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The Song Of Roland (film)
''The Song of Roland'' (french: La Chanson de Roland) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Frank Cassenti and starring Klaus Kinski. Cast * Klaus Kinski as Roland / Klaus * Alain Cuny as Turpin / Le moine * Dominique Sanda as Anna * Pierre Clémenti as Olivier / Le clerc * Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Marsile / Turold / Charlemagne * Monique Mercure as Marie * Niels Arestrup as The merchant / Oton * Serge Merlin as Pair Marsile / Ganelon / Thierry * László Szabó as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois * Bruno Moynot as Pair Charlemagne / A pilgrim / A monk * Mario Gonzáles as Blancandrin / Jeannot, le voleur * Yvan Labejoff as Turgis / L'esclave noir (as Yvan Labejof) * Isabelle Mercanton as Femme commerçant * Dominique Valentin as La fille du seigneur * Marilu Marini Marilu is a feminine given name which may refer to: * Marilú (1927–2023), Mexican singer and actress * Marilu Bueno Maria Luiza David Bueno de Lima (known as Marilu Bueno; 27 February 1940 – 22 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948 to 1988. He played leading parts in five films directed by Werner Herzog (''Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', 1972; ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'', 1979; ''Woyzeck'', also 1979; ''Fitzcarraldo'', 1982; ''Cobra Verde'', 1987), who later chronicled their tumultuous relationship in the documentary ''My Best Fiend'' (1999). Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities, including many Spaghetti Westerns (such as '' For a Few Dollars More'', 1965; '' A Bullet for the General'', 1966; ''The Great Silence'', 1968; ''And God Said to Cain'', 1970), horror films, war movies, dramas, and Edgar Wallace ''krimi'' pictures. His infamy was elevated by a number of eccentric creative endeavors, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Szabó (actor)
László Szabó (born 24 March 1936) is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. Since 1952, he has appeared in more than 120 films. These include seven films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' La Poupée'' (1962) * '' Pierrot le Fou'' (1965) * ''Made in USA'' (1966) * '' The Confession'' (1970) * '' Adoption'' (1975) * ''The Song of Roland'' (1978) * '' Just Like Home'' (1978) * '' Judith Therpauve'' (1978) * '' A Nice Neighbor'' (1979) * ''The Last Metro'' (1980) * ''Temporary Paradise'' (1981) * '' Passion'' (1982) * ''Dögkeselyű'' (1982) * '' Les nuits de la pleine lune'' (1984) * '' Accroche-coeur'' (1987) * '' The Sentinel'' (1992) * '' Les Enfants jouent à la Russie'' (1993) * '' Cold Water'' (1994) * '' Up, Down, Fragile'' (1995) * ''Place Vendôme'' (1998) * ''Esther Kahn ''Esther Kahn'' is the first English-language film by the French director Arnaud Desplechin. It premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works Based On The Song Of Roland
Works may refer to: People * Caddy Works (1896–1982), American college sports coach * Samuel Works (c. 1781–1868), New York politician Albums * '' ''Works'' (Pink Floyd album)'', a Pink Floyd album from 1983 * ''Works'', a Gary Burton album from 1972 * ''Works'', a Status Quo album from 1983 * ''Works'', a John Abercrombie album from 1991 * ''Works'', a Pat Metheny album from 1994 * ''Works'', an Alan Parson Project album from 2002 * ''Works Volume 1'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * ''Works Volume 2'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * '' The Works'', a 1984 Queen album Other uses * Microsoft Works, a collection of office productivity programs created by Microsoft * IBM Works, an office suite for the IBM OS/2 operating system * Mount Works, Victoria Land, Antarctica See also * The Works (other) * Work (other) Work may refer to: * Work (human activity), intentional activity people perform to support themselves, others, or the communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s French-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Biographical Drama Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday A common year starting on Saturday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Saturday, 1 January, and ends on Saturday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is B. The current year, 2022, is a common year starting on Saturd ... (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; Roman legionary, legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Ancient Rome, Rome and has abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Films
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for ''The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. ... [...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] |
Marilu Marini
Marilu is a feminine given name which may refer to: * Marilú (1927–2023), Mexican singer and actress * Marilu Bueno (1940–2022), Brazilian actress * Marilú Elízaga (1923–1995), stage name of Spanish actress María Luisa Pérez-Caballero Moltó * Marilu Henner (born 1952), American actress, producer, radio host, and author * Marilu Madrunio, Filipino forensic linguist * Marilú Marini (born 1945), Argentine actress * Marilu Padua, Mexican human rights activist * Marilù Parolini (1931–2012) Italian photographer and screenwriter * Marilú Rojas Salazar, Mexican researcher and Catholic theologian * Marilù Tolo (born 1944), Italian film actress See also * Mary Lou (name) * Mary Louise (name) * Marilou (singer) Marilou Bourdon (born September 20, 1990) is a French-Canadian pop singer and cookbook author from Longueuil. Early life Bourdon was born on September 20, 1990. At age 8 she began singing for friends and relatives and by age 10 was already a l ... {{given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Valentin
"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which she was a member (as Sister Luc-Gabrielle). The English-version lyrics of the song were written by Noël Regney. In addition to French and English, Deckers recorded versions in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese. It was a top selling record in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964. Commercial performance "Dominique" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. The song reached and stayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Mercanton
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popular in England in the 13th century following the marriage of Isabella of Angoulême to the king of England. Today sometimes abbreviated to Isa. Etymology This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other western languages as Elisabeth.Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 337a.Chantal Tanet et Tristan Hordé, ''Dictionnaire des prénoms'', Larousse, Paris, 2009, p. 38 These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Bapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvan Labejoff
Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan Sicard (1910–2000), French journalist and far right political activist * Yvan Attal (born 1965), Israeli-born French actor and director *Yvan Bernier (born 1960), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 * Yvan Blot (born 1948), French conservative political figure *Yvan Bordeleau (born 1942), the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Quebec, Canada, for Acadie from 1989 to 2007 *Yvan Bourgis (born 1979), French football defender currently playing for Stade Brest 29 in the French Ligue 2 *Yvan Colonna, Corsican nationalist convicted of assassinating the prefect of Corsica, Claude Erignac on the February 6, 1998 * Yvan Cournoyer (born 1943), retired Canadian hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League *Yvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blancandrin
In ''The Song of Roland'', Blancandrin is the instigator of the pagan plot against Roland and Charlemagne. He first appears in the final line of the second stanza of the poem as the only pagan who speaks to give King Marsile counsel, and is then described as the wisest of the pagans and a good and worthy knight, which are uncommon sentiments when describing the 'Saracens' throughout the poem. He suggests that Marsile accept the Christian faith and become a vassal of Charlemagne, as well as offering many gifts and the nobles' sons as hostages for execution if the Frank leaves Spain for Aix. He then acts as messenger to Charlemagne. Blancandrin escorts Ganelon In the Matter of France, Ganelon (, ) is the knight who betrayed Charlemagne's army to the Saracens, leading to the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. His name is said to derive from the Italian word ''inganno'', meaning fraud or deception.Boiardo, ''Orl ... to Marsile (stanzas 28-32) and acts as go-between for the two men (35 and 38) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
