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Death Threat (film)
''Death Threat'' (French: ''Menace de mort'') is a 1950 crime drama film directed by Raymond Leboursier and starring Colette Darfeuil, Pierre Renoir and Jean Martinelli. https://www.unifrance.org/film/38426/menace-de-mort-aventure-a-pigalle The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. It is also known by the alternative title ''Aventure à Pigalle''. Synopsis During the German occupation a young pianist André Garnier is denounced to the Gestapo and arrested. Having survived the war he is determined to hunt down the informer. He meets and falls in love with Hélène, the girlfriend of an industrialist Bernier. André comes to suspect that Bernier is the man who informed on him to the authorities. When Bernier is murdered, André is a natural suspect for the revenge killing. Cast * Colette Darfeuil as Hélène * Pierre Renoir as Bernier * Jean Martinelli as André Garnier * Marcel Dalio as Denis * Pierre Larquey as Morel * Jacques Famery as Jacques * Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Leboursier
Raymond Leboursier (22 May 1917 – 26 July 1987) was a French film editor, film director, actor, and screenwriter. Filmography Actor * 1930: ''Le Réquisitoire'' (first title of the film: ''Homicide'') by Dimitri Buchowetzki * 1931: '' The Devil's Holiday'' by Alberto Cavalcanti: Monk McConnell * 1931: ''À mi-chemin du ciel'' by Alberto Cavalcanti * 1932: ' by Fred Ellis and Max Neufeld * 1934: ' by Serge de Poligny * 1934: '' Château de rêve'' by Géza von Bolváry and Henri-Georges Clouzot Director * 1942: ' * 1945: ''Naïs'', directed with Marcel Pagnol * 1949: ' * 1949: ' * 1951: ''La vie est un jeu'' * 1952: ' * 1959: ''Henri Gagnon organiste'' * 1960: ''Le Prix de la science'' (short film) * 1961: ''Dubois et fils'' (documentary), codirected with Bernard Devlin * 1969: ' Assistant director * 1948: ''Les Parents terribles'' by Jean Cocteau Film editor * 1936: ' de Jean Dréville * 1937: ' de Jean Dréville * 1937: ' de Willy Rozier * 1938: '' His Uncle fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gestapo
The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organisation. On 20 April 1934, oversight of the Gestapo passed to the head of the '' Schutzstaffel'' (SS), Heinrich Himmler, who was also appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler in 1936. Instead of being exclusively a Prussian state agency, the Gestapo became a national one as a sub-office of the (SiPo; Security Police). From 27 September 1939, it was administered by the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). It became known as (Dept) 4 of the RSHA and was considered a sister organisation to the (SD; Security Service). During World War II, the Gestapo played a key role in the Holocaust. After the war ended, the Gestapo was declared a criminal organisation by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at the Nuremberg trials. History Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Mars
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella '' Gigi'', which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name. Her short story collection ''The Tendrils of the Vine'' is also famous in France. Life and career Family and background Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born on 28 January 1873 to war hero and tax collector Jules-Joseph Colette (1829–1905) and his wife Adèle Eugénie Sidonie ("Sido"), ''née'' Landoy (1835–1912), in the village of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye in the department of Yonne, Burgundy. Jules-Joseph Colette was a Zouave of the Saint-Cyr military school. A war hero who had lost a leg in the Second Italian War of Independence, he was awarded a post as tax collector in the village of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye where his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''Château historique'' (1923) - Tante Chloë * ''Mon curé chez les riches'' (1925) * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1926) - Tante Scholastique * ''Le p'tit Parigot'' (1926) - Tante Prudence * ''La tournée Farigoule'' (1926) - La poétesse * ''La petite fonctionnaire'' (1927) - Madame Lebardin * '' Education of a Prince'' (1927) - La concierge * ''La ronde infernale'' (1928) * '' Yvette'' (1928) * ''Miss Édith, duchesse'' (1929) - Marie * ''L'arpète'' (1929) - La concierge * '' My Childish Father'' (1930) - The Concierge * ''Cendrillon de Paris'' (1930) * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Marie - la bonne * ''Montmartre'' (1931) * '' The Voice of Happiness'' (1931) * ''American Love'' (1931) - Pauline * '' The Blood of a Poet'' (1932) * ''Seul'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Maxudian
Max Algop Maxudian (12 June 1881 – 20 July 1976) was a French stage and film actor. Born in the Ottoman Empire to an Armenian family, Max Maxudian emigrated to France with his parents in 1893 at the age of twelve. Maxudian became a famous theater actor in his adopted country, appearing at the Odéon and at the Grand Guignol. He died at age 95 in 1976 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Selected filmography * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) * ''Infatuation'' (1918) * '' Possession'' (1922) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923) * ''La Roue'' (1923) * '' The Loves of Rocambole'' (1924) * '' The Arab'' (1924) * '' The Promised Land'' (1925) * ''Napoléon'' (1927) * '' Nile Water'' (1928) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''La Maison de la Fléche'' (1930) * '' Venetian Nights'' (1931) * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1932) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1933) * '' Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * '' The Decoy'' (1935) * '' The Two Girls'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * ''White Cargo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Henley
Jacques Henley (born Jacques Dhote) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' Our Masters, the Servants'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1931) * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * '' The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1935) * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) * '' Street of Shadows'' (1937) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * '' Serge Panine'' (1939) * '' The Five Cents of Lavarede'' (1939) * ''Entente cordiale The Entente Cordiale (; ) comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , United Kingdom and the French Third Republic , French Republic which saw a significant improvement in ...'' (1939) * '' Monsieur Hector'' (1940) * '' Jericho'' (1946) * '' Captain Blomet'' (1947) *'' Judicial Error'' (1948) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown French male film actors 20th-century Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Dynam
Jacques Dynam (30 December 1923 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the ''Fantomas'' saga. Selected filmography * ''La symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - (uncredited) * ''The Angel of the Night'' (1944) - Un étudiant (uncredited) * ''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs'' (1944) - Paulo * ''La Boîte aux rêves'' (1945) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Alone in the Night'' (1945) - Le chasseur * ''Lunegarde'' (1946) * ''Les Démons de l'aube'' (1946) - Gauthier * '' The Ideal Couple'' (1946) * '' Fantômas'' (1947) - Un préparateur * ''Le diamant de cent sous'' (1948) - Georges * ''3ème cheminée sur la gauche'' (1948) * ''La figure de proue'' (1948) - Lomond * ''Scandale'' (1948) * ''Toute la famille était là'' (1948) - Gaston * '' Manon'' (1949) - Un marin (uncredited) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) - Meriadec * ''Barry'' (1949) - Le moine Claudius * ''Vient de paraître'' (1949) - Un journaliste * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Demange (actor)
Paul Demange (12 April 1901 – 28 November 1983) was a French film actor who had roles in over 200 films from 1933 to 1977. Selected filmography *'' Bach the Detective'' (1936) * '' Marinella'' (1936) * '' The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) *''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1941) * '' Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1942) * ''Malaria'' (1943) *'' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) *'' St. Val's Mystery'' (1945) * '' The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' Pamela'' (1945) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) *''Back Streets of Paris'' (1946) *'' Her Final Role'' (1946) *'' Jericho'' (1946) *'' Roger la Honte'' (1946) *'' Women's Games'' (1946) * '' Sylvie and the Ghost'' (1946) *'' Man About Town'' (1947) *'' Cab Number 13'' (1948) * '' Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * '' Night Express'' (1948) * ''Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Séty
Gérard Séty (13 December 1922 – 1 February 1998) was a French actor. Partial filmography *'' The Temptation of Barbizon'' (1946) - Le chauffeur (uncredited) *'' Night Warning'' (1946) - Un pilote américain (uncredited) *''Patrie'' (1946) *''Les aventures des Pieds-Nickelés'' (1948) *'' Mission in Tangier'' (1949) - Un client du cabaret *''Menace de mort'' (1950) - Jean *''Le trésor des Pieds-Nickelés'' (1950) - Le capitaine *''Nuits de Paris'' (1951) *'' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1953) - Le chambellan *'' Act of Love'' (1953) - (uncredited) *''The Red and the Black'' (1954) - Le lieutenant Liéven *''Pas de souris dans le business'' (1955) - Maurice Trupeau *''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' (1955) - Michaelis *''Meeting in Paris'' (1956) - Le sculpteur *''Miss Catastrophe'' (1957) - Mathias - l'escroc *''Les Espions'' (1957) - Le docteur Malic *'' Maigret Sets a Trap'' (1958) - Georges "Jojo" Vacher *'' Montparnasse 19'' (1958) - Léopold Zborowsky *''Le travail c'est l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Jeanne Fusier-Gir (1885–1973) was a French stage and film actress. She was married to the painter Charles Gir, and was the mother of the film director François Gir.Rège p. 442 Selected filmography * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Beauty Spot'' (1932) * ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932) * ''The Champion Cook'' (1932) * '' The Fish Woman'' (1932) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * '' The Decoy'' (1935) * ''Divine'' (1935) * ''Marinella'' (1936) * ''A Hen on a Wall'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Claudine at School'' (1937) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''Gargousse'' (1938) * ''Fire in the Straw'' (1939) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * ''Le Corbeau'' (1942) * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1942) * ''Marie-Martine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Famery
Jacques Famery (July 20, 1923 – January 18, 2014) was a French film actor.Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.102 Selected filmography * '' My First Love'' (1945) - René * '' Son of France'' (1946) - François * ''Bichon'' (1948) - Jacques Fontange * ' (1948) - Georges * ' (1949) - Roger * ''Le Furet'' (1950) - Achille Terrigny * ''Menace de mort'' (1950) * '' Bibi Fricotin'' (1951) - Le reporter * '' This Age Without Pity'' (1952) - Léon * ''Puccini'' (1953) - Antonio Puccini * '' The Sparrows of Paris'' (1953) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1953)- Un ami d'Armand * ' (1956) - Jean Roussel * ' (1957) - Un clown / A clown * ' (1961) * '' The Gendarmes of St. Tropez'' (1964) - Prince * '' The Gorillas'' (1964) * ''Les grandes vacances'' (1967) * ''Finalement...'' (1971) * ''Les chats bottés'' (1971) - Môman * ''7 fois... par jour'' (1971) * ''Le diable est parmi nous'' (1972) * '' The Rebels (Quelques arpents de neige)'' (1972) * ''Don't Push It (Pousse mais pousse égal)'' (1975) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''Patrie'' (1914) * ''Monsieur le directeur'' (1925) * ''Alone'' (1931) - Le comandant * ''Tout s'arrange'' (1931) - Un ami de M. Ribadet * ''American Love'' (1931) - Le maître d'hôtel à la barbiche (uncredited) * ''Le disparu de l'ascenseur'' (1932) - Michaud - le secrétaire * ''Prisonnier de mon coeur'' (1932) * ''Vive la classe'' (1932) - L'adjudant * '' The Miracle Child'' (1932) - Durieux père * ''Le chien jaune'' (1932) - (uncredited) * '' Topaze'' (1933) - Tamise * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) - Redno * ''Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine'' (1933) - Le tambour de ville * ' (1933) - Bouzin * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Hippolyte * ''Mariage à responsabilité limitée'' (1934) - Georges Lambert - le mari * ''We Are Not Children'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
