The Seventh Commandment (1957 Film)

	The Seventh Commandment (1957 Film) ''The Seventh Commandment'' (French: ''Le septième commandement'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jacques Dumesnil and Jacques Morel.Krawc p.84 The title is a reference to the seventh of the Ten Commandments in the Roman Catholic tradition, "Thou shalt not steal". It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Synopsis Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa is a veteran con artist, working with her two partners to targets likely suspects. However things go awry when she falls in love with her latest mark. With his help she turns the tables on her former associates. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa * Jacques Dumesnil as Gilbert Odet * Jacques Morel as Pilou * Maurice Teynac as Labaroche * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Tante Amélie * Micheline Dax as La brune remplaçante * Jean Nergal as Van Roosebeck * Jean Lefebvre as Edouard, le fils d'Am� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Raymond Bernard Raymond Bernard (10 October 1891 – 12 December 1977) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years. He is best remembered for several large-scale historical productions, including the silent films '' Le Miracle des loups'' (''The Miracle of the Wolves'') and '' Le Joueur d'échecs'' (''The Chess Player'') and in the 1930s '' Les Croix de bois'' (''Wooden Crosses'') and a highly regarded adaptation of ''Les Misérables''. Biography Raymond Bernard was born in Paris in 1891, the son of the author and humorist Tristan Bernard and younger brother of the playwright Jean-Jacques Bernard. He began his career as an actor appearing on stage in plays written by his father, including ''Jeanne Doré'' (1913) alongside Sarah Bernhardt (also filmed in 1916). In 1917, Bernard began to work behind the camera as assistant to Jacques Feyder at Gaumont and then continued as a director, principally adapting plays by his father. In these popular entertainments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Con Artist A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct ..intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men') at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')". Terminology Synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam, and stratagem. The perpetrator of a confidence trick (or "con trick") is often referred to as a confidence (or "con") man, con-artist, or a "grifter". The shell game dates back at least to Ancient Greece. Samuel Thompson (1821–1856) was the original "confidence man". Thompson was a clumsy swindler who asked his victims to express confidence in him by giving him money or their watch rather than gaining their confidenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1957 Comedy Films 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having '' handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	French Comedy Films French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and ''The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1957 Films The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in ''The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied ''The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jackie Sardou Jackie Sardou (7 April 1919 – 2 April 1998) was a French actress. Personal life She was born Jacqueline Labbé in Paris, and married Fernand Sardou, a singer. She was the mother of singer Michel Sardou; and grandmother of author Romain Sardou and actor Davy Sardou Davy Sardou (born 1 June 1978) is a French actor. He is the son of singer Michel Sardou, the grandson of actors Jackie Sardou and Fernand Sardou, and the brother of French novelist Romain Sardou. Sardou studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Insti .... She died in 1998, five days before her 79th birthday. Theatre Filmography References French film actresses 1919 births 1998 deaths Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Faivre Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''The House Opposite'' (1937) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1943) * ''Domino'' (1943) * '' Sowing the Wind'' (1944) * '' Boule de suif'' (1945) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * '' Gringalet'' (1946) * ''The Misfortunes of Sophie'' (1946) * ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1946) * ''Fantômas'' (1946) * ''Love Around the House'' (1947) * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) * ''The Last Vacation'' (1948) * ''Under the Cards'' (1948) * ''The Heart on the Sleeve'' (1948) * ''Thirst of Men'' (1950) * ''Quay of Grenelle'' (1950) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1952) * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bernard Musson Bernard Musson (1925–2010) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952) * '' The Slave'' (1953) * '' On Trial'' (1954) * ''Flesh and the Woman'' (1954) * ''Bonjour sourire'' (1956) * ''Les Truands'' (1956) * ''Pity for the Vamps'' (1956) * '' The Seventh Commandment'' (1957) * ''Les Misérables'' (1958) * ''La Vache et le Prisonnier'' (1959) * ''All the Gold in the World '' (1961) * '' Le Miracle des loups'' (1961) * ''Les Lions sont lâchés'' (1961) * ''Charade 1963'' * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1963) * '' Diary of a Chambermaid'' (1964) * ''Une souris chez les hommes'' (1964) * '' Les amitiés particulières'' (1964) * '' Belle de Jour'' (1966) * '' Action Man'' (1967) * ''Le clan des siciliens'' (1969) * ''La Vampire Nue'' (1970) * ''Children of Mata Hari'' (1970) * '' Peau d'Âne'' (1970) * ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (1972) * ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1973) as Usher at the Elysée Palace (uncredited) * ''Le Magnifique'' (1973) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Bisciglia Paul Antoine Alphonse Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Career Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film ''Trois télégrammes''. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama ''Clara de Montargis''. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning '' Avant le déluge'', with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, although he was included in many films such as ''The Wretches'', with Michèle Morgan, ''Les vieux de la vieille'', with Pierre Fresnay, ''Paris nous appartient'', '' Le signe du lion'', and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's ''L'or et le plomb''. In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film ''La vampire nue'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Henri Virlojeux Henri Virlogeux (22 March 1924 – 19 December 1995) was a French actor. He is known for "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Les rois maudits" (1972) and "Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur" (1971). He was married to Véronique Silver. He died on December 19, 1995 in Paris, France. Selected filmography * '' The Seventh Commandment'' (1957) – Le garçon d'étage de province * ''Let's Be Daring, Madame'' (1957) – Le cantonnier * ' (1958) – Le portier de l'hôtel (uncredited) * '' It's All Adam's Fault'' (1958) * ''Le Septième Ciel'' (1958) – Le garçon de café * '' School for Coquettes'' (1958) – Un employé du Racinet * ' (1958) – Lapointe * ''The 400 Blows'' (1959) – Night watchman * '' Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon'' (1959) – Le roi de Prusse (uncredited) * '' Lovers on a Tightrope'' (1960) – Le garçon d'étage * ''Au coeur de la ville'' (1960) * '' The Fenouillard Family'' (1960) – Le commandant * ' (1961) – Drummer * '' A Man Named Rocca'' (1961) – Ficelle * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Max Montavon Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1971–2004), a western lowland gorilla at the Johannesburg Zoo who was shot by a criminal in 1997 Brands and enterprises * Australian Max Beer * Max Hamburgers, a fast-food corporation * MAX Index, a Hungarian domestic government bond index * Max Fashion, an Indian clothing brand Computing * MAX (operating system), a Spanish-language Linux version * Max (software), a music programming language * Commodore MAX Machine * Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions, extensions for HP PA-RISC Films * ''Max'' (1994 film), a Canadian film by Charles Wilkinson * ''Max'' (2002 film), a film about Adolf Hitler * ''Max'' (2015 film), an American war drama film Games * '' Dancing Stage Max'', a 2005 game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series * ''DDRM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jean Lefebvre Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor. His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to join his family evacuated near Châteauroux and Neuvy-Saint-Sépulcre. He was a tram driver time in Limoges and seller of underwear. At the end of the war he returned to his home, in his house in Valenciennes, where he worked briefly for his father, and then entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1948. Selected filmography 1934: ''Judex'' – Roger de Trémeuse 1947: ''Un flic'' – Un jeune homme chez le coiffeur (uncredited) 1951: ''Bouquet de joie'' – Georges 1952: ''Une fille sur la route'' – Loulou – le pianiste 1952: ''L'amour toujours l'amour'' – Jacques 1955: '' Les Diaboliques'' – Le soldat 1955: ''La villa Sans-Souci'' 1955: ''Cherchez la femme'' – Joe 1955: ''Gas-Oil'' – Le chauffeur de car 1955: ''Une fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]