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Candide Ou L'Optimisme Au XXe Siècle
''Candide ou l'Optimisme du XXe siècle'' () is a 1960 French comedy drama film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and written by Carbonnaux and Albert Simonin. It stars Jean-Pierre Cassel as Candide, Pierre Brasseur as Pangloss, Louis de Funès as the officer of the Gestapo, and Daliah Lavi as Cunégonde. The film was released under the titles ''Candide'' (alternative French title; USA), ''Candide oder der Optimismus im 20. Jahrhundert'' (West Germany), ''Candide, avagy a XX. század optimizmusa'' (Hungary), and ''Kandyd czyli optymizm XX wieku'' (Poland). Plot The film is a 20th-century adaptation of Voltaire's 1759 social satire novel '' Candide, ou l'Optimisme''. Set in the World War II-era, it follows the adventures of Candide, an orphaned Westphalian brought up in a baron's chalet. He falls in love with the baron's daughter, Cunégonde, and is thrown out of the house when the baron discovers them kissing. When war breaks out in 1939, Candide is drafted and then captured by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Carbonnaux
Norbert Carbonnaux (28 March 1918 – 6 November 1997), was a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography Director * 1951: ''90 degrés à l'ombre'' * 1953: ''La Tournée des grands ducs'' * 1954: ''The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne'' * 1956: ''Short Head'' * 1958: ''Le Temps des œufs durs'' * 1960: ''Candide ou l'Optimisme au XXe siècle'' * 1962: ''The Dance (1962 film), The Dance'' * 1967: ''All Mad About Him'' * 1971: ''L'Ingénu (film), L'Ingénu'' Screenwriter * 1947: ''Monsieur Wens Holds the Trump Cards'' by E.G. de Meyst, Émile-Georges De Meyst (dialogue) * 1952: ''Bille de clown'' by Jean Wall * 1952: ''Le Costaud des Batignolles'' by Guy Lacourt Actor * 1971: ''Léa l'hiver'' by Marc Monnet (director), Marc Monnet References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carbonnaux, Norbert French film directors Film people from Neuilly-sur-Seine 1918 births 1997 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. Life and career His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les Fourberies de Scapin''. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in '' Les Branquignols''. His first film was ''Ah! Les belles bacchantes'', starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller '' Les diaboliques'', starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play '' La cage aux folles'', written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992), was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play ''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''. Early career Poiret was born in Paris, and first rose to prominence in 1951 playing the role of Fred Transport, one of the heroes of Pierre Dac and Francis Blanche's radio series ''Malheur aux Barbus''. In 1952, he met his future co-star of ''La Cage'' Michel Serrault at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre. They starred in the sketch "Jerry Scott, Vedette Internationale". In 1961, Poiret, as a member of the French cinematic society Pathé, wrote and recorded "La Vache à Mille Francs", a parody of "La Valse à Mille Temps" by Jacques Brel. In 1973, he married actress Caroline Cellier, with whom he had one child. ''La Cage aux Folles'' In 1973, Poiret wrote and starred in the stage play ''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''. Its La Cage aux Folles ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Maillan
Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 – 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is remembered as one of the greatest comedic thespians of her generation and even nicknamed "The Louis de Funès in skirt". After working on the classics of French theatre, she excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville and boulevard on stage or in such films as Jean-Marie Poiré's cult '' Gramps Is in the Resistance'' ( French: ''Papy fait de la résistance'',1983) before pioneering stand-up in France. Her husband Michel Emer, who was Edith Piaf's composer, helped her hide her bisexuality (if not her sole homosexuality) from the public as they lived as a 'free couple' when it was then deeply stigmatized during the 1950s and 1960s. She was made a Chevalier ( French: ''Knight'') of the Légion d'honneur an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmography * '' A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' The Mascot'' (1935) * '' The Slipper Episode'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * '' The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' The Great Refrain'' (1936) * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1936) * '' The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Boulot the Aviator'' (1937) * '' Blanchette'' (1937) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) * '' Hercule'' (1938) * '' The Two Schemers'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Alert in the Mediterranean'' (1938) * ''I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * '' Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' Case of Conscience'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * '' Night in December'' (1940) * ''False Alarm'' (1940) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * '' Romance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by Francis Lopez. He appeared in the 1954 film ''Adventures of the Barber of Seville'' and '' Le Chanteur de Mexico'' (1957) and became popular in France as well as his native Spain. Biography Luis Mariano was born in Irun, Spain on 13 August 1914, the son of a garagiste and taxi-driver and showed interest in singing as a child. His family moved to France at the start of the Spanish Civil War and settled in Bordeaux where he studied at the Conservatoire, and also sang in cabarets.Gänzl K. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994. Jeanne Lagiscarde, who was in charge of the classical department of a record store in Bordeaux, took Mariano under her wing, and gave up her job to nurture his talent in Paris. To earn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darío Moreno
David Arugete (; 3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred in France which also included films, during the 1950s and the 1960s. He became famous with his 1961 song ''Brigitte Bardot''. Biography Darío Moreno was born to a large Turkish-Jewish family. He was orphaned in early childhood when his father, who worked at the train station in Aydın, was shot dead under tragic circumstances. He was placed in the Sephardic orphanage of Izmir (Nido De Guerfanos) by his mother and remained there until he was four. After a primary education in the Jewish educational establishments of Izmir, he had many odd jobs during his early youth. He put great effort into continuing his education while simultaneously working to make a living. He started working as an errand boy in the law firm of the city's promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Richard (actor)
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's ''Maigret'' in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. In the 1970s–1980s, he owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks near Paris, La Mer de Sable and La Vallée des Peaux-Rouges, and a private zoo in his property of Ermenonville, Oise. He died on 12 December 2001 in Senlis, aged 80. Filmography *1947: '' Six heures à perdre'' (directed by Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte) – Le sergent de ville *1949: '' Mission à Tanger'' (directed by André Hunebelle) – Le président *1949: ''I Like Only You'' – Un passager de l'avion *1950: '' King Pandora'' (directed by André Berthomieu) – Quichenette *1950: '' Adémaï au poteau-frontière'' (directed by Paul Colline) *1951: '' The King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Michel Simon in the . He appeared in many notable French films, including '' La Chienne'' (1931), '' Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), '' L'Atalante'' (1934), '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Gray
Nadia Gray (born Nadia Kujnir; 23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress. Biography Gray was born into a Jewish family in Bucharest. Her father moved to Romania from Russia, and her mother was from Akkerman, in Bessarabia (nowadays Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine). She left Romania for Paris in the late 1940s to escape the Communist takeover after World War II. Her film debut was in ''L'Inconnu d'un soir'' in 1949. Perhaps her best-known role was in the Federico Fellini film ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960). She played a guest role in an episode of the television series ''The Prisoner'' ("The Chimes of Big Ben", 1967). Personal life She was first married to N. Goldenberg (later Herescu), a wealthy businessman from Chișinău, then to Constantin Cantacuzino, a Romanian aristocrat who was one of Romania's top fighter aces of the war. They were married from 1946 to his death in 1958. Her third husband was Manhattan attorney Herbert Silverman (1912–2003). They were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Carné
Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), ''Les Visiteurs du Soir'' (1942) and ''Children of Paradise'' (1945); the latter has been cited as one of the List of films considered the best, great films of all time. Biography Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, ''Hebdo-Films'', and working for ''Cinémagazine'' and ''Cinémonde'' between 1929 and 1933.Richard Roud "Marcel Carné and Jacques Prevert" in Roud ''Cinema: A Critical Dictionary: Volume One, Aldrich to King'', London: Secker & Warburg, 1980, p.189-92, 189, 191 In the same period he worked in silent film as a camera assistant with director Jacques Feyder. By age 25, Carné had already directed ''Nogent, Eldora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
