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The Sleeping Car Murders
''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (also known as ''The Sleeping Car Murder'', French title: ''Compartiment tueurs'') is a 1965 French mystery film directed by Costa-Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts. This film was the first movie for Costa-Gavras, to be followed later by other, more politically-oriented work. Plot The film begins with a young woman, Bambi ( Catherine Allégret), boarding a train from Avignon to Paris. Also on her compartment are her fellow passengers, René Cabourg (Michel Piccoli), Georgette Thomas (Pascale Roberts), Rivolani ( Paul Pavel), and famed actress Éliane Darrès (Allégret’s real-life mother Simone Signoret). She also meets Daniel (Jacques Perrin), a stowaway en route to Paris. After helping him avoid the ticket inspector, she allows him to sleep in an empty compartment above hers. Upon re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and social themes, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and ''Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in English. His film ''Z'' was the first film, and one of the few, to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Mann
Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher traditionally called just "Claude" in English * Madame Claude, French brothel keeper Fernande Grudet (1923–2015) Places * Claude, Texas, a city * Claude, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Other uses * Allied reporting name of the Mitsubishi A5M Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft * Claude (alligator) Claude is an albino alligator ('' Alligator mississippiensis'') at the California Academy of Sciences. Claude lacks the pigment melanin, resulting in colorless skin, and he has poor eyesight associated with his albinism. Background Claude was ha ..., an albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences See also * Claude's syndrome, a form of brainstem stroke syndrome {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Gélin
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor. Early life Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin. When he was ten, his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for 'uncouthness'. His father then found him a job in a shop that sold cans of salted cod. It was seeing the shooting of Marc Allégret's film '' Entrée des artistes'' that triggered his desire to go to Paris to train to be an actor. He trained at the Cours Simon in Paris before entering the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. There he met Louis Jouvet and embarked on a theatrical career. He made his first film appearance in 1940 in ''Miquette'' and for several years was an extra or played small roles in French films. He appeared with Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich in ''Martin Roumagnac'' (1946). Career He won his first leading role in '' Rendez-vou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Dauphin (actor)
Claude Dauphin (19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978. Biography He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera '' L'heure espagnole''. His elder brother was the writer Jean Nohain. Dauphin's debut on film came in ''La Vagabonde'' (1930). He debuted on stage in ''Chapeau Chinois'' (1930) in Paris. Private life Dauphin married three times: first to Rosine Derean, then to the actress Maria Mauban with whom he had a child, Jean-Claude Dauphin, also an actor. Eventually, in 1955, Dauphin married American actress Norma Eberhardt. The couple divided their time between Paris, Los Angeles, New York City and Ocean Township, New Jersey. They remained together until Dauphin's death in Paris in 1978. Selected filmography * '' A Tale of the Fox'' (1930) - Monkey (voice) * ''Tout s'arra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Orléans
Jenny Orléans (January 19, 1932 – April 12, 2008) was a French actress. Filmography *1953: '' Les Enfants de l'amour'' (by Léonide Moguy) *1957: '' Lovers of Paris'' (by Julien Duvivier) - Rose Compardon (uncredited) *1958: ''Me and the Colonel'' (by Peter Glenville) - Nun (uncredited) *1958: '' Der eiserne Gustav'' (by George Hurdalek) - Dicke Französin *1959: ''Babette Goes to War'' (by Christian-Jaque) - Girl / Une fille *1960: '' Goodbye Again'' (by Anatole Litvak) *1960: ''Un couple'' (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Julie *1962: '' Les Trois Chapeaux claques'' (by Jean-Pierre Marchand : ''Mme Olga'') (TV movie) - Mme Olga *1963: '' La Vie à l'envers'' (by Alain Jessua) - La concierge *1964: '' La Cité de l'indicible peur'' (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Madame Gosseran *1964: '' Tintin and the Blue Oranges'' (by Philippe Condroyer) - La Castafiore *1964: ''Déclic et des claques'' (by Philippe Clair) *1964: '' Me and the Forty Year Old Man'' (by Jack Pinoteau) - La voisine de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Rousseau
Serge Rousseau (13 March 1930 – 3 November 2007) was a French film and television actor and agent. He was a close friend of François Truffaut. He played the murdered husband of Jeanne Moreau in ''The Bride Wore Black'' and the unknown man who declares his love for Claude Jade at the end of ''Stolen Kisses''. He married Marie Dubois in 1961 and they remained together until his death by cancer at the age of 77. They had a daughter, actress Dominique Rousseau. Selected filmography * '' Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (1959) - Émile Gaulthier * ''Le bonheur est pour demain'' (1961) - Le jeune caréneur * '' Les Mauvais Coups'' (1961) - Duval * ''Portrait-robot'' (1962) * ''La foire aux cancres (Chronique d'une année scolaire)'' (1963) - L'aspirant * '' Mata Hari, Agent H21'' (1964) - (uncredited) * ''Thomas l'imposteur'' (1965) * ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (1965) - Le contrôleur du train * '' Is Paris Burning?'' (1966) - Col. Fabien (uncredited) * ''The Bride Wore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Marin
Christian Marin (8 February 1929 – 5 September 2012) was a French film actor. Born in Lyon, he is best known for his role in ''Le gendarme series'' (as "Merlot"), although he did not appear in the last two sequels. In 1967 he appeared in the television serial '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'', in which he portrayed the character Ernest Laverdure. Partial filmography * '' Les Tortillards'' (1960) * '' Le Tracassin ou Les Plaisirs de la ville'' (1961) * ''La Belle Américaine'' (1961) * '' All the Gold in the World'' (1961) * '' L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret'' (1963) * ''Pouic-Pouic'' (1963) * ''Bebert and the Train'' (1963) * ''Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez'' (1964) * '' Le gendarme à New York'' (1965) * ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (1965) * '' Le gendarme se marie'' (1967) * '' The Most Beautiful Month'' (1968) * '' Le gendarme en balade'' (1970) * '' La dernière bourrée à Paris'' (1973) * ''Toutes griffes dehors'' (1982) * ''Dead Man Talking ''Dead Man Talking'' is a 2012 Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Lafont
Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my existence". Career Bernadette Lafont had her debut in ''Les Mistons'' ("The Mischief Makers") in 1958 and became part of the Nouvelle Vague in the 1960s because of her films with François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol. In 1986 Lafont was awarded a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''An Impudent Girl (L'Effrontée)''. In the following year, she was again nominated, this time for '' Masques''. For her long service to the French motion picture industry, she was awarded an Honorary César in 2003 . In May 2007, she chaired the jury for the fifth edition of the Award for Education presented at the 60th Cannes Film Festival. She was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor on 14 July 2009. Her complete filmography includes TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette (born 4 April 1927) is a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1958. She was married to Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student and ... from 1962 until his death in 2006. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaumette, Monique 1927 births Living people Actresses from Paris French film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Alari
Nadine Alari (born Bernadette Nicole Frédérique Bovarie; 23 February 1927 – 24 November 2016) was a French film and television actress. Selected filmography * '' Jericho'' (1946) * '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950) * '' Great Man'' (1951) * '' The Straw Lover'' (1951) * '' Le dindon'' (1951) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * '' Madame du Barry'' (1954) * '' The Gambler'' (1958) * '' Sun in Your Eyes'' (1962) * ''The Sleeping Car Murders ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (also known as ''The Sleeping Car Murder'', French title: ''Compartiment tueurs'') is a 1965 French mystery film directed by Costa-Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, ...'' (1965) * '' Amour'' (1970) * '' A Simple Story'' (1978) * '' The Sentinel'' (1992) * '' The Adversary'' (2002) References Bibliography * Ulrike Siehlohr. ''Heroines Without Heroes: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-1951''. A&C Black, 2000. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Chevit
Maurice Chevit (31 October 1923 – 2 July 2012) was a French actor. Maurice Chevit made his theatrical début just after the Second World War, and made his first screen appearance in 1946 in René Clément's film ''Le Père tranquille''. In August 1950, the Theatre de la Huchette in Paris presented ''Pepita ou Cinq cents francs de bonheur'', a three-act comedy that Chevit co-wrote with Henri Fontenille; Chevit himself appeared in it, playing alongside Jacqueline Maillan, Pierre Mondy and Jacques Jouanneau. He was seen in many small film roles during the 1950s and 1960s, working with producers such as Henri Decoin and André Cayatte, but he was best known as a stage actor. Television Maigret (2002) - (French tv series), Sn 8 Ep 1 "To Any Lengths" "Signe Picpus", M. Lecloagen Selected filmography * '' Mr. Orchid'' (1946) - Un maquisard (film debut) * ''Contre-enquête'' (1947) * ''L'Arche de Noé'' (1947) - Le dessinateur * ''Between Eleven and Midnight'' (1949) - L'employé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Rouleau
Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, father to Albert I of Belgium * Philippe d'Orléans (other), multiple people * Philippe A. Autexier (1954–1998), French music historian * Philippe Blain, French volleyball player and coach * Philippe Najib Boulos (1902–1979), Lebanese lawyer and politician * Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer * Philippe Daverio (1949–2020), Italian art historian * Philippe Dubuisson-Lebon, Canadian football player * Philippe Ginestet (born 1954), French billionaire businessman, founder of GiFi * Philippe Gilbert, Belgian bicycle racer * Philippe Petit, French performer and tightrope artist * Philippe Petitcolin (born 1952/53), French businessman, CEO of Safran * Philippe Russo, French singer * Philippe Sella, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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