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Steve Passeur
Steve Passeur, pen name of Étienne Morin, was a French dramatist and screenwriter. His plays with scathing replicas often depicted cynical characters. Prior to 1940, Steve Passeur was considered as an author of the avant-garde, whose works were staged and played by Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Georges and Ludmilla Pitoëff. He was married to the comedian Renée Passeur. Theatre ;Dramatist *1925: ''La Maison ouverte'', 3 acts play *1925: ''La Traversée de Paris à la nage'', Paris, Maison de l'Œuvre *1925: ''Un bout de fil coupé en deux'' *1927: ''Pas encore'', Paris, Atelier *1927: ''Le Nord-Sud de 10h12'' *1928: ''À quoi penses-tu ?'', Atelier *1928: ''Le Refuge du prophète'' *1928: ''Tranquillité'' *1929: ''Suzanne'', 3 acts comedy, mise-en-scène Louis Jouvet, Comédie des Champs-Élysées *1930: ''L'Acheteuse'' *1931: ''La Chaine'', 3 acts play *1931: ''Défense d'afficher'' *1932: ''Les Tricheurs'', 3 acts play, Théâtre de l'Atelier *1933: ''Une vilain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedan, Ardennes
Sedan () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name. Location The town is situated about 200 km from Paris, 85 km north-east of Reims, and 10 km south of the border with Belgium. The historic centre occupies a peninsula formed by a bend in the river Meuse. Sedan station has rail connections to Charleville-Mézières, Reims and Longwy. The A34 autoroute links Sedan with Charleville-Mézières and Reims. History Sedan was founded in 1424. In the 16th century Sédan was an asylum for Protestant refugees from the Wars of Religion. Until 1651, the Principality of Sedan belonged to the La Tour d'Auvergne family. It was at that time a sovereign principality. Their representative, Marshal Turenne, was born at Sedan on 11 September 1611. With help from the Holy Roman Empire, it defeated France at the Battle of La Marfée. Immediately afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J'accuse! (1938 Film)
''J'accuse!'' is a 1938 French war film directed by Abel Gance and starring Victor Francen. It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name, which was also directed by Gance. Plot The married Edith Laurin has a love affair with her husband's best friend, Jean. When both men serve together at the Verdun front her spouse realises he's cuckolded. Because his old friend is also his comrade who fights at his side again the mutual enemy, Laurin doesn't take action against him. On 10 November 1918, everybody longs for an end to the war. The brass has randomly chosen a patrol to be sent to an almost certain death. Jean Diaz argues that the patrol is not necessary at least for that day. Captain Henri Chimay, however, does not dare to take the responsibility of canceling the mission. Diaz, who was the only survivor on a previous sortie, volunteers instead of a father of four. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 is proclaimed after the patrol has been wiped away. François Laurin dies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Gance
Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: '' J'accuse'' (1919), ''La Roue'' (1923), and '' Napoléon'' (1927). Early life Born in Paris in 1889, Abel Gance was the illegitimate son of a prosperous doctor, Abel Flamant, and a working-class mother, Françoise Péréthon (or Perthon). Initially taking his mother's name, he was brought up until the age of eight by his maternal grandparents in the coal-mining town of Commentry in central France. He then returned to Paris to rejoin his mother, who had by then married Adolphe Gance, a chauffeur and mechanic, whose name Abel then adopted. Although he later fabricated the history of a brilliant school career and middle-class background, Gance left school at the age of 14, and the love of literature and art which sustained him throughout his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscan origin and part of the Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel ''La Femme et le pantin'' (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian color process. Selected filmography * '' Ramun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beethoven's Great Love
''Beethoven's Great Love'' (French: ''Un grand amour de Beethoven'' is a 1936 French historical musical drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux and Jany Holt. It portrays the career of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. In Britain and the United States it was sometimes alternatively titled ''The Life and Loves of Beethoven''. It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis In Vienna in the early 1800s while working as a musical tutor, two of Beethoven's pupils are in love with him. One ends up marrying a count instead while the other spends years of unrequited love as his fiancée. Beethoven moves to Heiligenstadt to dedicate himself to his music, and overcoming his growing deafness, composes a series of masterworks. Cast * Harry Baur as Ludwig van Beethoven * Annie Ducaux as Thérèse de Brunswick * Jany Holt as Juliette Guicciardi * Jean-Louis Barrault as Karl v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Farkas
''The native form of this personal name is Farkas Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.'' Nicolas Farkas (Margitta, Austro-Hungarian Empire, July 27, 1890 – New York, March 22, 1982) was a Hungarian-born cinematographer, screenwriter, producer and film director. He is also known as Farkas Miklós, Miklós Farkas, Mikolaus Farkas, Nikolaus Farkas and Nikolas Farkas. Early years and career in Europe After studying in Budapest, Farkas went to Vienna in 1919 and trained as a cinematographer. He worked for the Austrian film industry until 1924. During the 1920s he collaborated frequently with another Hungarian famous film directors and producers such as Sándor Korda and Mihály Kertész. In 1925 Farkas started working in Germany. Individual projects also took him to the Soviet Union and Poland. Among his last important German projects was ''Berlin - Alexanderplatz'' (1931, directed by Phil Jutzi). After 1933 he worked in France, where he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Arthur (film)
Port Arthur may refer to: In China: * Port Arthur, China, now called Lüshunkou District, in the city of Dalian ** Port Arthur massacre (China) in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 ** Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 ** Siege of Port Arthur, a land battle in 1904 In Australia: * Port Arthur, Tasmania, the site of a historic convict settlement ** Port Arthur massacre (Australia), which occurred in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 *Port Arthur, South Australia, a locality In the United States: * Port Arthur, Texas, a city in the United States * Port Arthur, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community In Canada: * Port Arthur, Ontario, a former city, now a part of Thunder Bay ** Port Arthur (electoral district) In Finland: * VIII District, Turku The VIII District, also known as Port Arthur (or Portsa in colloquial Finnish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the west side of the river Aura, between ''Puistokatu'' and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bernheim
Michel Paul Bernheim (17 January 1908, in Paris – 20 April 1985 in Paris) was a French cinematographer and film director Filmography Cinematographer : * 1927: '' The Crystal Submarine'' by Marcel Vandal * 1928: '' Nile Water'' by Marcel Vandal Assistant-director : * 1929: ''La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin'' by Julien Duvivier * 1929: '' La Divine Croisière'' by Julien Duvivier * 1931: '' Coquecigrole'' by André Berthomieu * 1932: ''Azaïs'' by René Hervil Director : * 1932: ' * 1935: ''Marie des angoisses'' * 1936: ''Le roman d'un spahi'' * 1937: ' (codirector : Christian Chamborant Eugène Christian Chamborant (4 June 1892 – 10 December 1948), was a French film director. Biography Little is known about the life of this discreet filmmaker who ended his days a week before the release of his latest film. Before becoming a ...) * 1938: ' * 1953: ''Le gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin'' (short documentary) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berheim, Michel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panurge (film)
Panurge (from el, πανοῦργος / ''panoûrgos'' meaning "knave, rogue") is one of the principal characters in ''Gargantua and Pantagruel'', a series of five novels by François Rabelais. Especially important in the third and fourth books, he is an exceedingly crafty knave, libertine, and coward. In Chapter 9 of the first book, he shows that he can speak many languages (German, Italian, Scottish, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, Hebrew, Greek, Latin and French), including some of the first examples of a constructed language. In French, reference to Panurge occurs in the phrase ', which describes an individual who will blindly follow others regardless of the consequences. This, after a story in which Panurge buys a sheep from the merchant Dindenault and then, as a revenge for being overcharged, throws the sheep into the sea. The rest of the sheep in the herd follow the first over the side of the boat, in spite of the best efforts of the shepherd. Other uses * ''Panurge'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Rouleau
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where he met Tania Balachova. They emigrated to Paris together and collaborated with a variety of directors at the cutting edge of French theatre, including Charles Dullin and Gaston Baty. They married in France and separated in 1940. He subsequently married the actress Françoise Lugagne. Partial filmography * ''L'Argent'' (1928) - Jantrou * '' The Nude Woman'' (1932) - Pierre Bernier * '' Suzanne'' (1932) * ''Le jugement de minuit'' (1933) - L'inspecteur Berry * ''Une vie perdue'' (1933) * '' Volga in Flames'' (1934) - Schalin * ''Vers l'abîme'' (1934) - Rist * ''Les beaux jours'' (1935) - Boris - le deuxième amoureux de Sylvie * ''Donogoo'' (1936) - Pierre * ''Le coeur dispose'' (1937) - Robert Levaltier * '' The Messenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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