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Wolves Between Them
''Wolves Between Them'' (French: ''Les loups entre eux'') is a 1936 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Roger Duchesne, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr.Crisp p.322 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It is a sequel to the 1935 film '' Second Bureau''. Two further entries in the series ''A Man to Kill'' (1937) and ''Captain Benoît'' (1938) were released. The film was remade as the 1939 British release '' Secret Journey''. Synopsis A design for a new French gas mask has been stolen from Paris by a German spy. Captain Benoît of the Deuxième Bureau is sent to Nazi-ruled Berlin to try and recover it. Cast * Roger Duchesne as Le capitaine Benoît * Jules Berry as Le commissaire Raucourt * Renée Saint-Cyr as Nicole Servigne * Suzanne Desprès as Gertrude Weygelmann * Pierre Renoir as Gottfried Welter * Gina Manès as Gina * Laure Diana as Natacha * Foun-Sen as La domestique de Benoît * Jean Debucourt as Le lieute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film '' Coeur fidèle'', directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films. Selected filmography * ''Les Gaz mortels'' ( 1916) * ''The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''Barberousse'' (1917) * '' Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1918) * '' In Old Alsace'' (1920) * '' The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) * '' Coeur fidèle'' (1923) * ''My Uncle Benjamin'' (1924) * '' The Painter and His Model'' (1925) * '' Yasmina'' (1927) * ''La Maison de la Fléche'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Instinct'' (1930) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * ''Alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Journey (1939 Film)
''Secret Journey'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by John Baxter and starring Basil Radford, Silvia St. Claire and Thorley Walters. The screenplay concerns a British agent who travels to Berlin to recover a top-secret invention that has been stolen by German intelligence. The film was made at M.P. Studios, Elstree, by British National Films as a supporting feature.Wood p.101 Cast * Basil Radford as John Richardson * Silvia St. Claire as Helen Richardson * Thorley Walters as Max von Reimer * Peter Gawthorne as Gen. von Reimer * Tom Helm as Capt. Benoit * Joss Ambler as Col. Blondin * George Hayes as Insp. Walter * Megs Jenkins Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins (21 April 1917 – 5 October 1998) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes. Life and career Jenkins was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the daughter of a construction ... as Girl in glasses References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Vallée
Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some American films. Selected filmography * '' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1923) * '' The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1930) * '' The Girl and the Boy'' (1931) * ''Alone'' (1931) * '' The Night at the Hotel'' (1932) * '' Nights in Port Said'' (1932) * ''A Star Disappears'' (1932) * '' The Champion Cook'' (1932) * '' Topaze'' (1933) * ''The Little King'' (1933) * '' Judex'' (1934) * '' Song of Farewell'' (1934) * ''Divine'' (1935) * '' Miarka'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Beautiful Star'' (1938) * '' His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * ''Serenade'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' Madly in Love'' (1943) * '' The Midnight Sun'' (1943) * '' The Ideal Couple'' (1946) * '' That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) * '' Rooster Heart'' (1946) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Finaly
Pierre Finaly (1889–1937) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.477 Finaly was born into a family with Hungarian Jewish roots and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' Companion Wanted'' (1932) * ''Billeting Order'' (1932) * ''Heart of Paris'' (1932) * ''Poliche'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' Jeanne'' (1934) * ''Antonia'' (1935) * ''Disk 413'' (1936) * '' The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * ''Culprit'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer ''The Red Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse rouge'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Véra Korène, Maurice Escande and Jean Worms.Roust p.125 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Locha ...'' (1937) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1889 births 1937 deaths French male st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * '' Jean Chouan'' (1926) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1928) * '' The Fall of the House of Usher'' (1928) * '' Saint Joan the Maid'' (1929) * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1935) * ''Mayerling'' (1936) * '' Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * '' Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937) * ''The Drunkard'' (1937) * ''Sarajevo'' (1940) * ''Thunder Over Paris'' (1940) * ''The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''Love Story'' (1943) * '' Marie-Martine'' (1943) * ''Malaria'' (1943) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) * '' Her Final Role'' (1946) * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) * '' Devil in the Flesh'' (1947) * '' The Woman in Red'' (1947) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * '' Not Guilty'' (1947) * '' The Eagle with Two Heads' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure Diana
Laure Diana (1897–1980) was a French film actress.St. Pierre p.205 Selected filmography * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * '' Wolves Between Them'' (1936) * ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1937) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * ''The Beautiful Trip ''The Beautiful Trip'' (French: ''Le beau voyage'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Louis Cuny and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Pierre Richard-Willm and André Valmy.The A to Z of French Cinema p. 374 The film's sets were designed by the ...'' (1947) References Bibliography * St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. ''E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010. External links * 1897 births 1980 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French women {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Manès
Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein, including ''Cœur fidèle''. Career In Abel Gance's ''Napoléon'', she took the part of Joséphine de Beauharnais, and then played the title role in Jacques Feyder's '' Thérèse Raquin''. She made the transition to sound films but during the 1930s her popularity faded, and periods of residence in Morocco took her further from the public eye. She continued to take small roles in films, and also worked in the circus and in the theatre. In total, Manès appeared in over 90 films between 1916 and 1966.Obituary of Gina Manès, in ''The Times'' (London) 14 September 1989, p. 18; Issue 63499. Selected filmography * ''L'Homme sans visage'' (1919), directed by Louis Feuillade * ''L'Auberge rouge'' (1923), directed by Jean Epst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret in ''Night at the Crossroads'', directed by his brother. Life and career Pierre Renoir was born on March 21, 1885, in Paris, at 18 rue Houdon, about a hundred meters from place Pigalle, to painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Aline Charigot. He was married to actress Véra Sergine from 1914 to 1925. For his best remembered role, as Jėricho the ragman in '' Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis'', 1945), he was cast at short notice to replace the collaborator Robert Le Vigan; Jėricho's scenes had to be reshot after Le Vigan fled. Renoir was briefly the director of the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris, taking over after the death of Louis Jouvet in 1951. Pierre R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy. She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre. She achieved marked success in several of his plays there. In succeeding years she played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her debut at the Comédie-Française, appearing in ''Phèdre'' and other important parts. Selected filmography * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * '' Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) * ''The Woman Thief ''The Woman Thief'' (French: ''Le voleur de femmes'') is a 1938 French-Italian drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jules Berry, Annie Ducaux and Suzanne Desprès.Burke p.216 It was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this status after the United Kingdom's, and thus London's, Brexit, departure from the European Union. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany, and is the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country in terms of area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.5 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
