''Heaven on One's Head'' (french: Le Ciel sur la tête, released in the United States as ''Skies Above'') is a 1965 French
science fiction film directed by
Yves Ciampi
Yves Ciampi (; 9 February 1921 – 5 November 1982) was a French film director. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975. His 1965 film '' Heaven on One's Head'' was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Fest ...
. It was entered into the
4th Moscow International Film Festival
The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film ''Twenty Hours'' directed by Zoltán Fábri.
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where it won a Golden Prize.
Cast
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André Smagghe as Gaillac
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Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. He appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film '' The French Connection''. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
Selected filmography
*1955: ...
as Captain
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Henri Piégay as Majo
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Bernard Fresson as Laurent
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Jacques Monod
Jacques Lucien Monod (February 9, 1910 – May 31, 1976) was a French biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of e ...
as Commandant Ravesne
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Yves Brainville
Yves Brainville (8 March 1914 – 16 November 1993) was a French film and television actor.Hayward p.245
Selected filmography
* ''Entrée des artistes'' (1938) - Sylvestre
* ''Accord final'' (1938) - Chenal - l'ami de Georges
* ''Eduardo VII'' ...
as Bricourt
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Guy Tréjan as Le ministre
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Jean Dasté
Jean Dasté, born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté, (18 September 1904 in Paris, France – 15 October 1994 in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Loire, France)Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her.
Life
Beatri ...
as L'amie de Majo
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Yvonne Monlaur
Yvonne Monlaur (born Yvonne-Thérèse-Marie-Camille Bédat de Monlaur; 15 December 1939 – 18 April 2017) was a French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films.
Early years
Monlaur was born ...
as Françoise
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Roger Van Mullem as L'amiral
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Wladimir Bellin as Le commandant du sous-marin
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Jacques Santi
Jacques Santi (11 March 1939 – 29 March 1988) was a French film producer from Paris, France. He was an actor best known for roles such as Bob Morane (1961), The Aeronauts (1967).
He was also nominated for a César Award a major French film ...
as Jolivet
References
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1965 films
1960s science fiction films
Science fiction war films
French aviation films
Seafaring films
French science fiction films
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Yves Ciampi
1960s French films
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