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Vent D'est
''Vent d'est'' (; ) is a Franco-Swiss historical drama film directed by Robert Enrico, on a script co-written with Frédéric H. Fajardie, released in 1993. Plot At the end of the Second World War, a regiment of the First Russian National Army, loyal to Nazi Germany fled to neutral Liechtenstein to escape the Red Army. Seeking asylum and salvation in this neutral state, these soldiers, along with some civilian associates, are warmly welcomed by the Liechtenstein government. Indeed, although returned by force in the country, Prince Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein is understanding and accepts the refugees with the respect due to their rank of combatants. Russian General Boris Smyslovsky tries to monetize the surrender of his troops to U.S. Army rather than to the Red Army. He is working to take them to Argentina, a country where they will not be hunted down, but that is without counting on the hatred of the Soviets for these "traitors". The film traces the efforts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Enrico
Robert Georgio Enrico (13 April 1931 – 23 February 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France, to Italian immigrant parents, and died in Paris. Filmography as director * '' Fait d'hiver'' (1999) * '' Saint-Exupéry: La dernière mission'' (1996) (TV) * ''Vent d'est'' (1993) * '' La Révolution française'' (1989) (segment "Les Années Lumière") * '' Le Hérisson'' (1989) (TV) * ' (1987) * ' (1986) * '' Au nom de tous les miens'' (1985) (TV miniseries) * '' Au nom de tous les miens'' (1983) *'' Heads or Tails'' (1980) * ' (1980) * '' Un neveu silencieux'' (1977) * '' Le vieux fusil'' (1975) – César Award for Best Film * '' Le Secret'' (1974) * ' (1972) * '' Boulevard du Rhum'' (1971) * '' Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément...'' (1971) * '' Ho!'' (1968) * '' Tante Zita'' (1967) * '' Les aventuriers'' (1967) * ''Les Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Smyslovsky
Boris Alexeyevich Smyslovsky, pseudonyms (Hauptmann) von Regenau and (later) Arthur Holmston (3 December 1897 – 5 September 1988), was a Russian-Finnish general, émigré and anti-communist. He commanded the pro-Axis collaborationist First Russian National Army during World War II. World War I He joined the Imperial Russian Army, where he advanced to the rank of captain in the Imperial Guards. Russian Civil War and the interwar period During the Russian Civil War he fought against the Bolsheviks in the White Army and then moved to Poland and later to Germany. He attended the Prussian Military Academy. His view was that foreign intervention and help was needed to free Russia from Bolshevism. World War II The White émigré and Russian nationalist Boris Smyslovksy, commanded the eastern battalion of the Russian All-Military Union based in Warsaw, and in July 1941 formed an Abwehr Training Battalion (Lehrbattalion) for anti-partisan and warfare duties under Weh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Films
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits ''Jurassic Park (film), Jurassic Park'', ''The Fugitive (1993 film), The Fugitive'' and ''The Firm (1993 film), The Firm''. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.) Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * January 1 – China Film Group Corporation, China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films. * January 29 – ''Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film), Bram Stoker's Dracula'' opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million. * March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of ''The Crow (1994 film), The Crow''. * May 27 – Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Von Wilczek
Countess Georgina von Wilczek (24 October 1921 – 18 October 1989) was Princess of Liechtenstein from 1943 to 1989 as the wife of Prince Franz Joseph II. She was the mother of Prince Hans-Adam II and was widely known as Gina. Biography Princess Georgina was born on 24 October 1921, in Graz, Austria. She was the daughter of Count Ferdinand von Wilczek (1893-1977) and Countess Norbertine "Nora" Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1888-1923). In 1923, when Georgina was just two years old, her mother died after giving birth to a stillborn child. Princess Gina received her formal education in the Sacre Coeur grammar school and a boarding school run by the Congregation of Jesus in Rome. She then studied languages at the University of Vienna and graduated as an interpreter in English, French and Italian. Georgina probably met her future husband, Prince Franz Joseph II, in early 1942. He was also her third cousin, and he had been the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein since 1938. They h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Safonova
Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova (russian: Еле́на Все́володовна Сафо́нова; born 14 June 1956 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet and a Russian actress. She is an Honored Artist of Russia (2011). She was made famous by the 1985 melodrama ''Winter Cherry'' and its two sequels. In 1988, she was awarded the David di Donatello for her starring turn in Nikita Mikhalkov's film '' Dark Eyes''. Biography Early life and education Yelena Safonova was born on 14 June 1956 in Leningrad, the daughter of the famous Soviet actor Vsevolod Safonov and the film director Valeriya Ivanovna Rublyova who worked at Mosfilm. In the mid-1960s, the family moved to Moscow, where Yelena attended a special secondary school and studied French to an advanced level. In 1973, she graduated from Moscow Secondary School No. 37. At her third attempt, she was accepted by the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography to study acting. In between her entrance exams, she earned income as a librarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clémentine Célarié
Clémentine Célarié (born 12 October 1957) is a French actress, writer, director and singer.Clémentine Célarié et ses fils '''', 02.02.2013 Life and career She was born as Meryem Célarié in in what was then the French colony of on 12 October 1957. After passing her Baccalaureate, she spent a year living in the |
Geneviève Mnich
Geneviève Mnich (born 19 February 1942), is a French actress. She has appeared in 80 films since 1972. She was born in Cuffies, Aisne, France. Selected filmography * ''Joséphine, ange gardien'' (2006) (1 Episode : "La Couleur de l'amour") * ''Le Cri ''Le cri'' is a 2006 French-Belgian television miniseries. Plot This saga tells what was the life of Metalworkers of Lorraine through the story of a working-class family: the Panaud. From 1845 until the blast furnaces closed in 1987, the life of ...'' (2006) (TV Mini-Series) * '' Someone I Loved'' (2009) * '' Happy Few'' (2010) * '' Once in a Lifetime'' (2014) * '' The law of Simon'' (2016) (TV Movie) * '' A Good Man'' (2020) References External links * 1942 births Living people French film actresses Signatories of the 1971 Manifesto of the 343 {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Renko
Serge Renko is a French actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1982. Selected filmography References External links * Date of birth missing (living people) Living people French male film actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Year of birth missing (living people) {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Frot
Catherine Frot (; born 1 May 1956) is a French actress. A 10-time César Award nominee, she won the awards for Best Actress for '' Marguerite'' (2015) and Best Supporting Actress for ''Family Resemblances'' (1996). Her other films include ''Le Dîner de Cons'' (1998), '' La Dilettante'' (1999), and ''Haute Cuisine'' (2012). Early life Frot was born in Paris, France, the daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher. Her younger sister, Dominique, is also an actress. Catherine demonstrated comic talent at an early age, and enrolled in the Versailles conservatory when she was 14, and was still in school. In 1974, she began her education at the school, and afterwards took up full-time studies at the conservatory. Career In 1975, Frot appeared at the Festival d'Avignon with the Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge (Red Hat Company), which she founded with the help of others. From then on, Catherine put all her energy into theatre performances in roles such as the ''Présidente de Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Pszoniak
Wojciech Zygmunt Pszoniak (2 May 1942 – 19 October 2020) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Biography and career Pszoniak was born in Lwów, Nazi occupied Poland, now in Ukraine. He gained international visibility following Andrzej Wajda's 1975 film '' The Promised Land'', in which he played Moritz, one of the three main characters. The actor left Poland during the period of political unrest in 1980–81, when the Solidarity trade union began and was ended by the imposition of martial law on 13 December 1981. Pszoniak found roles in France, where he was living and working. After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, Pszoniak appeared in Polish movies and plays. Internationally, he simplified his first name into ''Wojtek'', which is the standard diminutive of the relatively formal ''Wojciech'' in the Polish language. Pszoniak often played Jewish characters, although he was not of Jewish descent. In France, this was partially attributable to his role in ''The Promis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Liechtenstein
The Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: Landtag des Fürstentums Liechtenstein), commonly referred to as the Landtag of Liechtenstein (german: Liechtensteinischer Landtag), is the unicameral parliament of Liechtenstein. Qualifications Citizens who have attained the age of 18, have permanent residency in the country and have lived in the country for at least one month before the election can vote, and all eligible voters can run for office. A group of at least 30 voters per constituency has the right to nominate a list of candidates. However, voters can only sign support for nomination for a single list. Women in Liechtenstein were granted the right to vote in 1984, and thus could not stand for election in the Landtag before then. Election Under the Constitution of 1921, the size of the Landtag was set at 15 members. A constitutional amendment approved in a 1988 referendum increased the number to 25, starting with the 1989 elections. Each of the 25 members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Liechtenstein
This is a list of heads of government of Liechtenstein. The current () is Daniel Risch, since 25 March 2021. Head of government Provincial administrator (1861–1921) The () was the title of the head of government from 1861 to 1921. Prime Minister (1921–present) The () is the current title for the head of government. Deputy head of government See also *Politics of Liechtenstein *Prince of Liechtenstein *Lists of incumbents These are lists of incumbents (individuals holding offices or positions), including heads of states or of subnational entities. A historical discipline, archontology, focuses on the study of past and current office holders. Incumbents may als ... References External linksWorld Statesmen – Liechtenstein {{DEFAULTSORT:Heads of government of Liechtenstein 1921 establishments in Liechtenstein Politics of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein, Head of Government * Lists of Liechtenstein people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
