The film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as the title role. The film is based on award-winning 1976 novel ''Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal'' by Patrick Alexander. The film was a commercial success upon its theatrical release and was the fourth most watched feature film in France in 1981 behind '' La Chèvre'', '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''The Fox and the Hound'', selling 5,243,559 tickets. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and the main theme "Chi Mai" became an instrumental hit and subsequent classic. Plot French secret agent Josselin Beaumont is sent to kill Colonel Njala, the dictator of Malagawi, a fictional African country. However, before he manages to accomplish his mission, the political situation changes drastically and the French secret service resorts to handing over Beaumont to the Malagawian authorities. After a long, unfair t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. Biography Career Filmography As director * 1958: ''La Môme aux boutons'' * 1960: '' Arrêtez les tambours'' * 1960: ' * 1961: '' Le Monocle noir'' * 1962: '' Le Septième juré'' * 1962: '' En plein cirage'' * 1962: '' L'Œil du Monocle'' * 1963: '' Les Tontons flingueurs'' * 1964: ''Salad by the Roots'' * 1964: ''Le Monocle rit jaune'' * 1964: ''Les Barbouzes'' * 1965: '' Les Bons Vivants'', co-directed with Gilles Grangier * 1966: ' * 1966: ' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ' * 1971: ''Road to Salina'' * 1971: ' * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: '' Quelques m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chi Mai
"Chi Mai" (Italian: whoever) is a composition by Ennio Morricone written in 1971. It was used in the films ''Maddalena'' directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1971)Trivia for Maddalena at the and '''' directed by (1981), as well as in the television series '' |
Gérard Darrieu
Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor. Selected filmography *1950: ''Three Telegrams'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - Jeune dragueur *1951: ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' - Un prisonnier (uncredited) *1951: ''Boîte de nuit'' - Le groom *1951: ''Dupont Barbès'' *1952: ''Love Is Not a Sin'' - Un déménageur (uncredited) *1952: '' Three Women'' - Un hussard *1952: ''Le jugement de Dieu'' - (uncredited) *1952: ''Rires de Paris'' *1952: '' Crimson Curtain'' - Un machiniste au théâtre *1954: '' Poisson d'avril'' (directed by Gilles Grangier) - Le livreur de la machine à laver (uncredited) *1954: ''Le vicomte de Bragelonne'' *1955: ''Sophie et le Crime'' - L'agent cycliste au billet de loterie (uncredited) *1956: '' People of No Importance'' - Le routier au lapin *1956: '' Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' - Garde du Petit-Trianon (uncredited) *1956: '' Gervaise'' - Charles *1957: ''The Crucible'' - Cheever *1957: ''Sénéchal the Magnificent'' - Un gangster (uncredit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal N'Zonzi
Pascal N'Zonzi (born 1 January 1951) is a French actor and stage director. Filmography Theater Dubbing References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:N'Zonzi, Pascal 1951 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Saintons
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Beaune
Michel Beaune (1933–1990) was a French actor. Filmography *1960: ''Trapped by Fear'' - Un ami de Paul (uncredited) *1961: ''Les godelureaux'' *1964: '' Backfire'' - Daniel *1970: '' The Confession'' - L'avocat *1970: ''The Time to Die'' - Castagnac *1970: ''Sortie de secours'' *1972: ''Paulina 1880'' - Dadi *1972: ''Plot'' *1972: ''Les Rois maudits'' (TV Mini-Series) - Edward II of England *1973: ''The Inheritor'' - Frédéric Lambert *1974: ''Stavisky'' - Le journaliste maître-chanteur *1975: ''Un jour, la fête'' *1975: ''Let Joy Reign Supreme'' - Le capitaine La Griollais *1975: ''Incorrigible'' - Le ministre *1975: ''Le faux-cul'' - Ferjac *1975: ''The French Detective'' - L'inspecteur Dupuy *1976: ''Body of My Enemy'' - L'ami d'enfance *1977: ''La question'' - Professeur Fayard *1978: ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' - Le médecin dans la rue *1979: ''Cop or Hood'' - Marcel Langlois *1979: ''Le mors aux dents'' - Froment *1979: '' Courage - Let's Run'' - Noël *1980: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Richard
Jean-Louis Richard (17 May 1927 – 3 June 2012) was a French actor, film director and scriptwriter. Biography Born as Jean Marius Richard in Paris, Richard was Jeanne Moreau's first husband from 1949 to 1951. Partial filmography *1960: '' À bout de souffle'' (by Jean-Luc Godard) - A Journalist (uncredited) *1960: ''Austerlitz'' (by Abel Gance) *1961: ''Me faire ça à moi'' - Chief *1962: ''Jules et Jim'' (by François Truffaut) - Café customer (uncredited) *1963: ''La Peau douce'' (by François Truffaut) - Man in the street (uncredited) *1964: '' Mata Hari, Agent H21'' *1966: ''Fahrenheit 451'' *1968: ''Je t'aime, je t'aime'' (by Alain Resnais) - L'homme du wagon-restaurant *1980: ''Le Dernier Métro'' (by François Truffaut) - Daxiat *1981: ''Le Professionnel'' (by Georges Lautner) - Colonel Martin *1982: '' Le Choc'' (by Robin Davis) - Maubert, l'inspecteur de la DST *1982: ''Le gendarme et les gendarmettes'' (by Jean Girault et Tony Aboyantz) - The Brain *1983: ''Life I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Margoni
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (schooner), several ships * ''Elizabeth'' (freighter), an American freighter that was wrecked off New York harbor in 1850; see Places Australia * City of Elizabeth ** Elizabeth, South Australia * Elizabeth Reef, a coral reef in the Tasman Sea United States * Elizabeth, Arkansas * Elizabeth, Colorado * Elizabeth, Georgia * Elizabeth, Illinois * Elizabeth, Indiana * Hopkinsville, Kentucky, originally known as Elizabeth * Elizabeth, Louisiana * Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts * Elizabeth, Minnesota * Elizabeth, New Jersey, largest city with the name in the U.S. * Elizabeth City, North Carolina * Elizabeth (Charlotte neighborhood), North Carolina * Elizabeth, Pennsylvania * Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania (other) * Elizabeth, West Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrielle Clair
Cyrielle Clair (born 1 December 1955) is a French actress. She has appeared in 55 films and television shows since 1978. Clair starred in the 1983 film '' La Belle captive'', which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Le Professionnel'' (1981) as Alice Ancelin * '' La Belle captive'' (1983) as Sara Zeitgeist * ''Sword of the Valiant'' (1984) as Linet * '' Code Name: Emerald'' (1985) as Claire Jouvet * ''Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie'' (1986) as Anni * ''Sword of Gideon'' (1986) as Jeanette Von Lesseps * '' Counterstrike'' (1990–1991) as Nicole Beaumont * ''Joséphine, ange gardien'' (2003) as Catherine (Episode: "Belle à tout prix") * ''Triple Agent In the field of counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country, whose primary purpose is to spy on a target organization of another country, but who is now spying on their own country's organi ...'' (2004) as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Desailly
Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies. Life and career Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and the Conservatoire de Paris winning first prize, joining the Comédie-Française in 1942. In 1946 he became a leading member of the Jean-Louis Barrault- Madeleine Renaud company at the Théâtre Marigny, playing in a wide repertoire from ''Les Fausses Confidences'', ''Bérénice'' and '' Le Songe d'une nuit d'été''. With the Renaud-Barrault at the Odéon-Théâtre de France he played both leading roles in ''le Mariage de Figaro'': Figaro on tour in the provinces and Count Almaviva in Paris. Desailly's second wife was the French actress Simone Valère, with whom he formed a theatre company which they directed successively at the Théâtre Hébertot and the Théâtre de la Madeleine. A wide repertoire was played at the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (2 July 1949 – 27 December 2010) was a French actor. Biography Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu studied theater and film at the Sorbonne Paris III and began his career in film at the age of 25 by making appearances with acclaimed directors. He notably appeared in ''The Tenant'' by Roman Polanski, '' The Professional'' by Georges Lautner, ''The Return of Martin Guerre'' by Daniel Vigne and '' The Vanishing'' by George Sluizer. He had appeared in more than 100 movies for the big screen and television. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu grew up with his sister, Agnes Donnadieu, a Chicago photographer, in Canada after their parents divorced while living in France. After the separation, the youngest brother, Philippe, moved with his mother to Australia where she remarried. Pierre Donnadieu their father was also a great painter and sculptor unknown to the world. Donnadieu died from cancer on 27 December 2010 at age 61. He left behind his daughter Ingrid Donnadieu, also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |